Dates

Event

1942

Constructed as an UC-61-FA by Fairchild at Hagerstown, MD, USA.
Built at Hagerstown, Maryland by Fairchild Engine and Airplane Co to USAAF order as a production Model 24W.41 with 175hp Warner Super Scarab series 50A radial.

Circa 1942

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-32134.

6 August 1942

Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n FK330 as a Argus I.

10 May 1947

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-32134.
USA Flying Club, USAAF Depot, Oberpfaffenhofen Air Base, West Germany. - All RAF Argus postwar disposals were sold to USAFC as a paper transaction to satisfy Lend-Lease requirements.

From 8 October 1947 to 19 December 1947

To V. I. P. Services with new c/r G-AKJL.

From 31 December 1947 to 13 December 1950

To Wing Commander Ronald Gustave Kellett DSO, DFC, Trafford FARM, Benenden, Kent keeping c/r G-AKJL.

1 August 1951

To G. D. Maguire, Lagonda, Tullamore NS with new c/r VH-ALF.

By 1955

To Thomas Spence, Branga Downsstation, via Corfield QLD keeping c/r VH-ALF.

9 June 1955

To George D. Wentworth, Belong, Coolah NSW keeping c/r VH-ALF.
Sqn Ldr G.D.Darcy Wentworth was a RAAF Beaufighter pilot during WWII, becoming CO of two Beaufighter squadrons, first No.31 Squadron then No.30 Squadron.

6 September 1968

To Lithgow Air Park Pty Ltd, Lithgow NSW C/-Max Honeysett keeping c/r VH-ALF.

19 May 1973

Photographer: Geoff Goodall
Notes: Fairchild 24W Argus VH-ALF at Lithgow NSW in May 1973. Blue and white

October 1974

To Jim Williams, Melbourne Vic keeping c/r VH-ALF.

11 March 1977

To John Gallagher, Loftus, NSW keeping c/r VH-ALF.

2 July 1977

Photographer: Geoff Goodall
Notes: The same Fairchild, four years later after a complete rebuild in Melbourne by Jim Williams.Photographed at a farm near Bendigo Vic in July 1977

3 November 1977

To James T. Williams, Melbourne Vic keeping c/r VH-ALF.

Markings Applied: 34
Painted in USAAC khaki with serial 42-32134.

18 July 1981

To Ken E. Orrman, Shepparton Vic keeping c/r VH-ALF.

18 January 1986

Offered for sale at aircraft auction at Berwick Airfield Vic by Orrman: listed as 1935 model, only one of its type in Australia. Passed in at AUS $96,000.

28 April 1990

To John Gallagher, Sydney NSW. Based, Wedderburn strip keeping c/r VH-ALF.

28 April 1990

To John Gallagher, Loftus, NSW with new c/r VH-ALF.

28 April 1990

To Gallagher John, Loftus, NSW with new c/r VH-ALF.

1991

Photographer: Arthur Scarf
Notes: Taken at Richmond 1991 on 75th anniversary RAAF

15 February 2006

To John Gallagher, Loftus, NSW keeping c/r VH-ALF.