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GregHyde	Posted: Nov 17 2019, 10:43 AM
GAF Mirage III (A3) Group: ADF Serials Team Posts: 120 Member No.: 234 Joined: 1-December 06	Darwin World War II hero's RAAF spitfire wreckage discovered in Litchfield National Park On June 30, 1943, Flight Sergeant Colin Duncan and his squadron of spitfires took off on a mission to intercept Japanese aircraft over Darwin. But while the ensuing battle has for decades been marked in folklore, the whereabouts of Duncan's shot-down plane has, until now, remained a mystery. The spitfire A58-2 Duncan was flying caught fire, engulfing the cabin in flames and sending the aircraft plummeting towards the ground in a spiral dive. Desperate to escape, the rip cord to release his aircraft canopy failed, leaving Duncan scrambling to force it off and struggle out of the aircraft to parachute to the ground. Full story https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-17/spit...lot-nt/11711100

Martin Edwards	Posted: Nov 17 2019, 09:03 PM
FA-18F Super Hornet (A44) Group: ADF Serials Admin Posts: 2,206 Member No.: 27 Joined: 25-June 05	The NT Times ran this story three years ago in 2016.

Brenden S	Posted: Nov 18 2019, 03:28 PM
Lockheed Hercules (A97) Group: Members Posts: 354 Member No.: 414 Joined: 6-June 07	At least it is the earliest Spitfire, I hope it is recovered and displayed at the Darwin Aviation Museum.

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