could it have been a yak 18t the same wing as a normal yak but with a 4 seat fuselage ?,i dont know of any grumman cats in oz the other possibility is one of the Queensland tbm’s on walkabout:eek:
paul

the mummy three!!! the film rock’s (well as much as a mummy movie can:diablo:) the beaufighter cgi look awsome and even tho it’s converted to a transport the must have been an aussie on the fx team as it was still in weathered raaf marking’s(green ghost sqdrn sk-n)the sound wasnt as beefy as i thought a beau should be but great to see all the same.
paul

Your scenario happens all the time in the work of vintage race cars…often
Ferraris, and some Jaguars. It gets wrecked in period. Some parts (say, an engine) are used in a rebuild.
Years later when the value of the car is silly, the other remains…not worth re-using/repairing at the time…are used to build a new car around.
So you have two cars claiming the same serial.

As Mark 12 points out, its less likely with planes, in park because you can’t unbolt a fuselage (because it’s not bolted)…
but that leads to a question….

Has anyone ever heard of two restored planes claiming the same serial?

arent there two seafurie’s claiming to be tg114
ie september fury and argonaught?

no heavy bomber’s that i’m aware of other than the tiger force that would have been actve in1946
but the rn had firefly’s and seafires etc over japan before the atomic blast’s
paul

gtreat work to all involved with the restoration of xh558:D

i’ve been out of trains for awhile but with 3 a4’s in steam at once is bittern back? if so doe’s she still have the early style wheel covers?.
if they can build all these new build loco’s (a1,saint,paitriot etc) why cant we build one little s class streamliner in victoria?.
paul
ps is duchess of hamilton still getting the streamline treatment?

probably the f4u4 iirc faster than the p51 and hellcat and being the newast kid on the block with all the latest devolpment and the corsairs rugged structure a pretty tough customer.