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BEAUFORT/A9-501
| Serial #: A9-501 Construction #: - Civil Registration: None | Model(s): Beaufort Mk. VIII Name: None Status: Stored Last Info: 2012 |
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History:
Delivered to Royal Australian AF as A9-501, 19??.
- BOC: November 1, 1943.
- SOC: April 29, 1945.
- Damaged during landing, RAAF Gove, Northern Territory, Australia, March 24, 1945.
- Stripped and abandondoned at edge of strip.
Displayed in unrestored condition, Gove, Northern Territory, Australia, 1980-1999.
Arnhem Historical Society, Gove, Northern Territory, Australia, 1990-1999.
Ralph Cusack, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, circa 1999-2002.
- Trucked to Brisbane to provide center section for restoration of A9-141, circa 1999.
- Cockpit & nose of to be restored and returned to Gove for display.
Australian National Aviation Museum/Moorabbin Air Museum, Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia, circa 2004-2012.
- Parts to be used in restoration of Beaufort/T9552.
- Cockpit to be restored and returned to Gove for display.
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