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75 SQN RAAF KITTYHAWKS & KOKODA’S UNIDENTIFIED BOMBER
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Wirraway is 75!
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Contents
Volume 26 No.2 , November 2014 - January 2015
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28 The Douglas Dolphin in
RAAF Service
From the files of the
Aviation Historical Society of
Australia
(AHSA), a rare insight into the service life
of the four RAAF Douglas Dolphins of WWII.
60 The Many Fuselages of ‘Uiver’
Neil Follett
details the four DC-2s and one DC-3
that have been painted to represent PH-AJU.
34 Stow Maries
The Great War airfield is in the state in which it was
abandoned in 1919.
Mike Shreeve
looks at the exciting
project to restore the site to its former glory.
CORSAIR FEATURE Pt.II
64 Night Corsairs, Part 2
We present an extract from
Alan C Carey’s
Night Cats
& Corsairs,
on the first Corsair night fighter units in the
Korean War.
A Flying Tribute
38 Wirraway 75th Anniversary Part 3 68
Frank B. Mormillo
introduces us to the much
Following the previous features on the Wirraway’s origins
and war service,
Derek Buckmaster
takes the story from
1945 right up to today.
travelled F4U-4B, a rare Korean War combat veteran.
46 Minlaton Monoplane Marvel
Phil Hosking
explores the history behind
the ‘Red Devil’, the 1917 Bristol M-1C Monoplane.
72 Magnificent Corsairs Worldwide
Following the ‘Top Ten Corsair Survivors’ last edition,
Flightpath
presents a selection of notable Corsairs in
preservation and flying today.
50 Bristol’s Blunt Bullet
Contributing Editor
James Kightly
profiles the
Bristol M.1C type.
Regulars
COVER:
The former
75 Squadron RAAF
P-40N-1 Kittyhawk
A29-488 (ZK-CAG)
flown by owner
Frank Parker and
captured by
GHOSTS’ Philip
Makanna.
53 Bristol in the Great War
One Great War company entered the war with more
experience and capability than almost any other.
James
Kightly
reviews the Bristol lineage of 1914-18.
55 Kokoda’s Unidentified Bomber
A Japanese bomber wreck lies high in PNG’s mountains.
Michael J. Claringbould
reveals it ended there after
a combination of circumstances involving RAAF P-40s
and a spotter nicknamed ‘Golden Voice’.
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CLOCKWISE:
The oldest surviving Common-
wealth Aircraft Corporation aircraft, Wirraway
A20-10. [Rob Fox] The Pacific Belles were on
hand to sing Happy Birthday to the Wirraway.
[J Kightly], The museum commissioned a
special birthday cake for the celebrations.
[Ewan McArthur]
The Wirraway was fired up
during the festivities, only the second time it
had run after a 27 year hiatus.
[J Kightly]
CAC Wirraway 75
The Australian National Aviation Museum at
Moorabbin, Vic, undertook a huge effort to
celebrate the 75th birthday of the oldest sur-
viving Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation
(CAC) aircraft, Wirraway A20-10. This is the
eighth Wirraway off the production line in
1939. On the exact day, 6 September 2014, 75
years after A20-10 was rolled out at Fisher-
man’s Bend, the aircraft was again rolled out
to an appreciative crowd after an intense
restoration programme had brought the air-
craft back to its original (pre-war) scheme.
Among other highlights, a number of ex-
CAC employees turned up and the oldest one
- 90 year old Alan Patching – had the honour
of cutting the special Wirraway cake. ‘Happy
Birthday’ was sung by The Pacific Belles,
and in the afternoon, the aircraft was fired
up for the appreciative crowd, only the sec-
ond time it had run after a 27 year hiatus.
This major part of the restoration had been
started only ten weeks previously, though
some metal fabrication work had been under-
taken on an occasional basis prior. The work
was done by an all-volunteer crew, with many
late-night hours, volunteer extra contribu-
tions and travel from around Australia to
help. The estimate was around 2,500 hours of
volunteer time, and included many junior
helpers on this project which gave much en-
couragement for the future. All the proceeds
raised went towards restoring the Museum’s
CAC Boomerang. (see our Wirraway feature
on page 38)
James Kightly
News
Rare Pacific Veteran P-38 Sold
The Classic Jets Fighter Museum (CJFM) has sold
its rare Lockheed P-38H Lightning, the only one
in Australia, to the UK. It was previously listed as
the star attraction and “most outstanding feature
of the Classic Jets Fighter Museum”. Museum Di-
rector Bob Jarrett told
Flightpath
“the Lightning
42-66841 has been shipped to Britain where it will
undergo a complete rebuild program to return
squadron number 153 to airworthy status. CJFM
recognises that this is the best possible outcome
for the long term preservation of this rare early
model P-38H Lightning”.
This P-38 flew with the 475th FG, 432 FS, of the
USAAF 5th Airforce in Papua and New Guinea un-
til its pilot made a forced landing on 14 September
1943 at Fieta, breaking off its propellers and dis-
lodging its two Allison Engines. The remains lay
abandoned in the kunai grass area near Brahmin,
forty miles (60 km) inland from Madang, until
1992 when initial unsuccessful attempts were
made to remove the aircraft. Following three fur-
ther years of negotiations by Bob Jarrett, the re-
mains of the P-38 eventually arrived in Adelaide,
South Australia on 17 May 1999. On arrival the
museum’s volunteers began the ‘deep restoration’
of the P38 until it was completed and placed on
display. In October 2014, the P-38 was seen while
being transported to David Arnold’s Flying A
Services facility at the former USAF base of RAF
Bentwaters, England.
Rob Fox
LEFT:
TheLockheed P-38H-5
Lightning 42-66841 nearing
completion in 2005 at the
Classic Jets Fighter Museum
event at Parafield, South
Australia.
[CJFM]
BELOW:
The abandoned P-38
as found in the kunai grass at
the WWII Fieta emergency
landing field, inland from
Madang,
[via CJFM]
ABOVE:
The ex CJFM P-38H wrapped in plastic in
the last stage of its journey to David Arnold’s
facility at Bentwaters, England.    
B-24 Liberator &
hangars secured
The future of the B-24 Liberator Memorial project at Werribee, Victo-
ria, and the W.W.II hangar it is being restored in were secured last Oc-
tober thanks to the Victorian State Government assistance. The Assist-
ant Treasurer, Gordon Rich-Phillips (Minister for Aviation Industry)
said, “a land transfer agreement between the State Government, Mel-
bourne Water and the B-24 Fund had been signed, paving the way for
the preservation and enhancement of the site’s aviation heritage. The
agreement will see Melbourne Water transfer about 1.475ha of land
through the state to the B24 Fund, pending a works permit being is-
sued by Heritage Victoria”. As we reported in the previous
Flightpath,
both the Liberator and the Werribee Satellite Aerodrome Hangars are
last of their kind in Australia. Located at the corner of Princes Hwy and
Farm Rd in Werribee, the agreement guarantees it as a museum pre-
cinct and gives the B-24 a much coveted permanent home.
Rob Fox
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2 sets approx �½ life each.
Still in RAAF shipping crates with
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$45K per set negotiable.
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James Kightly
Call Rob 0411 336 156 or
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