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SPECIAL: W.W.II – SEAPLANES OF THE PACIFIC WAR
THE GALLIPOLI FIGHTER
Fokker Eindecker in Australia
The R.E.8 ‘Eye in
the Sky’
Part 2
Seaplane Samurai
–
the Imperial Japanese Navy
Grumman J2F Ducks
Allied Watercraft of the War
Sky Galleon
– Type 97 ‘Mavis’
Australia’s Martin Mariner
Catalina Round Up
Grumman Twins
NEWS
FW 190 here
✪
A-20 Havoc flies
✪
Kingfisher
✪
P-39
✪
Seafire
AIRSHOWS
La Ferté Alais
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Shuttleworth
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Chino
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Contents
Volume 27, Number 1, August – October 2015
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20 The Australian Sopwith Gnus
From the Aviation Historical Society of Australia’s archives,
details of the 1919 Sopwith Gnus sold to Australia.
54 Australia’s Forgotten Mariner
Andy Wright
looks at the RAAF’s brief use of Martin’s
wartime flying boat.
26 An Aviation Graveyard –
the Portsea Lord Mayor’s
Children’s Camp
During its early days, the LMCC used surplus RAAF
aircraft as playground equipment.
Neil Follett
reviews
the six aircraft that passed through the camp.
67 Catalina Round Up
Andy Wright
reviews the significant Consolidated
Catalina population on public display in Australia
and New Zealand.
70 Grumman’s Twins
Roger Cain
presents a photo collection of surviving
Grumman amphibious twins flying and ‘sailing’ in
southern California.
30 50 Years of Aviation History
The Australian National Aviation Museum, Moorabbin.
Starting from the first days of the Australian Aircraft Restora-
tion Group (AARG), we present a look back through the years.
60 The R.E.8 ‘Eye in the Sky’
In Part 2,
Rob Langham
and
James Kightly
look at crew
experiences plus the surviving examples, replicas and
Australia’s ‘lost’ R.E.8.
Seaplanes of the Pacific War
34 Seaplane Samurai
Michael Claringbould
reviews the floatplanes, and
tactics, of the Imperial Japanese Navy in W.W.II.
70 The Jet Age Museum
Gary R Brown
introduces The Gloucester Aircraft
Collection located in the Cotswolds, England.
72 The Gallipoli Fighter
Flightpath
editor
Rob Fox
looks at the first E.III in Australia.
40 Grumman Duck
A photo essay of Grumman’s amphibian
J2F Ducks flying today.
44 Flying Boats – The Allied Airborne
Watercraft of the Pacific War
James Kightly
summarises the diverse types and
roles of Allied maritime aircraft.
Regulars
COVER:
The Fighter
Factory’s 1943
PBY-5A Catalina
(N9521C) over
Virginia Beach, USA.
[Luigino Caliaro]
50 Sky Galleon
The Japanese called their mammoth, four engine
Type 97 Flying Boat H6K
shikihikoh-tei.
To the Allies
it was the ‘Mavis’.
04 News
24 Personal
Effects
25 Calendar
42 Poster
76 Airshows
F L I G H T PAT H
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Focke-Wulf 190
Downunder
The Focke-Wulf 190 A-8
(N4190) flying in
the USA. It is painted as
‘Red 1’ as flown by
Luftwaffe Ace Hans
Dortenmann.
[Via Hazair]
An exciting chapter of the Australian War-
bird movement began when a Focke-Wulf
190 arrived at Hazair, in Albury, NSW, in July
for reassembly and eventual test flying.
The Focke-Wulf 190 A-8 (N4190) was pur-
chased by Melbourne based Raptor Aviation
in late 2014. The reconstructed fighter flew
for the first time on 9 October 2011 in Louisi-
ana, USA, after a ten and a half year rebuild.
The aircraft was manufactured in Cott-
bus, Germany, in 1944. In late July/early Au-
gust 1944, it may have been assigned to
Gruppe I of Jagdgeschwader 11 (I./JG11). It
was later discovered, in a railway yard in
Reims, France, after being stripped of many
parts by the German military.
The restoration began in 2000 when the
aircraft was owned by Don Hansen. His engi-
neering firm, PAI Aero at Baton Rouge Metro-
politan Airport, sourced major airframe com-
ponents from FlugWerk (the manufacturer of
new build FW 190s) and a 1,900 horsepower
(1417 kW) Russian Ash 82T. An original BM-
W801D engine was available at the time but
was deemed too complex and unreliable in
comparison. Following the lengthy rebuild,
RIGHT:
The original data tag suggest it
was manufactured in Marienburg, Germany
however this plant was destroyed in an air
raid in October, 1943 while producing
Fw 190 G-8 long range fighter bombers.
It is believed a number of aircraft
sub-assemblies were rescued and transport-
ed to Cottbus for final assembly.
BELOW RIGHT:
The Focke-Wulf moved
into Hazair’s Albury facility.
[Hazair]
BELOW:
The ‘Butcher Bird’ arrived at
Hazair in Albury last July for reassembly
and test flying.
[Hazair]
Klaus Plasa, FlugWerk’s main test pilot, flew
the aircraft through its testing regime.
The Focke-Wulf is painted as ‘Red 1’ flown
by ace, and recipient of the Knight's Cross of
the Iron Cross, Hans Dortenmann. He was
credited with 38 victories including eight-
een on the Fw 190 D-9.
“The aircraft will be based in Albury for
the foreseeable future while Hazair and the
owner become familiar with the equipment”,
commented Hazair’s principal Steve Death.
“As this will be a first of type in Australia,
Australian Warbirds Association Limited
will be involved, as the CASA administering
body of Limited Category Warbirds in Aus-
tralia, in the assessing, processing and issue
of the Limited Certificate of Airworthiness.
“In due course the cockpit will be returned
to its original condition, including all origi-
nal German instruments, and the aircraft
will be repainted in a matt version of the cur-
rent scheme.”
The addition of this famous W.W.II fighter
to the Australian Warbird scene will be an ex-
citing comparison to the current fighters we
see at airshows around the country.
Rob Fox
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News
A-20J Havoc flies at Chino
A Douglas Havoc has flown after a more
than seven year restoration by Aero Trad-
er at Chino Airport, California. The inau-
gural flight, on July 15, was the first by an
A-20 variant in 27 years and the aircraft is
the world’s only airworthy example.
The Lewis Air Legends’ Havoc was built
as an A-20J (43-21709). It has been re-
stored as an A-20G with a gun-equipped
nose and dorsal turret. Aero Trader origi-
nally commenced the project for the late
Steve Searle who had the A-20 transport-
ed from Texas.
The Havoc had changed hands regu-
larly post-war until acquired by clothing
manufacturer William Farah of El Paso,
Texas, in 1970. It attended events in the
U.S. before being displayed at the Lone
Star Flight Museum in Galveston, Texas, in 1991 from where it
was acquired by Searle. Steve had acquired it for his growing
collection at Wirraway Station near Beaudesert, Queensland.
Rod Lewis bought the A-20 via Platinum Fighter Sales in August
2010 prior to Searle’s passing in late 2011.
While its original serial number is evident on the tail, N747HS
wears basic markings of the 312th Bomb Group. There is currently
no identifying Bomb Squadron insignia or an example of the colour-
ful nose art the unit was known for. The 312th BG flew Havocs in the
south-west Pacific from early 1944 to mid-1945.
This is an important and rare aircraft to have back in the air
and a fitting memorial to the thousands of men who operated the
type in this region.
Andy Wright
LEFT:
Reno race pilot
Stewart Dawson eases
the Havoc into the sky.
[Keith Charlot]
BELOW:
With both
Wright R-2600 Twin
Cyclone radials running,
the A-20 taxies out for its
first post restoration
flight.
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