ADF Serials - S.E.5a

Aircraft Serial	RAF Serial	Aircraft History
A2-1	D369	Long term storage at 1 AD until 1924. Served with 1 FTS by 02/25; to 3 Sqn ‘B’ Flt 01/07/25, Crashed 06/11/25 (crew Flg Off E J Stephens), Incident 17/12/26 (crew Plt Off H M Thomas), To Mort’s Dock & Engineering Co Sydney. To 3 Sqn ‘B’ Flt 28/01/27, Damaged 07/08/27 (crew Plt Off C A Smythe), Crashed 18/11/27 at Armidale NSW (crew Plt Off H M Thomas). Approved for conversion to components at 3 Sqn 25/02/28.
A2-2	D370	Storage at 1 AD, and received at 1 FTS from Spotswood in damaged condition 13/02/22. To 1 FTS ‘C’ Flt 01/07/22, Crashed 10/22, In use 1 FTS until 06/25. To 3 Sqn ‘B’ Flt 01/07/25, Crashed 20/08/27 (crew Flt Lt G F Malley). Uneconomic to make airworthy, approved for conversion to components at 3 Sqn 20/03/28.
A2-3	D371	Long term storage at 1 AD and never erected. A approved for conversion to components 20/03/28.
A2-4	C1916	Long term storage at 1 AD until 1926. To 1 FTS by 07/26, Forced landing 20/10/27 near Ankie Vic (crew Cpl G E Douglas), Forced landing 16/11/28 at Laverton (crew Cdt G W Boucher); Forced landing12/12/28 west of Werribee Vic (crew Plt Off F N Wright) due to broken oil pipe; Forced landing 20/02/29 at Point Cook (crew Cdt C McK Henry); still in 1 FTS use 03/29. Approved for issue to Australian War Memorial (AWM) 31/07/29, and displayed in Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne. To 1 AD 06/36 for recondition; To AWM Canberra for static display as A2-4. Repainted to represent ‘C9539’ of 2 Sqn AFC, extant.
A2-5	C1917	Long term storage at 1 AD until 1923. To 1 FTS by 05/23, Crashed 08/23 (crew Sqn Ldr G Jones), Court of Inquiry 1 AD 23/08/23 Board of Survey 08/04/24, approved for conversion to components 22/04/24.
A2-6	E3169	Packed in UK 29/12/19, first flown CFS AAC 14/06/20 (Capt A L T Cole), in use 1920/1921 as E3169; to 1FTS AAF 31/03/21, became A2-6. 1 FTS ‘C’ Flt 01/07/22, crashed 03/12/25 (crew Flg Off A S Cross). Board of Survey at 1 AD 18/12/25, approved for conversion to components 23/02/26.
A2-7	E3170	Long term storage at 1 AD until 1927, test flown 28/10/27. To 1 Sqn ‘B’ Flt 11/27, To Adelaide for opening of new aerodrome at Parafield 26/11/27, Damaged landing at Ararat Vic 28/11/27 on return from Adelaide (crew Sqn Ldr J H Summers). At 1 Sqn uneconomic to make airworthy, approved for conversion to components 20/03/28.
A2-8	E3171	Long term storage at 1 AD until 1927. Possibly 1 Sqn, accident 03/27 (crew Plt Off D U Mackintosh), To 1 FTS again by 04/27. To 1 Sqn ‘B’ Flt 11/27, To Adelaide for opening of new aerodrome at Parafield 26/11/27; At 1 Sqn uneconomic to make airworthy. Approved for conversion to components 20/03/28.
A2-9	D8471	Long term storage at 1 AD until 1927 and never erected. Specimens to Munitions Supply Board (MSB) Laboratories at Maribyrnong Vic 20/12/27 for testing. Approved for conversion to components 20/03/28.
A2-10	D8473	Long term storage at 1 AD until 1925, and recorded as never being erected, but to 1 Sqn ‘B’ Flt by 12/25 until crashed 18/09/26 (crew Plt Off D G Mack), Court of Inquiry 10/26. Approved for conversion to components 20/03/28.
A2-11	D8474	Long term storage at 1 AD until 1925. To 1 FTS by 01/26, Crashed 10/05/27 in tree tops near Mansfield Vic (crew Sgt O D Denny) on return from Parliament House opening ceremony in Canberra, total flight time 154 hours. Approved for part salvage, remainder written-off 10/10/27. Wreckage rediscovered on Mt Buffalo 04/63.
A2-12	D8475	Long term storage at 1 AD until 1926. To 1 FTS by 07/26, Believed damaged 09/27 and logbooks endorsed 13/10/27 for total overhaul at 1 FTS ‘A’ Flt 26/10/27. To 1 FTS by 11/28, Damaged 28/11/28 when engine cut out after take off (crew Cdt G W Boucher) as petrol filter choked with sand. To 1 FTS ‘A’ Flt by 02/29 to 04/29. Approved for destruction 27/05/29, destroyed by burning 13/06/29.
A2-13	D8476	In use CFS AAC 1920/1921 as D8476; To 1FTS AAF 31/03/21, To 1 AD 01/08/21, became A2-13. To 1 FTS ‘C’ Flt 01/07/22, Crashed 02/10/22 (Flt Lt F H McNamara), Crashed 22/07/24, Crashed 04/25 (Flg Off F M Bladin), Crashed 01/03/26 at Point Cook (crew Cdt H T Johnston), total flight time 217 hours. Approved for conversion to components 10/08/26.
A2-14	D8477	Stored at 1 AD Spotswood 1920/1922, To 1 FTS ‘C’ Flt by 10/22. Crashed 01/10/26 at Point Cook, total flight time 260 hours. Approved for conversion to components 04/12/26. Conversion completed 04/02/27.
A2-15	D8480	Long term storage at 1 AD until 1924, Recorded as never erected, but believed to 1 FTS by 05/24. Approved for conversion to components 20/03/28.
A2-16	D8482	Long term storage at 1 AD until 1926. To 1 FTS by 06/26 when undercarriage ripped off on fence at Point Cook 14/06/26 (crew Flg Off H W Ross); repaired, Crashed 08/03/27 (crew Flg Off C Eaton), to ‘B’ Flt for repair 28/03/27. Repaired to 1 FTS, damaged landing 10/27 at Point Cook, In use 1 FTS 12/27 until damaged landing at Point Cook 10/11/28 (crew Cdt C A Shaw). 1 FTS until 01/29, Approved for destruction 27/05/29, destroyed by burning 13/06/29.
A2-17	D8486	Long term storage at 1 AD until 1928 and never erected. Approved for conversion to components 20/03/28.
A2-18	D8488	To Australia 16/12/20. Long term storage at 1 AD until 1928 and never erected. Approved for conversion to components 20/03/28.
A2-19	D8490	In use CFS AAC 1920/1921 as D8490; To 1FTS AAF 31/03/21, became A2-19. To 1 FTS ‘C’ Flt 01/07/22, Crashed 09/22 into hangar at Point Cook. Repaired, in use 1 FTS ‘A’ Flt by 08/24, Damaged 18/09/24 (crew Flg Off J H Summers); Crashed 1 FTS ‘A’ Flt 14/02/27 when stalled and spun overshooting approach at Point Cook (crew Cdt A Dix killed), total flight time 363 hours. Approved for write-off 31/03/27.
A2-20	D8491	Long term storage at 1 AD until 1928 and never erected. Approved for conversion to components 20/03/28.
A2-21	D8495	Long term storage at 1 AD until 1927 and never erected. To Experimental Section Randwick NSW for structural testing. Approved for conversion to components 20/03/28.
A2-22	B8567	Long term storage at 1 AD until 1925, recorded as never erected, but to 3 Sqn ‘B’ Flt by 07/26. Forced landed 04/09/27 at Windsor NSW (crew Plt Off C R Gurney), Crashed 17/11/27 at Brisbane (crew Flg Off C W Lord). Approved for conversion to components 20/03/28.
A2-23	C8994	Long term storage at 1 AD until 1926. To 1 Sqn ‘B’ Flt by 05/26, damaged 18/08/26 taxying at Point Cook (crew Flg Off F R W Scherger), total flight time 9 hours. Repaired by 1 Sqn, forced landed 06/11/26 at Little River Vic, back in 1 Sqn use 12/26, damaged 09/02/27 at Point Cook. Repaired, damaged 05/27 near Canberra when overturned on landing (probably for the Parliament House opening ceremony). Approved for conversion to components 12/07/27.
A2-24	C8995	Long term storage at 1 AD until 1926, acceptance test flight 30/11/26. To 1 Sqn ‘B’ Flt, damaged 02/05/27 when overturned landing at Cootamundra NSW (crew Sgt D McE Carroll). Attached to 3 Sqn ‘B’ Flt Canberra 07/05/27, Crashed 09/05/27 at Canberra (crew Flg Off F C Ewen killed) when dived into ground during the Parliament House opening ceremony. Approved for write-off 28/06/27.
A2-25	C8996	Long term storage at 1 AD until 1927. To 1 FTS, crashed 15/07/27 at Point Cook, Sent to MSB Laboratories Maribyrnong 05/08/27 and tested to destruction. Struck off RAAF charge 16/02/29, with components retained by MSB. Rebuilt by Hawker Restorations in Suffolk over 2009/2011 as G-ECAE claiming to be based on the MSB components of A2-25.
A2-26	F9106	To No 10 RAF Aircraft Acceptance Park, Brooklands 18/12/18, to store 16/01/19 for Australian Imperial Gift. Long term storage at 1 AD until 1925. To 3 Sqn ‘B’ Flt, crashed 30/09/25, repaired and 3 sqn again by 07/26, Crashed 24/10/26 at RMC Duntroon Canberra (crew Flg Off L W Sutherland) when hit fence taking off. Approved to convert to components 21/01/27, conversion completed 24/10/27. The pilot, Les Sutherland, was invalided from the RAAF in 1927 as a result of this accident, and wrote the history of 1 Sqn AFC, “Aces and Kings”.
A2-27	F9107	To No 10 RAF Aircraft Acceptance Park, Brooklands 18/12/18, To store 16/01/19 for Australian Imperial Gift. Long term storage at 1 AD until 1925. To 3 Sqn ‘B’ Flt by 12/25, Damaged c 23/11/26 (crew Flg Off H D L McGilvery); Heavy landing 11/27, uneconomic to make airworthy at 3 Sqn. Approved for conversion to components 20/03/28.
A2-28	F9110	To No 10 RAF Aircraft Acceptance Park, Brooklands 18/12/18, to store 16/01/19 for Australian Imperial Gift. Long term storage at 1 AD until 1925. To 1 FTS by 02/26, crashed 19/02/26 at Point Cook (crew Cdt A J F Greenwood killed) when stalled and spun overshooting approach, completely wrecked, total flight time 17 hours. Approved for conversion to components 31/03/26.
A2-29	F9113	To No 10 RAF Aircraft Acceptance Park, Brooklands 18/12/18, to store 16/01/19 for Australian Imperial Gift. Long term storage at 1 AD until 1928 and never erected. Approved for conversion to components 20/03/28.
A2-30	F9119	To No 10 RAF Aircraft Acceptance Park, Brooklands 18/12/18, to store 16/01/19 for Australian Imperial Gift. Long term storage at 1 AD until 1927 and never erected. Specimens to MSB Laboratories Maribyrnong 20/12/27 for testing. Approved for conversion to components 20/03/28.
A2-31	F9122	To No 10 RAF Aircraft Acceptance Park, Brooklands 18/12/18, to store 16/01/19 for Australian Imperial Gift. Stored at 1 AD 1920/1922. To 1 FTS, test flown 13/10/22 (crew Flt Lt A T Cole), in use 1 FTS 1922/1927, Crashed 26/10/27 (crew Flt Lt D E L Wilson); Damaged 29/11/28 at Point Cook when taxyed into D.H.9 A6-16 (crew Cpl S Austin); Damaged forced landing 11/12/28 at Point Cook (crew Flg Off D A Connelly); Forced landed 08/01/29 at Laverton (crew Cdt C A Shaw); Crashed 05/03/29 at Deniliquin NSW (crew Cdt A G Grant). Approved for destruction 27/05/29, destroyed by burning 13/06/29. Replica of A2-31 on static display at RAAF Museum Point Cook.
A2-32	F9131	To No 10 RAF Aircraft Acceptance Park, Brooklands 18/12/18, to store 16/01/19 for Australian Imperial Gift. Long term storage at 1 AD until 1925. To 1 FTS, crashed 08/10/25 near Rockbank Vic (crew Flg Off T A Swinbourne) and Board of Survey at 1 AD 19/10/25. Approved for conversion to components 13/01/26.
A2-33	F9143	Long term storage at 1 AD until 1926, and recorded as never being erected, but to 1 FTS over 1926 and 1927. Believed damaged landing at Canberra 05/27 (probably with the Parliament House opening ceremony deployment), and specimens to MSB Maribyrnong 12/27 for testing. Approved for conversion to components 20/03/28.
A2-34	F9144	Long term storage at 1 AD until 1925. To 1 Sqn ‘B’ Flt, test flown 16/12/25, In use over 1926/1927 when crashed 08/06/27 (crew Plt Off W R Garrett), 1 FTS to 10/27. To 1 Sqn ‘B’ Flt 11/27, to Adelaide for opening of new aerodrome at Parafield 26/11/27. At 1 Sqn uneconomic to make airworthy, approved for conversion to components 20/03/28, conversion completed 04/05/28.
A2-35	F9145	To Australia 08/03/19. Long term storage at 1 AD until 1925. To 1 Sqn ‘B’ Flt, test flown 18/02/26, believed crashed 17/08/26 (crew Flg Off D E L Wilson). To 1 AD Board of Survey 28/09/26 due to “wear and tear”, Approved for conversion to components 08/10/26.
A2-36	n.k.	Purchase approved 30/05/25 for a further S.E.5a from Aircraft Disposal Co of Croydon UK, at a cost of 600 pounds. Believed converted in a two-seater by Experimental Section Randwick over 1925. To 1 FTS by 02/26, became known as ‘the flying pig’, wings modified 14/10/26; Crashed in heavy landing at Point Cook 14/10/26 (crew Flg Off G A Wells and Cdt A Dix); Crashed in heavy landing at Point Cook 10/02/27, repaired and test flown 29/08/27. To 1 FTS 30/08/27, rebuilt by 1 FTS ‘A’ Flt 27/06/28, Damaged 24/10/28 at Point Cook in collision on ground (crew FSgt O D Denny and Cdt A G Grant) when taxied into D.H.9A A1-16, test flown 29/10/28 and in use 1 FTS until 02/29. Approved for destruction 27/05/29, destroyed by burning 13/06/29.