Australia Hurricane

[Mgawa]

The only Royal Australian Air Force squadron to operate Hurricanes was 3 Squadron but to regret I have never seen image of this machine. Did any of you have any material?

[lestweforget]

Hello.Try these two links. Hope they are of some help to you. http://www.3fsquadronassociation.com/Photo_Album/Photo_Album.html

http://www.rafweb.org/SqnMark003C.htm

[Mgawa]

Nice Interesting, they all have RAF markings, not RAAF.

Cheers

[Swiss Mustangs]

some info here....

http://www.adf-serials.com/2a60.shtml

http://www.3squadron.org.au/index.htm

photos ? ummmmmmmmmm

let's see ~dives into the archives~

Martin

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[lestweforget]

Ooops. Sorry. Was to hasty

[Mark_Pilkington]

Nice Interesting, they all have RAF markings, not RAAF.

Cheers

RAAF 3 Squadron flew RAF Hurricanes in North Africa under RAF Command, in a similar way so did 451 RAAF Squadron, hence the RAF Markings.

A single Hurricane actually served with the RAAF in Australia, allocated RAAF Identity A60-1, it continued to carry its RAF identity and colourscheme as V7476 until eventually stripped and operated in bare metal with RAAF blue and white roundels.



regards

Mark Pilkington

[Mgawa]

This is it!!!

until eventually stripped and operated in bare metal with RAAF blue and white roundels.

This will be real pleasure to see

[Dave Homewood]

Page 54 of Ross Gillett's book 'Australia's Military Aircraft' has a photo of V7476, but it's in standard RAF roundels and camouflage and wears a desert chin filter. I don't have a scanner sorry.

[Mgawa]

I don't have this book, I don't have scanner too but I have this image:



It look like the standard RAAF markings

[Mark_Pilkington]

Mgawa,

that is the same aircraft, as shown previously in its RAF camouflage and markings, but shown in its bare metal and RAAF blue/white roundels, you photo shows it probably at Point Cook in open storage at the end of the war, and after it had ceased flying, and awaiting its ultimate fate.

Despite being allocated the RAAF identity A60-1, it retained its RAF identity V7476 in both colour schemes.

A single Hurricane actually served with the RAAF in Australia, allocated RAAF Identity A60-1, it continued to carry its RAF identity and colourscheme as V7476 until eventually stripped and operated in bare metal with RAAF blue and white roundels.

regards

Mark Pilkington

[Oscar Duck]

a good example of yet another failure on behalf of forebares to preserve our aviation history...

I take my hat off to the likes of Mark P. and associates for getting off their backsides and achieving great stuff under difficu lt conditions..

[Mgawa]

Thank you

[AviaS199]

I take my hat off to the likes of Mark P. and associates for getting off their backsides and achieving great stuff under difficult lt conditions..

Well said! Hear Hear!

[plankwings]

My 82 year old father remembers working on the Hurricane as an Instrument fitter, when he was posted to No.2 OTU Mildura, Victoria, Australia. Unfortunately, he didn't have a camera.
He also remembers a B24 running out of brakes and getting bogged towards the end of the war. Being a training base with P40s, Spitfires and Wirraways, the big bomber certainly had everyone's attention.

[Mgawa]