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 Post subject: WW2 RAAF crashes
PostPosted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 3:23 am 
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 Post subject: Aussie Crash Pictures
PostPosted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 5:13 pm 
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Hello Sabredriver,

Interesting pictures. The second image of a crashed Boston is A28-8. Below is how she looks today at the RAAF Museum Point Cook.
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ahhhh yes, i remember fitting out her cockpit so well!! My first foray into warbird restorations :D


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That looks like a beautiful restoration! I'll have to visit Point Cook next time I'm down there.

By the way, Ausflyboy, how is Brissy? My girlfriend and I are interested in moving to Australia and something about Brisbane got us interested. How is the aviation scene down there? I'm a pilot and wonder how easy it would be to get flying down there. I have my Aussie citizenship which helps of course.

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I'm curious about the third image, of the Spitfire with one wing; did it groundloop or something? How could one wing be pushed almost 90 degrees back and have the top of the fuselage almost shaved off yet the prop blades look virtually untouched? Perhaps a collision during take-off/landing?

Hope the pilot was OK....

thanks for the link

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edit: maybe the prop is ok because it wasn't moving....so I guess it could have been stationary when hit by something...


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so the second image of the flipped A/C thats is it upside down in the museum?


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"The second image of a crashed Boston is A28-8", not the second image in the thread.

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