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Brendan Cowan |
Posted: Nov 1 2012, 10:45 AM
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Messageboard Co-ordinator Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,458 Member No.: 48 Joined: 20-September 05 |
Our first update for this month is to our:
A66 Avro Lancaster Page Thanks to Darren Bemrose for the update on PB125. Brendan |
Brendan Cowan |
Posted: Nov 5 2012, 07:42 AM
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Messageboard Co-ordinator Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,458 Member No.: 48 Joined: 20-September 05 |
As promised last month, here are the updates to:
A56-3, A56-4, A56-5, A56-6, A56-7 & A56-8 On our new A56 Republic P-43 Lancer page. Discusion on the new Lancer page has moved to this new topic. Cheers Brendan |
Martin Edwards |
Posted: Nov 11 2012, 06:28 PM
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FA-18F Super Hornet (A44) Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,206 Member No.: 27 Joined: 25-June 05 |
Photos taken at Nowra by Bernie Delaney via Kim Dunstan
Sea Fury VW627, VW638 and VX726 (All new albums) Firefly VX379, VX384 (Both new albums) and WD833 Sea Otter RD91? Spitfire deck trainers including A58-691 marked as MV510 also photographed at Nowra Vampire A79-942 (New album) Auster A11-49 Thanks to Kim for forwarding these photos |
Brendan Cowan |
Posted: Nov 19 2012, 12:05 PM
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Messageboard Co-ordinator Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,458 Member No.: 48 Joined: 20-September 05 |
Thanks to a prompter from Gordy, we have updated the following pages relating to "ANA" serialled aircraft:
RAN Page Fairey IIID Page I have a huge backlog of page updates and limited time this month due to work and business travel commitments. Hopefully I'll get a chance to action more of these soon. Cheers Brendan |
Brendan Cowan |
Posted: Nov 19 2012, 12:40 PM
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Messageboard Co-ordinator Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,458 Member No.: 48 Joined: 20-September 05 |
Thanks to the team I've updated the RAN Spitfire Page today.
We have now identified Spitfire Mk.VIII MV510/A58-691 as AH9 and added more photo links. Cheers Brendan |
Brendan Cowan |
Posted: Nov 20 2012, 12:31 PM
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Messageboard Co-ordinator Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,458 Member No.: 48 Joined: 20-September 05 |
Thanks to Doug MacPhail and Steve Mackenzie for the information to update the details of AJ839, AJ844, AJ845 & AJ944 for our:
Harvard page Some more photo links have also been added. Cheers Brendan |
Brendan Cowan |
Posted: Nov 21 2012, 11:58 AM
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Messageboard Co-ordinator Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,458 Member No.: 48 Joined: 20-September 05 |
After a timely prompter from Gordy, I have added links to the current Oxford and Tiger Moth pages for now on the RAN Page to close the gap until we can organise some pages that highlight these types in RAN service.
I have also changed the way that we link to the image gallery for each type while I'm at it to make that more visually appealing - let me know what you think. One day I'll get back to fleshing out my Oxford and Battle Pages! Cheers :D BC |
Brendan Cowan |
Posted: Nov 21 2012, 12:27 PM
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Messageboard Co-ordinator Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,458 Member No.: 48 Joined: 20-September 05 |
A few more for today.
This time I have updated the image gallery links for our Army , AFC and RAAF Series One index pages. Comments and suggestions and more photos are welcome. Cheers Brendan |
Brendan Cowan |
Posted: Nov 23 2012, 10:37 AM
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Messageboard Co-ordinator Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,458 Member No.: 48 Joined: 20-September 05 |
Today it's the turn for our Other Aircraft Operated by the RAAF & ADF Page to get the updated image gallery links treatment.
Cheers Brendan |
Rod Farquhar |
Posted: Nov 23 2012, 09:16 PM
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C-17A Globemaster III (A41) Group: ADF Serials Team Posts: 789 Member No.: 4 Joined: 1-June 05 |
This is a good format BC, it makes for an easy starting point for those ( like myself) who may not be familliar with all the early aircraft.
Rod |
Martin Edwards |
Posted: Nov 24 2012, 04:27 PM
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FA-18F Super Hornet (A44) Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,206 Member No.: 27 Joined: 25-June 05 |
Updated C-17A Globemaster page adding A41-211 and images.
Also added the construction numbers for the first five delivered. Does anyone know the construction number of A41-211? http://www.adf-serials.com.au/3a41.htm |
Brendan Cowan |
Posted: Nov 26 2012, 08:23 AM
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Messageboard Co-ordinator Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,458 Member No.: 48 Joined: 20-September 05 |
Thanks Rod & Martin,
Here is the latest index page upgraded to the new format with photo image links: RAAF Series Three Index Page Next will be a big one - RAAF Series Two. Also, Martin and I have been kicking around a few options for the index page for the image gallery itself. This will be in celbration of our rapidly approaching milestone of 20,000 images in our galleries! Stay tuned for more developments. Martin, Thanks for the mighty effort to get so much of the image backlog shifted into albums over the weekend! Outstanding effort! Cheers BC |
Brendan Cowan |
Posted: Nov 26 2012, 09:19 AM
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Messageboard Co-ordinator Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,458 Member No.: 48 Joined: 20-September 05 |
Hi again,
On the back of Martin's mighty effort in moving recently uploaded images into galleries, the following pages have had image updates today: Army Index Page RAAF Series Three index Page Other RAAF & ADF Aircraft index page RAN Spitfire A15 Miles Magister A18 Short S.23 C Class A56 Republic Lancer A63 Link Celestial Navigation Trainer A64 Vultee Vigilant A87 Vickers Valetta A99 Hunting Percival Jet Provost RAF Miles Magister Bell 412 Cheers BC |
Brendan Cowan |
Posted: Nov 26 2012, 10:59 AM
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Messageboard Co-ordinator Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,458 Member No.: 48 Joined: 20-September 05 |
Also updated today are the:
Aircraft of Central Flying School 1909 - 1918 Page RAAF Hot Air Balloons Page RAAF Series Two Index Page :D BC |
Martin Edwards |
Posted: Nov 26 2012, 06:13 PM
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FA-18F Super Hornet (A44) Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,206 Member No.: 27 Joined: 25-June 05 |
Making up for lost time I have had a marathon session on the image gallery updates.
The 350 odd photos from the Uploaded image album have now been moved to their repective albums Thanks are in order to Mike Mirckovic, Dave masterson, The Phantom. Peter May, Gordon Birlett, Derek Buckmaster, Ian Whitehead, Steve Mackenzie, Rod Farquhar and Brendan Cowan for uploading these images. (I have a list of all the aircraft covered but I am running out of puff at present to type it all up, let me know if you require a listing) I have also added the following new albums Armstrong Whitworth FK.3 http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Arms...-Whitworth-FK-3 Avro Vulcan http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Avro-Vulcan Bell 412 http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Bell-412 Bristol Boxkite http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Bristol-Boxkite DH.110 Sea Vixen http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Sea-Vixen Fairey Swordfish http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Fairey-Swordfish Felixstowe F5 http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Felixstowe-F5 Hunting Jet Provost http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Jet-Provost Link Celestial Navigation Trainer http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Cele...igation-Trainer Woomera Meteors (more to come on these at a later date) http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Meteor-Woomera Miles Magister http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Miles-Magister Piper Cub (L-4 Grasshopper) http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Piper-Cub R.A.F BE12 ans BE.12A http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/RAF-BE-12 Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/MH-60R-Seahawk RAAF 459 Squadron (only Martin Baltimore so far, other types to be added soon) http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/459-Squadron Vickers Valetta http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Vickers-Valetta Future ADF-serials http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Future-ADF That leaves A41-DH.83 Fox Moth A54 Waco YQC-6 A69 Curtis Shrike (Helldiver) A83 Sea Hornet A88 RFD Winged Target to be done. If you have any photos of these please upload them to http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Uploaded/ |
Brendan Cowan |
Posted: Nov 27 2012, 07:33 AM
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Messageboard Co-ordinator Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,458 Member No.: 48 Joined: 20-September 05 |
Fantastic Martin!
That is outstanding! I was watching you and trying to keep pace all day yesterday! Every time that you moved and image or set up a gallery, I updated a page – it was a cracking ride, but I had most of it done yesterday and started early this morning to catch up the rest. :-) I think that I have restored pretty much all of the links to the new locations that you’ve set up. There is still some further work for me to do on http://www.adf-serials.com.au/rafww11.htm as we don’t have dedicated aircraft galleries for some types. I might have to think up a way to link to multiple squadron and type galleries, but for now I have done a quick job to get it looking better and hope to do more on this later in the week. This also opens up a few more "gallery gaps" including: Manchester Defiant Blenheim Maryland Wellington Lysander Caproni Ca.164 I have no doubt that we will close these gaps soon too with the support of our contributors. I can see that the upload page is already starting to fill with images to plug some of the gaps! Anyway, top effort. For now here is the new: Aircraft operated by WWII RAAF & RNZAF units within the RAF Looks like we are heading to a big finish for updates to the site in 2012! :D Brendan |
Rod Farquhar |
Posted: Nov 27 2012, 03:53 PM
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C-17A Globemaster III (A41) Group: ADF Serials Team Posts: 789 Member No.: 4 Joined: 1-June 05 |
No sooner said than done, I am about to upload a couple of Lysander pics.
Rod |
Brendan Cowan |
Posted: Nov 27 2012, 04:32 PM
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Messageboard Co-ordinator Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,458 Member No.: 48 Joined: 20-September 05 |
Rod, you're a champion! ;) BC
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Martin Edwards |
Posted: Nov 27 2012, 06:20 PM
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FA-18F Super Hornet (A44) Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,206 Member No.: 27 Joined: 25-June 05 |
Thanks Brendan for keeping up with the photo links
Thanks Rod Westland Lysander photos added to 3 Squadron album http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/3-Squadron DH-83 Fox Moth http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Fox-Moth Waco YQC-6 http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Waco-YQC-6 RFD Winged Target http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/RFD-Winged-Target Curtiss Shrike http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Curtiss-Shrike Just being a bit pedantic but the Curtiss A25A Shrike was not actually a Helldiver but a land based dive bomber based on the naval SB2C Helldiver I think we should refrain from calling it the Helldiver (and correct our spelling of Curtis to Curtiss) I am also not sure if we should be calling the L-4 Grasshopper a Piper Cub any more than we should call a Hudson a Lockheed Electra! Thoughts? |
Brendan Cowan |
Posted: Nov 28 2012, 09:10 AM
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Messageboard Co-ordinator Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,458 Member No.: 48 Joined: 20-September 05 |
Thanks Martin,
This mornings updates are: RAAF Series Two Index Page Added links to Fox Moth, Waco YQC-6, RFD Winged Target, Curtiss Shrike albums and put a placeholder image in in anticipation of the DH Sea Hornet Album. The non-Helldiver is now a Shrike. ;) Aircraft operated by WWII RAAF & RNZAF units within the RAF Added links to Lysander albums and tidied up the presentation of the Squadron Albums. Do we have any existing albums for the Manchester, Defiant, Blenheim, Maryland, Wellington or Caproni Ca.164? (Folks, that is my not very subtle appeal for images! B) ) Other Aircraft operated by the RAAF & ADF The non-Cub is now a Grasshopper. More updates to come for a bumper edition of updates before we close out for November! Thanks to everyone for your support! :D Brendan |
Michael Louey |
Posted: Nov 28 2012, 03:17 PM
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Supermarine Spitfire (A58) Group: Members Posts: 46 Member No.: 99 Joined: 24-March 06 |
Hi Brendan, Regarding the list of aircraft you mentioned - Defiant. The only photo i have ever seen is in a book called 'Turret Fighters' by Alex Brew. There is a cropped photo showing a Defiant 1 coded SA-H. The serial is not visible in the photo. I am not sure of the copyright status of this photo. Blenhiem. There are a few photos in the 454 Squadron history 'Alamein to the Alps' and I think one photo in the book 'Fighter Nights' on 456 Squadron. The 454 Squadron photos show 2 Blenhiem IV's and one Blenhiem V. I have to check, but I think the 456 squadron aircraft might be a Mk 1. Regarding copyright for these photos, best to contact the authors Mark Lax and John Bennett. The 454 Squadron book is free on the web at the squadron web site but not sure about using the photos. Never seen any photos of a Manchester but there should be plenty of the Wellington. I would be very suprised if you ever found a picture of the Maryland. I think this was only ever loaned from one of the RAF squadrons for early training and an early op. I've attached a photo of the model I made of the Defiant but the serial is just educated guesswork. Cheers Michael Attached Image |
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Brendan Cowan |
Posted: Nov 29 2012, 07:25 AM
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Messageboard Co-ordinator Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,458 Member No.: 48 Joined: 20-September 05 |
Thanks Michael,
Let's see what those tips yield. We are contact with some of the authors that you named. Some of them watch these very pages! ;) As ever, that's a very sharp looking model of the Defiant - which kit and scale is it? On the topic of photos, the following pages have had image links updated today: BE.12 & BE.12a SE.5a CAC Wackett Trainer Brendan |
Martin Edwards |
Posted: Nov 29 2012, 02:40 PM
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FA-18F Super Hornet (A44) Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,206 Member No.: 27 Joined: 25-June 05 |
Again, nice work
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Michael Louey |
Posted: Nov 29 2012, 09:31 PM
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Supermarine Spitfire (A58) Group: Members Posts: 46 Member No.: 99 Joined: 24-March 06 |
Hi Brendan, Thanks for the compliment. The kit is one of the newer Czech kits by MPM in 1/72 scale. Not perfect but miles better than the old Airfix kit. I checked out Fighter Nights - There is one photo of a 456 Squadron Blenhiem 1 - L4907 still with the code number '20' from its use at 54OTU. A bit of bonus information - I've just been talking to Dick Hourigan about Boomerangs and he supplied this update based on Roy Goon's log books Currently the text for A46-114 reads - Served with 83 Sqn and was coded "MH-O" with that Sqn and had "Bambi" on the cowl; from early May 1943 [I] This should be from early May 1944. In May 1943 Roy was still with 85 Sqn in WA. Regards Michael |
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Rod Farquhar |
Posted: Nov 30 2012, 10:32 AM
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C-17A Globemaster III (A41) Group: ADF Serials Team Posts: 789 Member No.: 4 Joined: 1-June 05 |
Couldn't find any Manchester pics BC but did find this mention
L7464 61, 50, 57 Sqns, 460 Sqn, 1AAS became 3624M According to the same source R5474 was in a batch that was cancelled in favour of Lancaster production. Rod |
Brendan Cowan |
Posted: Nov 30 2012, 02:04 PM
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Messageboard Co-ordinator Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,458 Member No.: 48 Joined: 20-September 05 |
Thanks Gents,
Michael, We'll add that to the next update of the Boomerang page. Rod, I'd like to get our Manchester Page updated which only lists L7464 and R5474 but might have to go with a more generic Manchester photo to accompany it. Anyway, my final updates for today (and for the month) are all related: Avro 707A Avro Vulcan Handley Page Victor New Page Vickers Valiant New information and photos would be very much appreciated. I'm off for a quick break for the next week and will be back again after that. Cheers Brendan |
Martin Edwards |
Posted: Nov 30 2012, 06:49 PM
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FA-18F Super Hornet (A44) Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,206 Member No.: 27 Joined: 25-June 05 |
Final update for month
Updated Wessex page http://www.adf-serials.com/n7.shtml Updated current location details and added photos of from Dick Winterburn of N7-212 Updated history and added photo from Dave Masterson of N7-219 (WA219) A very productive month, thanks to all contributors and a big thank you to Brendan for his hard work. |