Showing posts with label Australia 1939-1945. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Australia 1939-1945. Show all posts
Tuesday, 1 July 2025

Bristol Beaufighter, part eight. The Beaufighter in Australian hands. Part two.

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  During the late 1930s, it was obvious that the Allied forces the Far East were vastly inferior to the attacking Japanese, so this fact for...
Tuesday, 24 June 2025

Bristol Beaufighter, part seven. The Beaufighter in Australian hands. Part one.

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  The Bristol Beaufighter was also employed by many Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF) squadrons all around the globe. The first of suc...
Wednesday, 6 March 2024

Supermarine Spitfire. Oceanian Users. Part Three. Australian users part two.

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                           The No.451 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) saw action in the Mediterranean Theatre of Operation (MTO)....
Thursday, 29 February 2024

Supermarine Spitfire. Oceanian Users. Part Two. Australian users part one.

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  The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) employed the Supermarine Spitfire in Nos. 79, 85, 451, 452, 453 and 457 Squadrons. With Australia, t...
Thursday, 11 August 2022

Miles M.14 Magister, part one, Asian and Oceanian users

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  The Miles M.14 Magister is a two-seat trainer monoplane designed and manufactured by Miles Aircraft. It was used by various Commonwealth u...
Thursday, 9 June 2022

Bristol Beaufort. Part Three. Australian Users, part two.

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  Australian Beauforts served first on a detachment of No.100 Squadron Royal Air Force (RAF). This squadron was based in Bankstown, Sydney, ...
Tuesday, 7 June 2022

Bristol Beaufort. Part Two. Australian users, part one.

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  Back in May 1938 the Australian Government declined the acquisition of the Bristol Blenheim due to its impending obsolescence. Therefore, ...
Thursday, 17 March 2022

Bristol Blenheim, foreign users, part one

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  The Bristol Blenheim was a British a British twin-engined light bomber designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company (commonly known...
Thursday, 30 September 2021

Caproni Ca.309, foreign users

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  The Caproni Ca.309 Ghibli ("Southern or desert wind" in Italian) was an Italian aircraft of the 1930s which was also used in the...
Saturday, 1 May 2021

Bristol Bombay

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  The Bristol Bombay was a British transport which could also serve as a medium bomber. It was designed to an Air Ministry specification (C....
Thursday, 4 March 2021

Junkers Ju.52/3m Various African, Asian & Oceanian Users

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  The Junkers Ju.52/3m was probably the most used German cargo plane in the whole World War 2. Given its versatility, manoeuvrability and ha...
Thursday, 28 May 2020

Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, part one, Australian & New Zealand Users

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The Airspeed AS.10 Oxford was a British twin-engined monoplane aircraft that was developed and manufactured by Airspeed Ltd.It was initial...
Thursday, 14 May 2020

Mitsubishi A6M 'Zero', part one, foreign users

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The Mitsubishi A6M 'Zero' is a Japanese long-range fighter which was manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, in Nagoya, Japan...
Tuesday, 14 April 2020

Avro Anson, part five, Oceanian Users

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The Avro Anson was used by every Commonwealth country and, Australia and New Zealand weren't the exception. Australia was the second ...
Thursday, 27 February 2020

Fairey Battle, part one

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The Fairey Battle was a British single-engine light bomber which was designed and manufactured by Fairey Aviation Company. It was develope...
Saturday, 14 December 2019

Vought OS2U Kingfisher, part four

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The Royal Australian Air Force got a batch of 18 Kingfisher that were originally intended for the Dutch East Indies, but were diverted to ...
Tuesday, 3 September 2019

Fairey Swordfish, part two, Commonwealth & Royal Air Force users

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As it could've been expected, the Fairey Swordfish was also used by some Commonwealth countries as well as the Royal Air Force. The us...