RAAF AIRCRAFT OF WW2

Beaufort MK.1

RAAF ANSON MK.1

RAAF PACIFIC WAR 1942-44

Curtiss Wright Helldiver MK.1

Northrop Delta A61-1 RAAF

AUSTRALIAN HAWKS

RAAF SPITFIRES

C-47’s RAAF

Royal Australian Air Force Wirraway

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The swift and decisive defeat of RAAF CAC Wirraway aircraft (an Australian development of the North American NA-16 training aircraft) at Rabaul in January 1942 resulted in the type being permanently withdrawn from use as a fighter. However nearly a year later, the Wirraway would score its one and one only aerial victory. Through a combination of skill and good luck, its pilot scored a quick and decisive kill. To this day the victim is often wrongly proclaimed as a “Zero.”

Vultee Vengeance A-37A

Credit Etienne du Plessis

31 Sqn.RAAF Beaufighter.

Spitfire HF VIII RAAF

Spitfire MK.VIII 457sqn Grey Nurse

Commonwealth Boomerang A46-122

Bristol Beaufighter from 31 Sqn RAAF in Australia 1944.

B-25J 2nd Squadron

During 1942 and 1943 No 2 Squadron flew bombing, ground-attack, anti-shipping, and reconnaissance missions over the Japanese-occupied Netherlands East Indies. As a result of these operations the squadron was awarded the US Presidential Unit Citation in July 1943 for “outstanding performance of duty in action”. Having begun to train with Beaufort aircraft, in May 1944 the squadron converted to B 25 Mitchell bombers, which remained in service for the rest of the war. The squadron disbanded in May 1946.

RAAF at Bohle River aerodrome in Townsville, Qld - WW2

Written on reverse: Charles Robert Moody, RAAF No.26809, Unit No.1 Engineering School.

Comment from Linz Oz: These aircraft were assigned to 86 Squadron in April 1945 but I suspect never saw combat. No. 86 Squadron was disbanded at Bohle River Aerodrome on 20 December 1945 - which is possibly the location of this photo.