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| Posted by: Kas Grigonis Nov 1 2018, 09:05 AM |
| New nested album created for http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/VW626 |
| Posted by: Andy Marden Nov 15 2018, 05:48 AM |
| A couple of minor corrections need making to the Mariner page: A70-4 was c/n 3002 A70-8 was c/n 3018 Andy |
| Posted by: Martin Edwards Nov 15 2018, 01:42 PM |
| Thanks Andy, fixed. |
| Posted by: Martin Edwards Dec 1 2018, 01:32 PM |
| Noted loss of former Hercules http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Hercules-A97-180 at PAF Base Nur Khan- Chaklala Added photos of Nowra two gate guards Seahawk http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Seahawk-N24-009 and Squirrel http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Squirrel-N22-018 Thanks to Darren Crick Updated http://www.adf-serials.com.au/2a47.htm and http://www.adf-serials.com.au/2a28.htm pages thanks to Mark Harbour and Gary Sheppardson Updated http://www.adf-serials.com/3a69.htm page noting the demise of the final two ex-RAAF Phantoms http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Phantom-69-7212 and http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Phantom-69-7216 Corrected the report on an incident involving 67-7206 thanks to Dave Rogers Some more old photos have been unearthed and sent to ADF-Serials including; 1945 photo of Tiger Moth http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/DH-82A-Tiger-Moth/Tiger_Moth_A17_526_Kai_Tak_airfield_HMS_Nabcatcher_Hog_Kong_1945_Photo_via_Mike_Clay sent by Mike Clay (history added by Bert Dougdale) Photos from the collection of Fred Thomason (via Greg Weir) of Canberras A84-244 and 307, Lincoln A73-59, Neptune A89-309, Tiger Moth A17-543 and Vampire A79-807 Photos from Albert Shire (via Tom Shire) of Dakota A65-98, Vickers Viking A82-1, Mustang A68-91 and an unidentified Bristol Freighter at the September 1950 Parafield Air Show Tom also sent us a photo of Mustang A68-659 (shown below) A rare photo considering the extremely short service life of this aircraft Received 1 AD ex USA on 26/06/45. Issued No.2 OTU 10/07/45. Force landed 1 mile S of East Lake (Vic) 01/08/45 and that was it. Tom sent more recent photos of Mustangs A68-105 and A68-199 Daniel Hunt sent a collection of photos taken by his uncle http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Canberra-Tom-Greenfield while based with 542 Squadron RAF at Laverton during 1956/57 Updated http://www.adf-serials.com.au/2a25.htm page including AR831 thanks to Lee Morgon and BG473 thanks to Marcus Hill Updated http://www.adf-serials.com.au/2a81.htm page with the names of the crew members killed in the crash that destroyed A81-2 Updated http://www.adf-serials.com.au/PNGDF.htm page with the correct serial numbers for the Iroquois donated by Australia. We thank James Hollingworth who examined the constructor's plates on a recent visit to Port Moresby. Also added the first of 4 PAC 750XLs identified although still haven't yet tied up its NZ civil reg. with its PNGDF serial If you are on Facebook I suggest that you visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/ADFSerials/. Danny Tanner has been posting a great selection of photos that he has scanned from his slide collection going back to the 1980s. Well worth a lookhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/ADFSerials/ |
| Posted by: Brenden S Dec 3 2018, 10:50 PM |
| Awesome updates mate |
| Posted by: enfield38 Dec 4 2018, 12:40 PM |
| Great work James Hollingworth for confirming those PNGDF Iroquois serials, it finally puts that misconception to bed. You might want to update the pre-amble above the table accordingly. |