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RAF Serial |
Aircraft History |
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A2-1
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D369
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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.
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A2-2
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D370
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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. |
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A2-3
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D371
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Long term storage at 1 AD and never erected. A
approved for conversion to components 20/03/28. |
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A2-4
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C1916
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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.
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A2-5
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C1917
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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. |
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A2-6
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E3169
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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. |
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A2-7
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E3170
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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. |
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A2-8
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E3171
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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. |
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A2-9
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D8471
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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. |
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A2-10
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D8473
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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.
 
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A2-11
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D8474
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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.
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A2-12
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D8475
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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. |
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A2-13
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D8476
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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.
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A2-14
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D8477
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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. |
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A2-15
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D8480
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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. |
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A2-16
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D8482
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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.
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A2-17
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D8486
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Long term storage at 1 AD until 1928 and never erected.
Approved for conversion to components 20/03/28. |
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A2-18
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D8488
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To Australia 16/12/20. Long term storage at 1 AD until 1928 and never erected.
Approved for conversion to components 20/03/28. |
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A2-19
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D8490
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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. |
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A2-20
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D8491
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Long term storage at 1 AD until 1928 and never erected.
Approved for conversion to components 20/03/28. |
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A2-21
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D8495
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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. |
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A2-22
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B8567
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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. |
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A2-23
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C8994
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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. |
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A2-24
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C8995
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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.
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A2-25
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C8996
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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. |
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A2-26
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F9106
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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”. |
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A2-27
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F9107
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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. |
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A2-28
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F9110
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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. |
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A2-29
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F9113
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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. |
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A2-30
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F9119
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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. |
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A2-31
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F9122
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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.
  
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A2-32
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F9131
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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. |
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A2-33
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F9143
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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. |
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A2-34
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F9144
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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. |
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A2-35
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F9145
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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. |
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A2-36
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n.k.
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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. |
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