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19-01-2008, 09:33 AM
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You're Top Poster: #21   | My memory isnt as...errr....what was I...umm....oh yeah, its 10.26 in the morning !. I think you are correct in her origin. I seem to recall that the Moorabbin Beau or parts from her, came here to Duxford to be incorporated in the TFC's rebuild...that is now up for sale. Here's a few shots from Duxford...
__________________ Cheers Gary Last edited by Geedee; 19-01-2008 at 09:35 AM. |
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19-01-2008, 10:31 AM
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You're Top Poster: #2  | Beaufighter - Moorabbin Museum
__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm |
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19-01-2008, 11:59 AM
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You're Top Poster: #3 | Gary, I think the parts that went to DX for that wonderful machine you posted were from parts stashes as opposed to being from the Moorabbin girl. The museum is rather, um, defensive when anything is suggested about her as she's almost a time machine and, as you know, used to draw the crowds in the days she was run up. Don't quote me on that though as am relying on my memory at 2200 hrs! To be honest, I'm glad the parts left Australia for such a worthy project. Cannot wait for the day when she flies in that wonderful green.
__________________ http://www.454-459squadrons.org.au/. http://www.awm.gov.au/index.asp  Aircraft from No. 60 Squadron levelling out for the "run in" to make a mast-head attack on a Japanese coaster off Akyab. Courtesy AWM. |
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24-01-2008, 01:49 AM
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__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm |
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24-01-2008, 02:06 AM
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You're Top Poster: #2 | Sadly many "could be interesting" links do not open however there are some here that are quite interesting. Beaufighter links: Some will not liven up so need to be copied into your browser. Beaufighter 21 in Detail - Reference Photographs by Brett Green The Fighter Collection - Beaufighter Fairey Albacore aircraft profile. Aircraft Database of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945 Bristol Beaufighter (D Llewellyn James) http://www.vicflintham.co.uk/post-war-military-aircraft/beau/beau.html http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/BARC/beaufighter.html A complete, original, Beaufighter Pilot's Manual on line - some pages take a long time to load, but worth it. Covers the Mark VI - Two Hercules VI Engines and Marks TFX & XI - Two Hercules XVII Engines Pilot's Notes for Beaufighter 2nd Edition
__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm Last edited by spidge; 24-01-2008 at 02:08 AM. |
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22-03-2008, 06:22 PM
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| Άρης  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Terra something or other
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You're Top Poster: #1 | R2071
__________________ _________________  Beaufighter TF Mark Xs (NV427 'EO-L' nearest) of No. 404 Squadron RCAF based at Dallachy, Morayshire, breaking formation during a flight along the Scottish coast. February 1945. |
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