There’s a pretty good book that covers questions like this. Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Richard Bach)…

What’s this then (apart from very ugly)?

Again, the NL-series were NOT Netherlands AF, but Netherlands Government Air Transport.

PH-ARB became G-AGBD, NL-202, PH-TBD, G-AGBD, YU-ABM, 4W-ABH and was wfu Aden in 1979 and broken up.

PH-ARZ became G-AGBE, then NL-201, PH-TBE and was w/o 18Nov1946 in France.

VHCXD was w/o Higgins Field QNLD 5May1945, the wreck is still there.

Certainly A30-14 had the original standard fin when delivered for service to the RAAF, I am not sure I have seen a photo of it showing its fin in post war storage? or with DDA?

I think there’s no pictures published post-service showing it with the fin attached. As it sits now, it is somewhat overcomplete regarding parts, and I seem to recall that when we took it off the ship (Years ago!) there were a least two fins with it. I think they were both narrow, but can’t be sure.

Yes,but when did it last fly? Hasn’t it been parked up at the Aviodrome for quite a few years now, and didn’t the new owners say there is no intention to fly any of he collection in the foreseeable future?

THe New owners of the Aviodrome (Libema Group) have indeed stated that it is not their intention to fly any aircraft in their collection. However, they do not own the DC-2. The DC-2 and Constellation went to a consortium of Schiphol Group, KLM and council Lelystad during the bankruptcy. It is still based at Lelystad.

Transfer[I]red from RNeth.AF (as DC-2):
1584 PH-ALE KLM; BOAC G-AGBH; RAF/RNeth.AF, NL203 1316 Sqdn.; PH-TBB[/I]

Actually, this is not the case. PH-ALE went to the UK in May 1940 fleeing the German invasion, became G-AGBH with BOAC (with Dutch crews), then NL203 with Netherlands Government Air Transport in 1945. It was reserved as PH-TBB but not taken up, reverted to G-AGBH and was written off Malta 3Oct1946.

NGAT was a post-war Dutch government agency, not a part of the RAF. It was the successor of 1316 Sq. RAF in many ways, but the DC-2 never flew with 1316 unlike most other NGAT aircraft.

Booty ex-Luftwaffe, 1945: DC-2 XXXX, PH-XXX; VP102

I have seen this quoted more often as ex Dutch. I have never seen the source of that information however: what is yours (not a website please). IF, and that’s a very very big IF, it was Dutch, then it could be c/n 1363, formerly SG+KV, D-EAEN, PH-AKQ. This former Luftwaffe aircraft was surrendered to the RAF at Flensburg on 6May1945.

1288 NC13738 EA; 9/5/41 RAAF A30-14/VHCRH; 1943: ANA; wfu 2/47 (pres. DDA)

This is certainly not preserved, but stored dismantled for spares use.

Transferred from RNeth.AF[/B] 1/42 (as DC-2):
1375 PK-AFK KNILM; RAAF VHCXG, 44-83226
1376 PK-AFL KNILM; 41-1376; RAAF VHCXH, 44-83227, VH-ADZ/-CDZ (pres.SYD).

These were never RNethAF, but owned by the KNILM, and impressed when fled to Australia when the Japanese invaded the East Indies.

Is the V2 also at Duxford now, and if so, can it be photographed in a decent way?

Glad that that – unlike Concorde – was not ‘flown in’.