Without wishing to contribute too much to “thread drift”. Does anybody else remember the incident reported in “Flight” many years ago (early 60’s?) of IIRC the Cessna pilot in Australia who claimed that a Spitfire had formated on him?
As I recall an Australian CAA inspector remarked that he wasn’t totally surprised as to his knowledge “there were at least three Mustangs and a C-47 flying around unlicensed in the outback”.
There was later some discussion as to whether this was feasible ( spares etc.) but there were stories of Australian pilots and their aircraft both disappearing from squadrons at War’s end.
I can just see it on a sheep station miles from anywhere , little Johnny coming in and announcing to his mother ,
“I see Dad’s back!”
i can confirm that the “incident” actually happened!
CAC Mustangs A68-193 and A68-104, 104 being better known as VH-BOB, were based at a family member’s farm in Jerilderie, NSW (the town of Ned Kelly bankrobbery fame), for some 9-10 years from the early 1960’s to the early 1970’s, neither aircraft was registered and despite this were often flown by Tony Fisher, sometimes being found as far afield as Swan Hill in Victoria and Barham in NSW, i do recall being told of several “interceptions” that were made, both on light GA aircraft and the occasional airliner, although generally keeping to theyre blind spots.
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