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Boughton 3 MUSEUM and PRESERVED AIRCRAFT IN AUSTRALIA Since this Society produced the first edition of this survey in 1968, there has been an increased awareness in the need to preserve aircraft for historical and educational purposes. This has resulted in additions to some collections, changes between various collections, and the establishment of new exhibits. At present none of these aircraft have cur­ rent certificates of airworthiness but a few are being restored with the view to licensing for demonstration purposes. There are many aircraft of historical Interest currently airworthy in Australia and several others which are being rebuilt for flying. These do not fall within the scope of this survey, while aircraft which are abandoned and/or derelict have similarly not been included as they have no definite future. Not all of the machines and equipment listed have been com­ pletely restored for display. The serial/registration listed is at present carried by the aircraft and in some cases might not be its actual identity (these machines are marked with an asterisk). Some machines listed are privately owned and are not on public display but may be available for viewing on request. It should be noted that aircraft built in Australia by the local De Havllland company have been listed as De Havilland (Aust.) The collections have been listed on a State/Territory basis In alphabetical order and are correct to September 1972 De Havilland DH 94 Moth Minor VH-AGT AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY ^e Havilland DH 98 Mosquito FB.VI HR621 De Havilland DH 112 Sea Venom FAW.53 WZ907 The Australian War Memorial at Canberra has, as De Havilland DH 112 Sea Venom FAW.53 part of Its wide range of military relics and displays, a (cockpit section) WZ945 small collection of aircraft of real historical interest. De Havilland DH 115 Sea Vampire T.22 XA101 These were either operated or captured by Australian De Havilland (Aust.) DH 82A Tiger Moth A17-680 personnel during active service. De Havilland (Aust.) DH 100 Vampire F.30 A79-14 Albatros D.Va D5390/17 ^airey Firefly AS.6 WH632 Avro Lancaster B.l W4783 Fairey Gannet AS.1 XA334 /tAC CA-5Wirraway II A20-103 Gere Biplane Deperdussin Gloster Meteor F.8 A77-868 Fleseler FZG-76 (V-1) Gray Monoplane Fritz X v^Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 VW647 Gloster Meteor F.8 A77-368 Link Trainer Pfalz D.XII 2600/18 Percival Proctor III VH-BXU S.E.5a C9539^ Percival Proctor V NP336* /^Supermarine Spitfire Mk.lla P7973 ^^/^permarine Spitfire HF.VIII (on lease) MV239 V-2 Victa R.101 Gyrocopter VH-MVB Vultee Vengeance lA EZ999 At RAAF Base Fairbairn the De Havilland (Aust.) N/ DH 115 Vampire T.35A A79—830 Is being prepared for Sydney Technical College at Ultimo, maintains mounting at the entrance gate. four aircraft for apprentice training. NEW SOUTH WALES Bristol Sycamore HR.50 XA220 De Havilland DH 112 Sea Venom FAW.53 WZ910 y/HuntIng Jet Provost T.2 The Camden Museum of Aviation, established In G-AOHD 1962, by Mr. G.H. Thomas, Is located at Camden Air­ Fornair F.1 Aircoupe N3017G port. In addition to its aircraft the museum has an At RAAF Base Willlamtown, north of Newcastle, extensive collection of engines, instruments, aircraft the collection, located at the main entrance gate, was components and models. With ail its aircraft housed initiated by Wg. Cdr. K. Isaacs, AFC, while base com­ under cover, their general condition Is very good. mander, in the 1960's and since then has Increased to six aircraft. Avro Anson Mk.l R9883 Avro/GAF Lincoln B.30 (cockpit section) A73-27 Bristol Bloodhound 8513 Bristol Sycamore HR.51 XR592 y/CAC CA—12 Boomerang I A46-30 y/bAC CA—16 Wirraway 111 A20-685 CAC CA-27 Sabre Mk.32 A94-951 ybAP Beaufighter 21 A8-186 De Havilland (Aust.) DH 100 Vampire FB.30 A79-1 DAP Beaufighter (cockpit section) A8-386 De Havilland (Aust.) DH 115 Vampire T.35A A79-822 DAP Beaufort (cockpit section) A9-703 Gloster Meteor F.8 A77-875 De Havilland DH 60G Moth A7-75 4 Marshall Airways has a collection of truly historic for early agricultural experiments in the Walcha district. importance, the majority of which, are housed in crow­ At the Cowra Auto Museum the Percival Proctor 1 ded conditions at Bankstown Airport. VH—AHY is on display and a De Havilland DH 82A Tiger Moth will be added in the future. At Tamworth VH-AGH Avro Cadet Mk.ll a Pietenpol Skyscout is on display. Douglas DC—2 A30-9 Douglas DC—2 A30-11 At RAAF Base Wagga, there are two Gloster Douglas DC-2 A30-14 Meteor F.8 aircraft, A77-871 and A77—874, situated ^Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 163824 either side of the main entrance and painted in the Morris Penguin colour scheme of The Meteorites aerobatic team. No ^^akajima Ki—43 Hayabusa (OSCAR) serials are painted thereon. A number of instructional VH~UUP Short Scion Mk.I airframes are used for RAAF apprentice training on the MV154 ^upermarine Spitfire HF.VIII Base. Included in this collection are the prototype CAC Westland Widgeon III VH-UGI CA-26 Sabre Mk.30 A94^101, the pr^otype CAC CA-22 Winjeels A85-364 and A85-618, a number of HMAS Albatross, Nowra, the only RAN Air Sta­ De Havilland Vampires and CAC Sabres together with tion, has two permanent exhibits at its entrance gate other machines currently in service. (Firefly and Sea Fury) and further machines in storage and/or in instructional use. The Commonwealth Department of Works Bristol Sycamore HR.51 XD653 (Commonwealth Experimental Building Sta^d^n) at De Havilland DH 112 Sea Venom FAW.53 WZ895 Ryde uses Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 WG630 for wind De Havilland DH 112 Sea Venom FAW.53 WZ931 and/or rain tests on building materials. This is the •^airey Firefly TT.6 WJ109 second machine i^d for this purpose, the original Fairey Gannet AS.1 XA435 machine, VW647,ms now at the Camden Museum of Grumman S—2E Tracker 151646 Aviation. Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 VW623 4^ Westland Wessex Mk.31 WA217 A Cierva C.30A, VH—USR, was presented to the Royal Aero Club of NSW, Bankstown and is the sole The Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences at survivor of the type in Australia. It was withdrawn from Ultimo has its aircraft in permanent storage awaiting service in June 1950. Also at Bankstown is the De provision of suitable display space. Havilland DH 112 Sea Venom FAW.53, WZ946 which is mounted outside Chieftain Flying School and painted Bleriot XI in their colours of red and cream. It replaced the CAC Boeing PB2B-2R (Catalina VI) VH-ASA Mustang A68—187. De Havilland DH 60X Moth VH-UAU ^^ffawker Sea Fury FB.11 VX730 East West Airlines Ltd. acquired the Avro Anson Mk.l VH—ASM from Marshall Airways and returned it HMAS NIrimba at Schofields, west of Sydney, Is to their Workshops at Tamworth late in March 1972. the Navy Apprentice Training Centre and has five air­ This was the first aircraft used by the Company after its craft for instructional purposes. formation In 1947 and It will be fully restored for dis­ play purposes. De Havilland DH 112 Sea Venom FAW.53 WZ898 De Havilland DH 112 Sea Venom FAW.53 WZ937 .fairey Firefly TT 6 WD826 De Havilland (Aust.) DH 100 Vampires mounted Fairey Gannet AS.1 XA329 on pylons are:- F.30 A79-109 at Forbes; FB.31 Grumman S—2A Tracker 133160 A79—390 at Tamworth; and FB.31 A79—593 at WIngham. The engine of the latter is on permanent Vintage biplanes are represented by the Avro display at the Wingham Historical Society's museum. 504K G-AUBG (a Dyak conversion of Clerget powered A3—4) which is on long term loan to QANTAS Airways At Griffith a memorial to airmen takes the form Ltd from the Australian War Memorial. The Parer and of Fairey Firefly TT.6 WB518’mounted on a pylon, McIntosh De Havilland DH 9, G-EAQM P.D., is at pres­ while at Blacktown, the Australian Air League have the ent being refurbished in Canberra for permanent display Fairey Firefly AS.6 WD827^ at St. Stanislaus Vincentian College, Bathurst, as a memorial to Parer who was educated there. At Walcha The Australian Army has a V-2 rocket at the District Historical Society have preserved the De Holsworthy.
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