Operation Buffalo

Operation Buffalo poster.

Miniseries (2020)

Starring:
Ewen Leslie (Major Leo Carmichael)
Jessica De Gouw (Eva Lloyd-George)
James Cromwell (General "Cranky" Crankford)
Tony Martin (Attorney-General Richard Wilcox)

In Maralinga, South Australia, at the height of the Cold War, at a remote army base carrying out British nuclear testing, paranoia runs rife and nuclear bombs are not the only things being put to the test.

Douglas C-47-DL Skytrain (DC-3C)

Registration VH-AES, c/n 6021 built in 1942 for the USAAF with serial 41-18660. Owned and kept airworthy by Hawdon Operations Limited. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Ep. 1

Reg. VH-AES Douglas C-47-DL Skytrain (DC-3C) in TAA-Trans Australia Airlines livery.

Bristol 170 Freighter (CGI)

Visible VH-AES registration in the fifth picture indicates that the C-47 listed above was the base for this CG model.
Ep. 1

Douglas C-47B-30-DK Skytrain

Registration VH-AEF / RAAF serial A65-94, c/n 16358/33106 built in 1945 with USAAF serial 44-76774. Maintained by the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS).
Ep. 3