Martin and Ross,

Thanks very much for that,

I suspected the airframe was VH-FIA as I had found a Moorabbin Air Museum display sign marked “VH-FIA” with the parts.

I have recently acquired the fuselage frame and other Anson remains from a film set and that fuselage ID is from the fuselage frame, while VH-FIA did go to South Australia it would seem its basic fuselage frame was not used in their restoration of EF954, despite perhaps many other parts being consumed into that project.

Interestingly these parts were acquired from the Navy at Nowra so since 1984 “FIA” has travelled from Victoria to South Australia, to New South Wales and back to Victoria, all long after it stopped flying, a round trip of @3000 Km (@1800 miles) not a bad effort from an aircraft grounded and derelict from the early 1960’s?

While these parts are joining the remains of EG426 and may others in my own ownership, the long term intention is donation to a Museum I am associated with, so it seems AW965 / VH-FIA might also be part homing pidgeon? and it may eventually return after departing nearly 25 years ago? smiles

Regards

Mark Pilkington