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Australian New Zealand & Papua New Guinea Military Aircraft Serials & History
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This site is devoted to providing as complete a record as possible of aircraft operated by the ADF, NZDF & PNGDF.
Included where known are brief summaries of the history and current status of aircraft employed in Australian New Zealand & PNG Military Service.

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Captured and War Prize Aircraft in the hands of Australian Forces
Word War Two 1939-1945
 

Henschel Hs 126B-1 OK.

 

This page is not yet complete

 

WWII Captured Aircraft Image Gallery

 
Several Axis aircraft were captured by the RAAF or other Australian Forces or claimed as War Prizes by the Australian Government during or shortly after the Second World War. During the war, some aircraft were sent back to Australia as attractions for war Loans Bond tours. Others were even operated for evaluation, used as squadron hacks or as badly needed additional transport and liaison aircraft. A small number of these survived in eventual preservation.
 
See also: Captured and War Prize Aircraft in the hands of Australian Forces Word War One 1914-1919
 
Aircraft History Page Aircraft Image Gallery Aircraft History Page Aircraft Image Gallery
Bloch MB.200 

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Breda Ba.25

Operated by 3 Sqn, RAAF.

Breda BE-25
Breda Ba.65 

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Breda Ba.88 

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Cant Z.501 Gabbiano

Operated by 3 Sqn, RAAF.

Highlight for Album: Cant Z.501 Cant Z.506 Airone 

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Caproni Ca.100 (Caproncino)

Operated by 3 Sqn & 450 Sqn, RAAF.

Highlight for Album: Caproni Ca.100 Caproni Ca.164

Operated by 3 Sqn, RAAF.

Highlight for Album: Caproni Ca.164
Caproni Ca.309 Ghibli

Operated by 3 Sqn, RAAF.

Highlight for Album: Caproni Ca.309 Caudron-Renault C.445 Goéland 

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Dewoitine D.520 

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Farman 220 

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Fiat CR.32 Fiat CR.42 Falco

Operated by 3 Sqn & 450 Sqn, RAAF.

Fiat CR.42 OK-FS
Fiat G.50 

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Fiat RS.14 

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Gotha Go242 

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Heinkel He 111 

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Henschel 126B-1

Operated by 450 Sqn, RAAF.

Highlight for Album: Henschel Hs 126B Junkers Ju-52/3M

Operated by 450 Sqn, RAAF.

Highlight for Album: Junkers Ju 52/3m
Junkers Ju 87 

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Junkers Ju 88 

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Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu (Nick)

(Future page)

  Kawasaki Ki-64 Hien (Tony)

(Future page)

 
Lioré et Olivier LeO 25 H-258 

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Lioré et Olivier LeO 451 

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Macchi C-200 Saetta

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Highlight for Album: Macchi C-200 Saetta Macchi C-202 Folgore

Operated by 3 Sqn, RAAF.

Highlight for Album: Macchi MC.202
Macchi C-205V Veltro

Operated by 3 Sqn, RAAF. 

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Martin Maryland 

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Messerschmitt Bf 109

Operated by 3 Sqn & 451 Sqn, RAAF

Bobby Gibbes in his Messerschmitt Bf.109F. Messerschmitt Bf 110 Zerstörer 

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Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet Highlight for Album: Messerschmitt Me 163 Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe Messerschmitt Me262
Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant Messerschmitt Enzian 

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Enzian
Mitsubishi A6M (Zero/Zeke/Hamp)

Operated by 79 Sqn, RAAF.

Highlight for Album: Mitsubishi Zero Mitsubishi G4M (Betty) 

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Mitsubishi Ki-21 IIA (Sally) Mitsubishi Ki-21-IIa Mitsubishi Ki-46 (Dinah) 

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Mitsubishi Ki-51 (Sonia)

Operated by 4 Sqn, RAAF.

Mitsubishi Ki-51 Morane-Saulnier M.S.406
Nakajima B5N2 (Kate)

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  Nakajima J1N1 Gekko (Irving)

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Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (Oscar) Highlight for Album: Nakajima Ki-43 Oscar Nakajima Ki-44 Shoki (Tojo)

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Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu (Helen) Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate (Frank)

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Piaggio P.108B Bombardiere Potez 25
Potez 63.11 

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Potez 630 Regianne Re.2002 Ariete
Regianne Re.2005 Sagittario Savoia Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero
Savoia Marchetti SM.81 Pipistrello Highlight for Album: Savoia Marchetti SM 81 Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia SIAI S.16ter
Tachikawa Ki-36 (Ida) 

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Tachikawa Ki-36 "Ida"Tachikawa Ki-54 "Hickory" behindKen Hunter in cockpit Labuan, BorneoPhoto Eddie Geary CollectionVia Geoff Ford Tachikawa Ki-54 (Hickory) Highlight for Album: Tachikawa Ki-54
 

RAAF Cards held
(But no aircraft actually captured and taken on charge)

 
Rumours have often persisted of various other WWII Luftwaffe aircraft being captured by Australian forces and more information may yet come to light. One source of at least some of these theories have been the existence of a set of cards often associated the more familiar "E/E.88 Aircraft Status Cards" showing some pretty interesting Luftwaffe types.

In reality, these cards are "Aircraft Performance Cards" noting a few intelligence details of the types represented and do not represent actual airframes taken on RAAF charge. Here are a few of them:

 

Performance Cards

Messerschmitt Me109G

RAAF Form E/E.88 Aircraft Status Card  RAAF Form E/E.88 Aircraft Status Card

Messerschmitt Me110C & Me110E

RAAF Form E/E.88 Aircraft Status Card

Messerschmitt Me110F

RAAF Form E/E.88 Aircraft Status Card

Messerschmitt Me110G

RAAF Form E/E.88 Aircraft Status Card  RAAF Form E/E.88 Aircraft Status Card

Messerschmitt Me163

RAAF Form E/E.88 Aircraft Status Card

Messerschmitt Me210

RAAF Form E/E.88 Aircraft Status Card

Messerschmitt Me210C

RAAF Form E/E.88 Aircraft Status Card

Messerschmitt Me262

RAAF Form E/E.88 Aircraft Status Card

Messerschmitt Me321

RAAF Form E/E.88 Aircraft Status Card

Messerschmitt Me323

RAAF Form E/E.88 Aircraft Status Card

Messerschmitt Me410

RAAF Form E/E.88 Aircraft Status Card

 
 

Page Authors: Brendan Cowan & Martin Edwards

Page Updated 14 May 2021