A short and easy 20 minute taxi from Perth airport is the RAAF Association of
Western Australia museum.
Excellent Museum’s website.
http://www.raafawa.org.au/museum/
Out front a fibreglass replica of a late model Spitfire.
The museum has two large tin sheds, I guess hangers, inside the second shed
one of two Lancasters that reside in Australia.
Nice artwork with a couple of Diggers playing two up.
She is painted up as D for dog which flew 93 missions over Germany a number of
Australians as crew.
You can do a tour of the interior for an extra charge, I was pretty tempted as she looks
really complete inside, just reached in and pressed the button with the flash on.
Really nice Catalina in US Navy markings.
Ex RAAF DC3
Another RAAF twin.
A couple of local designs, Wirraway.
And Wackett.
This Procter was built in 1940 and originally served with the RAF.
For the Auster fans, this one spent part of her life as a glider Tug.
Tiger Moth A17-161 joined service with the RAAF in October 1940.
Last of the breed a Mk XXII Spitfire.
Notably bigger fin on the latest model Spits.
A couple of interesting service vehicles.
Some part of aeroplanes as well, a Lincon Bomber remote ball turret.
Liberator rear turret.
Finally a Sunderland front turret from NZ 4108 when she was sold to Ansett Flying
Boat services and converted to a civil airliner. VH-BRF named “Islander” was to
operate to Lord Howe island from 1963 till the service ceased in 1974 !
Bull Creek, Perth Australia
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Thanks for sharing, nice museum, and nice set of photos .
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Brings back memories of my 2015 visit I did the full internal tour of the Lancaster, Dakota and Spitfire and had a chance to sit in the Spitfire after they had remover "Douglas" out of the pilot seat
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Wow.
Didn't know about this Lanc: NX- serial so Lancaster VII like NX611. No guide rails round the mid-upper turret, and is the rear turret (not illustrated) twin fifty cals? Nice art work.
PK- serial Spit is an F22. Assumed that Mark was extinct!
Great stuff.
Didn't know about this Lanc: NX- serial so Lancaster VII like NX611. No guide rails round the mid-upper turret, and is the rear turret (not illustrated) twin fifty cals? Nice art work.
PK- serial Spit is an F22. Assumed that Mark was extinct!
Great stuff.
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FarnboroJohn wrote:Wow.
Didn't know about this Lanc: NX- serial so Lancaster VII like NX611. No guide rails round the mid-upper turret, and is the rear turret (not illustrated) twin fifty cals? Nice art work.
PK- serial Spit is an F22. Assumed that Mark was extinct!
Great stuff.
Here's a pic of her rear end.
Don't know enough about this to comment, pretty sure the MOTAT
Lanc in New Zealand has twin .50s in the rear as well.
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Lovely images, they do look really well looked after there