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Rarely seen WW2 photos of a RAAF bomber

Wed Oct 23, 2013 7:50 am

Interesting photos of a rarely seen RAAF WW2 aircraft http://www.network54.com/Forum/149674/m ... A+photos...

Re: Rarely seen WW2 photos of a RAAF bomber

Wed Oct 23, 2013 6:14 pm

Liberator wrote:Interesting photos of a rarely seen RAAF WW2 aircraft http://www.network54.com/Forum/149674/m ... A+photos...


The caption above the picture reads "far as I know only 10 A-25 were delivered to RAAF, they were coded A69-1 to A69-10. " but the aircraft in the pic is clearly marked A69-29. ?????

Re: Rarely seen WW2 photos of a RAAF bomber

Wed Oct 23, 2013 6:39 pm

A land-based variant of the US Navy's famed SB2C-1 Helldiver, 150 Shrike aircraft were ordered to fill the dive-bomber role for the RAAF. In the event, only 10 (A60-1 to 10) were delivered in November 1943 after the perceived need for them had passed. They were all transferred to the USA Far East Air Service Command by January 1945, having never flown operationally in the RAAF
http://www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum/research/aircraft/series2/A69.htm

A69-29 never made it to Australia
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