Community & Business
28 November, 2020
Museum secures piece of Mareeba’s WWII history
The FNQ Aviation Museum has recently acquired a shiny new piece to add to their growing collection of aviation history after they recently acquired a Military Issue Douglas DC3 transport plane.
The FNQ Aviation Museum has recently acquired a shiny new piece to addto their growing collection of aviation history after they recently acquired a MilitaryIssue Douglas DC3 transport plane.
The transport aircraft saw flight time during the end phases of WWII in 1945 where it transported cargo, dignitaries, soldiers and paratroopers.
The plane was deregistered in Townsville in the 1970’s before being brought upto Mareeba by Syd Beck to be placed into the former Beck War Museum.
FNQ Aviation Museum Director Brendan Kent is excited to have procured the aircraft and to put it on display for the public.
“Our primary mission is to preserveaircraft and put it on display for the public so that’s what this acquisition was allabout,” he said.
“This is the same type of aircraft that flew missions out of Mareeba.
“In terms of acquisition it was probably one of our easiest even though it is a29m wingspan aircraft.”
The Kennedy Highway had to be closed between the Beck War Museumand the Mareeba Airport on Saturday, November 14 for the plane to be safely escorted to its new home.
