Hi Phantom 11

Well we can push a bit of interest by keeping it alive
Here is a shot of an RAAF Aces aircraft at Labuan – it survived the War only to be destroyed by burning when the allies left the base. Note the Checker Band on the tail – I will print the story of why when I get back to Australia on Friday

Kindest regards
John Parker

Hi all some shots of Beaufighter restorations, Recoveries and other useful pics in Australia – particularly of interest are shots of the HARS Beaufighter recoveries in the Hanger at Schyville NSW with A19-144 (Now at Duxford) and A19-148 parts of which are now at Skysport as part of their sale of the Beaufighter “Kit set”

Regards
John P

Oscar – I’ve heard of water injection but thats ridiculous !!! LOL

Regards
JP

Hi PhantomII

Your post is very interesting and indeed there were many great USAAC pilots especially 49th FG who fought bravely in the Pacific as well as RAAF and NZ pilots also who fought very well in the Pacific – Australia and NZ took on many hundreds of P40s and it was the mainstay of the RAAF fighter squadrons in the SEPTO for a long time. Many famous Australian pilots such as Caldwell and Truscott flew the P40 in SEPTO and the middle east and were very successful with the type.

Quite a few of the SEPTO aircraft wrecks survived and several have been and are being rebuilt to fly especially at Avespecs, Pioneer and Wangarratta in NZ and Australia and I anticipate more will do so in the future

Here is a 49th FG aircraft restored and operated by Precision Aerospace at Wangarratta – A real work of art

Regards
John P