Image: Bristol Beaufort LOC fsa 8d29959u
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Description: The first Royal Australian Air Force Bristol Beaufort Mk.V. It was delivered to the RAAF on 3 September 1941, with the RAF serial "T9450". Subsequently it received the RAAF serial "A9-1". Originally this aircraft was intended for use in Singapore, but it was retained in Australia. It is known that it served in 1942 with No. 1 OTU and with No. 100 Squadron in 1944. on 29 September it overshot a flare path and crashed through a boundary fence upon landing at Bairnsdale, Victoria, but it was repaired. It was finally placed in storage on 23 October 1945 and written off on 13 May 1946. See [1]
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