A most worthwhile exercise, you have my support!

Thanks 24 Threshold. What’s the unusually-marked C-47 to the left? I can’t find it on a search.

*edit* Found it. A gift for the Indian Air Force museum from a benefactor. Can’t find the serial or rego though.

Creaking Door, yes, very much so. Among certain indigenous groups in Australia, a long-standing cultural observance was to avoid using the name of a person who’d died, for different periods of time, from days to years. This was extended to depictions in images or film. Not so common in the cities, but it’s still observed widely in the bush.

It’s good that this cultural practice is respected, even if it does seem unusual to those not familiar with it.

Cheers,
Matt

I had a similar situation when attempting to identify my nose section. The reason they’d be ‘two out’ was that IDed sections were complete, but were removed from the production line for issue rectification, thus meaning they were not ready to be assembled with the rest of the components with that number. In other words, if forward section 55 had a problem, then it was pulled and forward section 56 was fitted to centre section 55 and rear section 55, and the aeroplane became A9-55. Very simplistic explanation, as I’m away from home and my source material, but that’s the basic gist of it. I’ll get a decent explanation in a bit.

Fascinating, thank you Dairwin.

I’m glad they told us which holes the witnesses were playing at the time. That attention to detail is important.

*cough*

Great news, thanks for the link. So nice to see such a comprehensively researched static restoration carried out. Lovely!