ANZAC 747

[Brett o]

I have a memory of Qantas flying a 747 with diggers back to Gallipoli to commemorate i think the 70th or 75th anniversary of Anzac day.
Is my memory right and if so does anyone remember the plane's rego and did the jumbo get a name change for the flight?
Any links to photos or stories would be wonderful
I know they did this in 2015 for the 100th anniversary as well.

[Brenden S]

VH-OEH I think, it had a decal on the nose and it was back in 2015, the 100th anniversary.

[Greg Hyde]

Originally Posted by Brenden S

VH-OEH I think, it had a decal on the nose and it was back in 2015, the 100th anniversary.

Close but no cigar,

VH-OEI carried a "100 Years of Anzac" sticker near the forward door

https://www.aussieairliners.org/b-747/vh-oei/vhoei.html

Not sure of the 75th Anniversary aircraft but I think it was renamed "Spirit of Anzac"

[Noel White]

There was a 75th anniversary flight in 1990. It carried a small number of surviving WWI diggers and their support staff. Can't remember the rego but it's flight number was QF1915 for the outbound flight and QF1918 for the return flight.

[Brett o]

Thank you all. I remember it being a 400, and the plane was called the spirit of ANZAC in the big gold letters