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Martin Edwards |
Posted: Jan 2 2013, 02:06 PM
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FA-18F Super Hornet (A44) Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,206 Member No.: 27 Joined: 25-June 05 |
The Sikorsky S-51 Dragonfly page converted to our new format
Added the US Navy Sikorsky HO3S-1s loaned to HMAS Sydney during Korean War For reference added the Westland Dragonfly HR3 WG725 held bu FAAM Nowra http://www.adf-serials.com/2a80.htm |
Brendan Cowan |
Posted: Jan 2 2013, 04:27 PM
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Messageboard Co-ordinator Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,458 Member No.: 48 Joined: 20-September 05 |
Thanks Martin,
That's a fast start out of the blocks for 2013 - and in our new format too! Here's another update for today, the story of the (non)aquisition of the: A16 Bell AH-1G Huey Cobra ;) Cheers and happy new year to all. Brendan |
Brendan Cowan |
Posted: Jan 3 2013, 04:06 PM
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Messageboard Co-ordinator Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,458 Member No.: 48 Joined: 20-September 05 |
Today's update is to our page on the:
A11 Auster Aircraft updated this time around are: A11-36, 37, 38, 39 & 40 Stay tuned for more updates over the next few days. Thanks to Terry Roberts and Cameron Ross for some of the information supplied and still to be published. Attatched is a photo from Cameron Ross (owner of A11-49/VH-MFT) taken while refuelling at Mudgee, NSW in January 2012. Cheers Brendan Attached Image |
Martin Edwards |
Posted: Jan 4 2013, 08:34 PM
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FA-18F Super Hornet (A44) Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,206 Member No.: 27 Joined: 25-June 05 |
Created the following new image gallery albums
Boulton Paul Defiant http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/456-Defiant Cessna Bird Dog http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Bird-Dog Avro Manchester http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/460-Manchester Handley Page Victor http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Victor De Havilland DH.103 Sea Hornet http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Sea-Hornet RAAF 458 Squadron http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/458-Squadron RAAF 466 Squadron http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/466-Squadron |
Martin Edwards |
Posted: Jan 5 2013, 08:49 PM
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FA-18F Super Hornet (A44) Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,206 Member No.: 27 Joined: 25-June 05 |
Created some more image galleries
Handley Page Halifax http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Halifax/ Martin Baltimore http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Baltimore/ Martin Maryland http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/459-Maryland/ Bristol Blenhiem http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/459-Blenheim/ Vickers Wellington http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Wellington/ |
Martin Edwards |
Posted: Jan 6 2013, 12:49 PM
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FA-18F Super Hornet (A44) Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,206 Member No.: 27 Joined: 25-June 05 |
Moved the photos from the uploaded photos album to their respective aircraft albums
From Mike Mirkovic Beaufighter A19-87, -189 Dragon Rapide A3-2 Kittyhawk A29-44, -71, -94, -1040, -1190, ‘Hardships” Neptune A89-312 Hercules A97-21 Hawk A27-001 Sabre A94-363, 365, -941 PC-9 A23-001, 002, 003, -005, 010 Vickers Wellesley L2638, L2639, L2680 Macchi A7-047, -081 Liberator A72-172 Sea King N16-118 Falcon A26-073 From Gordon Birkett Stinson 41-19050 From Joe Barr Caribou A4-164, -208, -210, -225, -228, -231, -234 Wapiti A5-5 Macchi A7-023, -027, -028, -071, 088 F-111 A8-514 Iroquois A2-085, -490, -505, 507, -1019 Mirage A3-53 Avro 504k A3-4 Anson A4-3 From Bill Bray Mustang A68-39,-86, -96, -119 Beaufighter A8-354 Wirraway A20-425, -475, -634 Winjeel A85-406, -423, -447 (New album), -457, Kittyhawk A29-109 Beaver A95-205 Hercules A97-205 Dakota A65-14 Seagull A2-4 Hudson A16-199 Demon A1-3 Short Sunderland NZ4108 And some interesting overseas visitors at RAAF East Sale, USAF U-2 and B-57 Canberra http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Overseas-Visitors From Keith & Diane Fitton Beaufighter A19-182 Once again a bit thank-you to all our contributors and to Brendan Cowan for uploading photos. We now have 19.073 images so that 20,000 milestone is not far away |
Martin Edwards |
Posted: Jan 6 2013, 05:37 PM
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FA-18F Super Hornet (A44) Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,206 Member No.: 27 Joined: 25-June 05 |
Continuing with working on the Article XV aircraft
Image galleries now created for Fairchild Argus http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/451-Argus/ Hawker Typhoon http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/451-Typhoon/ Gloster Gaunlet http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/451-Gauntlet Gloster Gladiator http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/3-Gladiator/ Short S.26 http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/10-S-26/ Tomahawk http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/3-Tomahawk/ Lysander http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/3-Lysander/ There are also individual albums for the captured enemy types in the 3 and 450 Squadron albums http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/3-Squadron http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/450-Squadron Albums have also been created for the images of Article XV Spitfire, Hurricane, Mustang, Hudson, Ventura, Sunderland, Mosquito and Lancaster and these now link through the regular RAAF aircraft image albums |
Martin Edwards |
Posted: Jan 6 2013, 07:04 PM
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FA-18F Super Hornet (A44) Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,206 Member No.: 27 Joined: 25-June 05 |
We were a bit light on so I added some 60 odd new Hudsons to the gallery
A16-3. -6, -7, -10, -14, -19, -21, -34, -43, -56, --57, -66, -73, -94, -114, -128, -140, -160, -161, -172, -177, 213, -233 and -241 From AWM, Powerhouse Museum, Gordon Birkett and a heap that I have no idea were they originated from! http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Hudson/ |
Brendan Cowan |
Posted: Jan 7 2013, 10:44 AM
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Messageboard Co-ordinator Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,458 Member No.: 48 Joined: 20-September 05 |
Wow,
Thanks Martin for another knock out job in sorting out our latest influx of phto contribution and thanks to everyone who has contribution what are some pretty exceptional photos! I've upated a few more A11 Auster aiframes including: A11- 43, 44, 46, 49, 60, 61, 300 & 301 with more to come. We've had a busy start to 2013. We are looking for more volunteers to assist us and are happy to show the ropes to newcomers. If this sounds like something that appeals to you, drop us a line at questions@adf-serials.com.au . We'd love to hear from you! Cheers Brendan Attached Image |
Brendan Cowan |
Posted: Jan 11 2013, 08:24 AM
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Messageboard Co-ordinator Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,458 Member No.: 48 Joined: 20-September 05 |
Hi All,
I've put together a totally revamped page today for the: A83 De Havilland Sea Hornet Here's a link to our old Sea Hornet page for comparison. If any one can add any more information or images, that would be very much appreciated. All the best Brendan Attached Image |
Brendan Cowan |
Posted: Jan 11 2013, 03:00 PM
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Messageboard Co-ordinator Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,458 Member No.: 48 Joined: 20-September 05 |
Some more pages updated today.
All have been brought up to our current format with varying degrees of new information added: Blenheim Defiant Gauntlet Gladiator Hampden Lysander Manchester A100 DHC-3 Otter Let us know if you have more to add to any of these pages. The keen eyed amoung you will notice that there are a few font oddities on these pages which is the result of a software glitch at my end. I will fix that sooon. Cheers Brendan |
Martin Edwards |
Posted: Jan 18 2013, 06:35 PM
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FA-18F Super Hornet (A44) Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,206 Member No.: 27 Joined: 25-June 05 |
Added 6 photos of Douglas Dolphin A35-1, -2, -3
Thanks to Steve McKenzie http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Dolphin/ Added photo of Convair Metropolitan A96-353 Thanks to Terry Fletcher http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/Metropolitan-A96-353 Added photo of Dakota A65-112 to the "Loss of A65-112 near Canberra ACT" page. http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/The-...-Dakota-A65-112 We recieved this message with the photograph. Noeleen Best, daughter of FSGT Noel Charlton has requested that I submit the attached photograph to you for inclusion in the "Loss of A64-112 near Canberra ACT" article on your site. The photo was taken c. mid 1950s at Mascot by Jim Dyson and is courtesy of my collection. Regards David Molesworth |
Brendan Cowan |
Posted: Jan 21 2013, 08:12 PM
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Messageboard Co-ordinator Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,458 Member No.: 48 Joined: 20-September 05 |
Thanks Martin,
My contributions for today are updated the image links on the: A83 De Havilland Sea Hornet A96 Convair Metropolitan Supermarine Swift Revamped the A35 Douglas Dolphin Page with new information, photos while bringing it up to the new format. And corrected the font issues on the the following pages: Blenheim Defiant Gauntlet Gladiator Hampden Lysander Manchester Short S.26 A100 Otter We have lot's of new and revised pages in the pipeline, so stay tuned. Cheers Brendan |
Brendan Cowan |
Posted: Jan 24 2013, 02:37 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 updates for today:
Firstly, we have put our new Typhoon page online. (IMG:http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/albums/451-Typhoon/451_Squadron_El_Daba_Typhoon_Mk_Ib_DN323_Y_1943.jpg) Thanks to Gordon Birkett, David Robinson and Martin Edwards for the help on this one. If anyone has more information on these aircraft, we'd love to hear from you via this forum or by dropping us a line at question@adf-serials.com.au. Also, thanks to Bryan Wetton, Martin Edwards & we have updated the Victor and Vulcan pages. (IMG:http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/albums/Victor/No_4_Joint_Services_Trials_Unit_September_1964.sized.jpg) Thanks everyone! Brendan |
Warhawk |
Posted: Jan 26 2013, 04:43 PM
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ADF Serials Research Co-ord Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 1,989 Member No.: 82 Joined: 9-March 06 |
why do I digress off those Daks! :o
Per Gladiators,.. K6142 ? ? Served with 3 Sqn under RAF control. From 112 Sqn (RAF). Crashed 31/12/40 on Takeoff Ikingi, Maryut. The pilot of this was F/O John Jackson (Later CO of 75Sqn) Five day prior, bent he bent N5756 26/12/40 Per N5766 MkII ? Served with 3 Sqn under RAF control. From 33 Sqn (RAF). Shot Down 13/12/40 by CR42s near Sollum. The Pilot was F/O A A Gatward Two Campbells in 3Sqn at the time,...P/O J Campbell (P/O at time) and F/Lt D Campbell Per 25/01/41 Losses, K8022 and K7963 respectively. But,......date 04/02/41 has P/O J Campbell damaging K8022 again, so was the 25/01/41 landing a forced landing only??? F/O D L Winton also 13/12/40 per quoted Gladiator #3529 which isn't on the list Per: K7901 ? ? Served with 3 Sqn under RAF control. From 80 Sqn (RAF). Hit obstruction 24/01/41 landing Tmimi. Pilot was F/O N Davidson So,......more or less confusion? Best Gordy |
Martin Edwards |
Posted: Jan 30 2013, 06:51 PM
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FA-18F Super Hornet (A44) Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,206 Member No.: 27 Joined: 25-June 05 |
Gordy has been hard at work with updates on Dakotas A65-26 to A65-35
Two versions of the Dakota page are currently on-line The original at http://www.adf-serials.com/2a65.shtml And the new version at http://www.adf-serials.com/2a65.htm Your feedback and comments are most welcome |
Rod Farquhar |
Posted: Jan 31 2013, 09:58 PM
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C-17A Globemaster III (A41) Group: ADF Serials Team Posts: 789 Member No.: 4 Joined: 1-June 05 |
I think the new version is the way to go Martin.
Rod |