Help Needed to ID Beauforts and Beaufighters

G’day detective

no mystery here, these details have been posted previously (but asking different questions) and all pics are available on our website and FB page. Not looking for numbers or visits on the pages but a google of reevers and beaufort should give you some answers.

couple more pics of what we have if that helps

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Peter Smythe
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Reevers

…Reevers .. your initial post refers to a “rather large cache of Beaufort and Beaufighter aircraft parts”….fascinating stuff.

…Could you possibly tell us of how and where their recovery was achieved ?…. we all like a good mystery here, and this one alludes to being a ripper….but may also help with the questions being reasonably answered….Cheers

Is there a recommended publication(s) I could refer to in our research?

It appears we have 2 x Beaufighter and 2 x Beaufort to identify so a list of construction or build numbers would be most helpful.

Peter Smythe
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Reevers

T3229

Beaufighter 1C, in a batch of 300 Mk1 /11, T3009-3447, source Bruce Robertson British Military Serials 1969 ed.

He notes T3251-3269 were sent to Australia. I wonder if he was incorrect and T3229 went to Australia.

Sorry, my error – only the one ID marked A19/ 7601

the rest are separate but we have more as well.

Peter Smythe
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Reevers

Reevers: so was it 7601 not 1701, or were there 2 marked A-19?

D1566: I can’t see T3229 in the list of RAF-serialled Beaufighters on http://www.adf-serials.com.au/beaufighter.htm
Just Googling “Beaufighter T3229” gives me ditched off Lisbon or captured at Casablanca 1.5.41. Which is correct I wonder!

T3229 was an RAF Beaufighter 1c; seems to have served with 252 Squadron in North Africa.

and while uploaded the others I found these – Could the 7601 be a build or construction number?

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thanks in advance

Peter Smythe
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Reevers

and a couple more now I seem to have this working

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Hi Laurence

I agree but thats what is on the piece we have

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and here are a few others

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A19 was the serial series for RAAF Beaufighters, but 1701 seems too high.