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AIRSHOW SPECIAL – LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL ROUND-UP
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Aus Wacos
New home for
‘Hawdon’
Me 109 ‘Gustav’
First flight in the USA
Tempest down
An Australian in Europe
NEWS
Mustang moves
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P-40 projects
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Zero flies
Neptune
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Caribous and Tracker moves & more
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Contents
Volume 28 Number 1, August-October 2016
Features
16 New home for ‘Hawdon’
Editor
Rob Fox
covers the history of one of the most
historic DC-3s in Australia, VH-AES ‘Hawdon’, and looks
to the future.
44 Cabin Class luxury
Four luxury Custom Cabin Waco biplanes were imported
in the 1930s but, until recently, no further examples
followed.
Flightpath
Editor
Rob Fox
details these
Antipodean classics from the Golden Age of Aviation.
50 No milk runs
The Pacific theatre in W.W.II offered peculiar dangers and
hardships. Nearly ninety per cent of losses were not due
to enemy action.
Michael Claringbould
explains why
there was no such thing as a milk run.
20 The Martin Baltimore: Part 2
Mark Lax
concludes his study of the role and operations of
the RAAF’s forgotten bomber with a look at the story of Nos.
454 and 459 Squadrons and non-RAAF Baltimore units.
26 “An aerial experiment”
Andy Wright
briefly outlines the major historic aircraft
types used by the Royal Flying Doctor Service during its
first 88 years.
56 “A fine fighter pilot”
In March 1945, an experienced Hawker Tempest pilot was
lost as he climbed through cloud.
Adam Purcell
reveals
a talented, but sadly little known Australian pilot.
33 “At the foot of a tulip tree”
Michael Claringbould
explains how the mystery of what
happened to a young P-39 Airacobra pilot over a remote
part of New Guinea was resolved via a 1957 memoir.
62 Airspeed’s overlooked Oxford
Airspeed’s elegant twin engine quiet achiever of
W.W.II is profiled in detail by
James Kightly.
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Henderson’s O1-G Birddog.
38 ‘Gustav’ at the beach
A large crowd was privileged to witness the first
American flight of a Messerschmitt Me 109G since the
end of the war.
Luigino Caliaro
looks at the history
of this remarkable survivor.
CABIN
CLASS
LUXURY
Aus Wacos
New home for
‘Hawdon’
Regulars
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Tempest down
An Australian in Europe
NEWS
Mustang moves
✪
P 40 projects
✪
Zero flies
Neptune
✪
Canberra
✪
Caribous and Tracker moves & more
AIRSHOWS
Echuca
✪
TAVAS
✪
Illawarra
✪
Legends
Wanaka
✪
Sun ‘n Fun
✪
Chino
✪
Old Warden & more
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Kittyhawk A29-28 at Amberley, Queensland, in March 1942.
[Buzz Bushbey]
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Point Cook Kittyhawk
The RAAF Museum at Point Cook has sent
its P-40E Kittyhawk project to Precision
Airmotive for completion. The historic 75
Squadron RAAF aircraft (41-5336/A29-28)
is a veteran of that newly-formed unit’s
brave defence of Port Moresby from March
to May 1942. The Kittyhawk’s brief but hec-
tic combat career lasted until April 17 when
it was damaged by enemy fire over Port
Moresby. Patched up, it was flown back to
Australia to be repaired by No. 5 Aircraft
Depot in Queensland. Although made oper-
ational, it was eventually sent south and
served with 2 OTU in Mildura, Victoria. On
2 October 1944, however, the aircraft’s Alli-
son engine caught fire and it was force land-
ed five miles south-west of its Mildura base.
It was declared a write-off three years later.
In the 1970s, the fuselage was on display
at Pearce Dunn’s Warbirds Museum in Mil-
dura. The restoration of the Kittyhawk was
begun in earnest by Jack McDonald at Es-
sendon and later moved to Queensland. Jack
eventually sold the project to the RAAF Mu-
seum and the aircraft headed south again.
Initially, the wings were restored by the late
Murray Griffith’s Precision Aerospace Pro-
The fuselage of the RAAF Museum’s historic P-40E project
leaving the museum for Wangaratta.
[RAAFM]
ductions in exchange for several A-20G Hav-
oc wrecks. These had been recovered from
Papua New Guinea to aid the restoration of
the museum’s Douglas Boston and the Hav-
oc ‘The Hell‘N Pelican II’. Some of these A-
20G remains were moved to Wangaratta
when the deal was originally agreed upon.
The balance was picked up with the Kitty-
hawk.
Precision will complete the restoration of
the P-40 to its 1942 configuration and it will
be finished in its 75 Squadron scheme of the
time. No decision has been made, however,
if this will be done before or after its return
to the museum.
Rob Fox
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Pay’s new project
A P-40N Warhawk project, consisting of a
fuselage and wings, that has been under
rebuild at Precision Airmotive in Wanga-
ratta has been sold. Owned by an undis-
closed European entity, Platinum Fighter
Sales brokered the deal with well-known
warbird identity Ross Pay of Scone, New
South Wales. The rebuild of the wings and
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Rob Fox
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F L I G H T PAT H
News
P-51 Moves North
The only non-CAC built Mustang flying in
Australia, P-51D 45-11526, VH-FST, has been
acquired by Brad Bishopp in Brisbane,
Queensland. The Mustang was flown north
on 2 June by Cameron Rolf-Smith after the
sale by Platinum Fighter Sales on behalf of
Pay’s
Air Service of Scone, New South Wales.
Imported in 1999, the aircraft was rebuilt
by Panama Jack's Vintage Aircraft Restora-
tions, at Jandakot Airport, Western Austral-
ia, for the late Bill Wyllie. It was finished in
the colours of an 82nd Tactical Reconnais-
sance Squadron F-6D Mustang flown by
Medal of Honor recipient Captain William
Shomo. After Wyllie's passing, the Mustang
was owned and operated by Mike Aitchison
and Peter Croser in South Australia until
the sale to Pay’s Air Service. Earlier this
year Pay’s overhauled and reinstalled the
Mustang’s Packard Merlin and brought the
aircraft back to flying status after a long
hiatus out of the air.
The aircraft is now resident at Archerfield
and has become part of the Fighter Pilot Ad-
venture Flights inventory that includes
(among others) the modified Yak 3U-R2000
‘Steadfast’, an L-39 Albatros and a Waco bi-
plane. Their extensive fleet will give people
a chance to experience the full gamut of
high adrenalin adventure flying.
Rob Fox
ABOVE:
The Mustang on arrival at
Archerield with (from left) Paul
Mowatt-Wilson, James Crockett, new owner
Brad Bishopp, Rebecca Kelly, Cameron
Rolf-Smith, Nick Maddocks and Myke
Scowen.
[Mark Greenmantle]
LEFT:
The P-51D ‘Flying Undertaker’
on take-of. The Mustang is itted with a
second seat for adventure lights.
[Rob Fox]
Mustang motivation
In what is the largest fundraising project of its type in recent years,
the Australian National Aviation Museum has secured the oldest
surviving Mustang in Australia. The aircraft, A68-71, was delivered
to the museum’s Moorabbin workshop on 9 July.
The former owner graciously offered the Mustang to the museum if
the requested price could be met. In acquiring the aircraft, the mu-
seum’s Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation collection would be com-
pleted. It was already the largest collection of its kind in the world.
Through a variety of sources, mostly museum members and pri-
vate individuals, but also some corporate support, and a lot of hard
work, the asking price was achieved and the stored aircraft was col-
lected by a small convoy of volunteers’ vehicles. The next step in the
Mustang’s journey to ground-running condition is already under-
way. One of the museum’s core goals is to provide training in aircraft
restoration techniques (metalwork, riveting, fabrication etc) to
youth and the unemployed. This training can provide a head start in
a career in aviation or other technical professions. Several young
museum members have already benefitted from the experience.
The initiative officially kicks off with the Mustang. To raise funds to
help cover materials, insurance and co-ordinator’s costs, for
example, a crowd-
funding campaign has
been launched. Visit
the museum’s website
for details.
Andy Wright
The Mustang A68-71
before it was delivered to
the museum’s Moorabbin
workshop.
[Dave Soderstrom]
F L I G H T PAT H
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Mustang P51 D L39 Albatross
Yak 3U Steadfast AT-6 Harvard
Waco W5F
Archerfield, Queensland
1300 35 99 22 www.fighterpilot.com.au

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