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With a total of 582 British-built and Australian-built aircraft accepted by the RAAF, the Beaufighter was one of the most important types of aircraft operated by that Service. Illustrated here is A19-120, LY-H, a Beaufighter VIC from No. 30 Squadron seen flying over Goodenough Island in 1944.
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A2-18, the eighteenth Supermarine Seagull V ordered by the Australian Government, photographed in Sydney Harbor in 1940.
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Hawker Demon I from No. 25 Squadron in 1940. At that time the aircraft from this Squadron were identified by the letter "V" painted on the sides of their fuselage.
(via Frank Smith).
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A Supermarine Walrus, X9514, diverted from RAF contracts and operated by No. 9 Squadron.
(Australian War Memorial).
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The first production CA-6 Wackett Trainer at the Fishermen's Bend factory of Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Pty Ltd in March 1941.
(Australian War Memorial).
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Supplementing the Tiger Moths in the primary training role, 200 CA-6 Wackett Trainers were built for the RAAF between March 1941 and April 1942.
(Australian War Memorial).
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A3-200, the last CA-6 Wackett Trainer, in full camouflage with yellow under surfaces and yellow training bands around the fuselage and above the wings.
(Australian War Memorial).
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Avro Anson I, A4-19. Forty-eight aircraft of this type were ordered by the RAAF for general reconnaissance and bombing duties.
(Australian War Memorial).
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A trio of Anson I's in flight over Australia prior to Japan's entry into the war.
(Australian War Memorial).
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Anson I diverted from RAF contracts and retaining its British serial number, R3337. This No. 13 Squadron's aircraft is seen in flight over Cootamundra, N.S.W., in 1940.
(via Frank Smith).
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Photographed at Laverton, Victoria, in 1944 this Anson I was operated by No. 1 A.P.U. (Aircraft Performance Unit).
(via Frank Smith).
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N4960, an ex-RAF Anson I, operated by No. 5 S.F.T.S. (Service Flying Training School) after a forced landing at Uranquinty, N.S.W., in 1945.
(RAAF Official).
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Line-up of Anson I's operated in 1945 for reconnaissance and anti-submarine patrol from Laverton, Victoria, by No. 67 Squadron.
(via Frank Smith).
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Preceding into RAAF service the Australian-built Beaufighters, 218 British-built Beaufighters were operated by that Service. LY-D, A19-34, was a Beaufighter 1С belonging to No. 30 Squadron and was photographed at Laverton, Victoria, in 1944.
(via Frank Smith}.
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A formation of Fairey-built Beaufighter IC's of No. 31 Squadron in flight over Australia, 1942.
(Australian War Memorial).
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Beaufighter 1C, A19-15, from No. 30 Squadron being serviced at Wards Strip, Papua, in 1943.
(via Frank Smith).
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The same aircraft, A19-15, in flight over New Guinea in early 1943.
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Beaufighter and crews from No. 31 Squadron at Coomalie Creek, N.T., in 1943.
(via Frank Smith)
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