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Beaufighter VIC A19-109 "M", from No. 5 O.T.U. (Operational Training Unit) at Williamtown, N.S.W., on 19 May 1945.
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British-built Beaufighter X A19-205, LY-P from No. 30 Squadron.
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Australian-built Beaufighter 21's were characterized by the installation of a Sperry auto-pilot in a fairing in front of the windscreen and the use of four 0.5-in. wing guns instead of six 0.303-in. guns as in the British-built aircraft.
(Australian War Memorial).
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Beaufighter 21, A8-42 from No. 22 Squadron, Morotai, 1945.
(via Al Bovelt).
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A8-95, a D.A.P. Beaufighter 21, fitted with R.P. rails beneath the outer wing panels.
(Australian War Memorial).
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Beaufighter 21—A8-84, LY-R—from No. 30 Squadron on patrol off Morotai Island in 1945.
(via Frank Smith).
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A8-151,a Beaufighter 21 from No. 31 Squadron, with R.P. installation.
(Australian War Memorial).
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No. 93 Squadron - to which belonged A8-85 which was photographed at Kingaroy, Qld., in April 1945 - only flew two operational missions prior to war's end.
(via Frank Smith).
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A9-66, a Beaufort VI, and A9-102, a Beaufort VII, from No. 1 O.T.U. based at East Sale, Victoria, in 1943.
(via Frank Smith).
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Beaufort VIM, A9-292, from No. 1 O.T.U. after a prang at East Sale, Victoria, in 1944.
(via Al Bovelt).
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Beauforts from No. 8 Squadron. Note that bombs beneath wings are fitted with long protruding rod which caused bombs to explode above the ground to increase their effectiveness against enemy troop concentration.
(Australian War Memorial).
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Beaufort VIM, A9-200, at No. 1 A.R.D.U. (Aircraft Research and Development Unit) Laverton, in 1944. Note U.S. Mk. XIM torpedo slung beneath the fuselage.
(via Frank Smith).
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Beaufort VIII's from No. 8 Squadron at Tadji, New Guinea, in 1944.
(Australian War Memorial).
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Aircraft from No. 100 Squadron preparing for take-off in New Guinea.
(Australian War Memorial).
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A9-418, a Beaufort VIM from No. 100 Squadron, off the coast of New Britain in 1945.
(Australian War Memorial).
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Beaufort VII, A9-124, from No. 7 Squadron at Ross River, Qld (Queensland).
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DD-W, the 500th Australian-built Beaufort, serving with No. 15 Squadron at Tadji, New Guinea, in 1944.
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A9-730, one of forty-six Beaufort IX transports modified from Beaufort VII i airframes by the Essendon Repair and Modification Centre, photographed at Amberley, Qld., in 1945.
(via Frank Smith).
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