A19 Beaufighter Id, What A19 Serial did LX815 become?

[Warhawk]

Ok,..this one has me perplexed.

We have a listing of all A19 collated RAF Serial Beaus in the RAAF.

Here we have a TFX at Fisherman's Bend in 1944-45: LX815

Beaufort A9-600 is in background,..so its in Australia. British Roundel red painted out on Primer paint?

So,..did it get a RAAF Gurney or who owned it?

Best
Gordy



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[Warhawk]

Ummmm Did it go to RNFAA in Australia as one of 18 plus Target Tow Aircraft?

[Martin Edwards]

The aircraft just visible in the foreground of the photo above is A19-2.

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[Biggles81]

It was delivered as a pattern aircraft to DAP and remained with them until taken on charge by the RAAF. When in RAAF service it was repainted in probable temperate sea scheme as A19-218. The scheme depicted is the rare Special Duties Coastal Scheme applied to Beaufighter TFXs for a short time in 1943.

See this tread for more detail:

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.p...comment-2706397

Noting I haven't fixed my Photobucket links yet

There is a file in the NAA about the import of this aircraft but it's not digitized and the reading room was closed when I was last back in Australia.

This post has been edited by Biggles81 on Jul 15 2017, 07:14 PM

[Brenden S]

Are you going to upload your photos to Flickr then Biggles?