red750 Posted May 27, 2020 Posted May 27, 2020 Not the one I accidentally happened upon when researching. I didn't know we had had them.
kasper Posted May 27, 2020 Posted May 27, 2020 I think we had some spitfires that were not really up to tropical ops ...
red750 Posted May 27, 2020 Posted May 27, 2020 If not identified by tomorrow morning, I will post the answer then.
pmccarthy Posted May 27, 2020 Posted May 27, 2020 Either the Gladiator or the Defiant. I will go with the Bolton Paul Defiant.
Student Pilot Posted May 27, 2020 Posted May 27, 2020 I take it served overseas not in Oz and the Pacific?
red750 Posted May 27, 2020 Posted May 27, 2020 (edited) The RAAF aircraft that was not wanted nor ordered was the Douglas Boston bomber, a variant of the A-20 Havoc. Australia had a total of 69 Bostons, operated by No. 22 Sqdn. It had the Serial No. prefix A28. The details of how we came to acquire this aircraft can be found at Douglas Boston. Edited May 27, 2020 by red750 3 1
Student Pilot Posted May 27, 2020 Posted May 27, 2020 You would think a Boston would have carried more and been a better machine for maritime work than Vengence or Wirraway?
facthunter Posted May 28, 2020 Posted May 28, 2020 Be nice if there was one at HARS. Douglas built good airframes then. Nev
Student Pilot Posted May 28, 2020 Posted May 28, 2020 There is a couple in Oz I think, Murray Griffith did one for the AWM and I'm sure there was another as well. Maybe that other one might have gone back to PNG as a deal for the AWM one?
red750 Posted May 28, 2020 Posted May 28, 2020 There is more information here - RAAF Museum, and from Wikipedia_ Australia On display A-20G 42-86786 - RAAF Amberley Heritage Centre Queensland. To be held at Amberley until facility to hold aircraft is built at Papua New Guinea National Museum in Port Moresby.[2] Boston III RAAF A28-8, RAAF Sqn Code DU-J, RAF s/n AL907 - RAAF Museum, RAAF Base Point Cook in Victoria.[3] Under restoration A-20G 42-86615 - under restoration at the RAAF Museum, RAAF Wagga in New South Wales.[4]
planedriver Posted May 28, 2020 Posted May 28, 2020 Thanks SP, but i'm still not much better off. I Googled it, but could not see what it was a conversion from. It's sure gonna need a big resto job if it's ever going to be operational again. Probably accruing a decent amount just being parked there. Looking forward to seeing the Catalina VH CAT operational again, if i'm around that long.
Student Pilot Posted May 28, 2020 Posted May 28, 2020 Douglas A26 Invader, they used quite a few as Firebombers in North America.
Student Pilot Posted May 28, 2020 Posted May 28, 2020 One of those starred in a movie about firebombers, Allways I think it was called.
Student Pilot Posted June 1, 2020 Posted June 1, 2020 F+W C-3605 I always thought these were a Pilatus till I looked it up.
kasper Posted June 1, 2020 Posted June 1, 2020 Cessna!!!! Finally the answer IS Cessna ? AT-17 bobcat 1
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