Australia Hurricane

Mgawa · **Posted:** Fri Jul 04, 2008 6:21 am

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 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 04, 2008 6:56 am

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 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 04, 2008 7:06 am

Nice

Interesting, they all have RAF markings, not RAAF.

Cheers

Swiss Mustangs · **Posted:** Fri Jul 04, 2008 7:10 am

some info here....

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

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

photos ? ummmmmmmmmm :roll:

let's see ~dives into the archives~

Martin

lestweforget · **Posted:** Fri Jul 04, 2008 7:14 am

Ooops. Sorry. Was to hasty :oops:

Mark_Pilkington · **Posted:** Fri Jul 04, 2008 7:45 am

Mgawa wrote:

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 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 04, 2008 8:09 am

This is it!!!

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

This will be real pleasure to see

Dave Homewood · **Posted:** Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:20 am

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 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:36 am

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

It look like the standard RAAF markings :roll:

Mark_Pilkington · **Posted:** Fri Jul 04, 2008 6:30 pm

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.

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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 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 04, 2008 7:43 pm

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 :drink3:

lt conditions..

Mgawa · **Posted:** Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:42 pm

Thank you

AviaS199 · **Posted:** Sat Jul 05, 2008 2:29 pm

Oscar Duck wrote:

I take my hat off to the likes of Mark P. and associates for getting off their backsides and achieving great stuff under difficult :drink3:

lt conditions..

Well said! Hear Hear!

plankwings · **Posted:** Mon Jul 07, 2008 7:17 am

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 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:07 am

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