August 2013 Updates

[Brendan Cowan]

Hi All,

First cab of the rank for this month is Mark Harbour's first cut at updating the:

A28 Boston Page

Mark has recently taken up the management of this page.

This edit includes:

- Introductory text for each of the major Boston variants operated,

- Sub variant type, C/N, Sqn Codes and Mission Tally information,

- A short section on the two USAAF A20G that were received at the RAAF Amberley Heritage Centre for restoration alongside A28-8.

- More photos (and more to come).

Thanks Mark!

Cheers

BC

(IMG:http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/albums/Boston-A28-78/A28_78_DU_R.jpg)

[Brendan Cowan]

It's a real Navy day today with updates to a whole fleet of RAN pages:

N7 Westland Wessex Format update only no content change.

N8 Westland Scout Format update and stated to untangle XR603 – needs more work.

N10 Northrop Shelduck Format update only no content change.

N12 Grumman Tracker Format update only no content change.

N13 McDonnell Douglas Skyhawk Format update only no content change – needs major update of ex Kiwi airframes.

N16 Westland Sea King Format update and added small section on ex UK spares airframes – needs more work.

Gates Learjet Added 5 more airframes inc RAAF – needs a lot of work.

GAF Turana Format update only no content change.

IAI Westwind Format update only no content change.

So you've probably noticed that there is still a lot of change and update to go with these pages. :unsure:

The good news is that Dave Masterson has put his hand up to give us a hand with that. :D

If you have any information to help, please let us know.

Brendan

(IMG:http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/albums/Skyhawk-N13-154906/JB_N13_154906.jpg)

[Martin Edwards]

I have recently added a lot of photos to our image gallery

From Tom Smith images of:
Iroquois A2-381, -486, -488, -489, -508 and -1024
Nomad A18-312
CT-4 A19-028, -032 and 062
Sabre A94-101
Macchi A7-041

From Phil Vabre;
CT-4 A19-027, -031, -037, -039, -040, -046, -049, -050, -052, -061, -062, -068, -074 and -077
Squirrel N22-011, -022 and -023
Iroquois N9-3104
Tiger A38-001
MRH-90 A40-11
Catalina "A24-362" VH-PBZ
Agusta 109E N42-501 and 505
Auster A11-33 and -39

From Alan Dunbar; MRH-90 A40-006
Mike Curtis; Hudson FH314

From Mike Mirkovic;
Anson DG733
Tiger Moth A17-197
Beufighter A19-5, and -10
Mitchell A47-50
Kingfisher A48-4
Seagull III A2-6
Hudson A16-47

Rod Farquhar;
Beaufort A9-1, -66, -102, -132, -201, -226,-700 and -743

Mark Harbour has provided many images and given a major boost to our Boston collection
see http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Boston/

Nelson Little has done likewise with the Catalinas see http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Catalina/

Thanks to all the contributors.

[Brendan Cowan]

Hi All,

Thanks for keeping things moving while I've been tied up Martin.

Thanks also to Dave Masterson and Phil Thompson for the following updates for the N13 Skyhawk page :

List of 6 ex-A4Gs / ex-A-4K Kahus —
Survivors – gone to DRAKEN below:
Bu.No. then RNZAF RAN numbers = DRAKEN
154904 ex NZ6212 = ex RAN A4G 883 = N142EM
154905 ex NZ6213 = ex RAN A4G 884 = N143EM
154908 ex NZ6214 = ex RAN A4G 887 = N144EM
155052 ex NZ6215 = ex RAN A4G 871 = N145EM
155063 ex NZ6217 = ex RAN A4G 876 = N146EM
155069 ex NZ6218 = ex RAN A4G 877 = N147EM

155061 ex NZ6216 = ex RAN A4G 874 at Omaka Museum, NZ
154911 ex NZ6255 = ex RAN TA4G 880 FAAM Nowra

Cheers

Brendan

(IMG:http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/albums/Skyhawk-N13-154911/JB_N13_154911a.jpg)

[Brendan Cowan]

Hi Folks,

Thanks to Gordy, we have solved the mystery of whether the Avro 707A WD280 was shipped to Australia in it's red scheme or the later silver scheme.

So we've update the Avro 707 Page with the answer.

Cheers


BC