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CORSAIRS! CORSAIRS! – SPECIAL FEATURES
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P-51, Spitfire & Buchóns
HOSKING’S HONDURAN
F4U-5N – FIRST FLIGHT
• RN Corsairs at Point Cook
• Today’s top 10 Corsairs
• Corsairs Vs Corsairs!
• Corsair at Night
An Aussie in the
Battle of Britain
Wirraway 75
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Pt 2
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Contents
Volume 26 No. 1, August – October 2014
80
Features
50 Corsairs over Central America
Honduras & El Salvador’s War of ’69 was short conflict and
the last aerial combat between piston-engined fighters.
14 Reproducing History
The Vintage Aviator Ltd are manufacturers & restorers of
W.W.I aircraft. We fly with their creations and go into their
workshops in Wellington and Masterton, New Zealand.
54 Royal Navy Corsairs at Point Cook
Pat Chilton’s collection features Corsairs based at RAAF
Point Cook for the 1945 Pageant at Essendon.
19 One of Australia’s Few.
Kristen Alexander
profiles Spitfire pilot Des Sheen who
was the first Australian to engage the enemy in the Battle
of Britain.
58 The Piratical Corsair
Contributing Editor
James Kightly
documents
quirks of the Corsair story.
24 Wirraway 75th, Part 2
Derek Buckmaster
looks at the Wirraway’s war role and
production of the type.
62 Night Corsairs
Alan C Carey
recounts the events of the first
Corsair night fighter units in W.W.II.
30 When Everything Goes Wrong
South Pacific Correspondent
Michael John Claringbould
examines Big Emma’s role in the first group Liberator
combat mission launched from Australia.
70 Civil Aircraft in Warpaint
From the archives of the
Civil Aviation Historical
Society and Airways
Museum, a collection
from WWII. .
COVER:
Graham
Hosking’s stunning
F4U-5N Corsair
VH-III flown by
Peter Clements. The
former FAH603 was
captured by
Rob
Fox
on one of its
early test flights
over Darwin.
36 Hosking’s Honduran
Bent Wing Bird
The first flight one of the most anticipated restorations in
Australia, Graham Hosking’s F4U-5N Corsair. Editor
Rob
Fox
was there to cover the historic occasion, and bring a
detailed account of the restoration of the legendary fighter.
46 Top Ten Surviving Corsairs
James Kightly
and
Rob Mears
profile the most
significant Corsairs.
04 News
42 Poster
68 Personal
Effects
69 Calendar
72 Airshows
F L I G H T PAT H
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Vullermin and Warwick Woinarski
[Mark Waterson]
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F L I G H T PAT H
Sea Devon in the sky
On March 22 an Australian group returned a
former Royal Navy de Havilland C Mk.20
Sea Devon to the air. The new Redcliffe,
Queensland syndicate consists of Ron En-
nis, Stephen White, Roy Waterson, Mitch
Ennis, Warwick Woinarski, Richard God-
dard and Ray Vullermin. “We have included
as ‘honorary ‘ members previous owner Rus-
sell Mann; and in recognition of his invalua-
ble help Pat Harrington” said Ray. “CASA
have given me approval to endorse syndi-
cate members and Mitch, Warwick and
Stephen are already checked out”. The Sea
Devon, based on the DH.104 Dove type, is
registered VH-DHI and was operated com-
mercially within Ted Rudge’s DH Dove fleet
in Melbourne for many years. The current
restoration was more of a thorough and pro-
longed inspection of the aircraft and compo-
nents. The sight and sound of the 1955 clas-
sic twin in the air again will be welcomed by
many enthusiasts. Rob Fox
Pacific veteran P-40 sold
Restored from wreckage recovered from
PNG, North Queensland Warbirds’ Curtiss
P-40N Warhawk, VH-MIK has been sold to
John F. Davis III of Colorado USA. In 2005
the remains of 42-104977 were shipped to
Precision Aerospace in Victoria where the
major airframe structure was completed.
This was then sent to its owners, North
Queensland Warbirds, where the restora-
tion was completed, and they have operat-
ed it since its completion in a spurious
scheme of Dick Creswell’s P-40E Kittyhawk
A29-113. In reality, this aircraft was origi-
nally assigned to the 5th Air Force,
49th Fighter Group, 8th Fighter
Squadron, piloted by 1st Lt Joel D.
Thorvaldson. On 13 September, 1943,
Thorvaldson flew an interception
mission against twelve Betty Bomb-
ers and about forty Zeros. He man-
aged to down a Zero, but his P-40
Prior to shipping to the USA, the Warhawk was
flown from Mareeba, Queensland, to Wangaratta,
Victoria, by Steve Death on 8 July. It is seen here
previously at Warbird Adventures Museum at
Mareeba in North Queensland.
[Doug Mackay]
sustained damage, and with his engine on
fire, he force landed near the Waffia and
Markham Rivers, outside of Lae. Thorvald-
son escaped down the river and was res-
cued by Australian troops.
The Warhawk was flown from Mareeba to
Precision Aerospace at Wangaratta, Victoria
by Steve Death on 8 July 2014. Here it will
have a full set of dual-controls and new rear
canopy fitted prior to shipping to the USA.
The new owner has also elected re-paint
this historic P-40 in its original 49 FG
scheme.
Rob Fox
News
Werribee B-24 Liberator
Project & hangars listed
On Sunday 13 July, 2014, the B-24 Liberator
Memorial project at Werribee, Victoria, was
honoured with the aircraft (as well as the
hangar it is currently housed in) being rec-
ognised by Engineers Australia. Engineer-
ing Heritage Victoria Chair, Mr Owen Peake,
said: “Both the Liberator and the Werribee
Satellite Aerodrome Hangars are last of
their kind in Australia and hold historical
significance for Australians.”
The two remaining hangars at the former
Werribee Satellite Airfield were also recog-
nised. “The American-designed hangars rep-
resented a solidification of the relationship
between newly allied Australian and Ameri-
can forces.” he said. Mr Peake went on to re-
mark on an interesting point regarding their
construction: “The design of these hangars
was modified by Australian engineers to use
plentiful Australian hardwood, allowing the
hangars to achieve similar spans to their
steel counterparts. The 130 foot hangar is
the last of its kind in Victoria, and the 96 foot
hangar – which houses the restored B-24 air-
craft – is the last of its kind in Australia.”
The Liberator Memorial project continue
with the restoration of the aircraft, and have
commenced the reconstruction of an Air-
speed Oxford. They are currently still in
the process of securing both the site and
plans for a permanent museum at their cur-
rent location.
James Kightly
The plaque in front of the Liberator A72-176 is unveiled by
(l-r) Alex Baitch, National President Heritage Engineers;
Andrew Elsbury, MLC for Western Metropolitan region;
and Doug Lindsay, President of the Liberator Memorial
project.
[James Kightly]
The D Day veteran, Douglas C-47 Dakota C-GRSB, arrives at the Canadian Warplane
Heritage Museum at Hamilton after being ferried from Ottawa.
[Eric Dumigan]
Erickson’s
New Bomber
CWH Net Historic Dak
On 22 May, the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (CWH) ferried
home their latest acquisition. Douglas C-47 Dakota C-GRSB is a D-
Day veteran and flew in the RAF as FZ692 named “Kwicherbichen”.
Built for the USAAF, it was delivered to the RAF in 1944. The historic
airframe also flew in the Canadian Air Force as 12945. Story has it the
name “Kwicherbichen” was applied because the pilot was always
grumbling about something to the service crew, so one night they ap-
plied the name to the nose of the aircraft. The aircraft last flew for the
Canadian Government Environmental Emergencies, and after sitting
idle for several years was donated to the CWH. The museum’s service
crew spent several weeks preparing the aircraft for an uneventful
ferry flight from Ottawa to the CWH in Hamilton.
Eric Dumigan          
Erickson Aircraft Collection of Madras, Oregon, USA (Formerly the Tillamook Air
Museum) have acquired the North American TB-25N Mitchell N8195H. The B-25
made its delivery flight from its former base at Bob Hope Airport, Burbank, CA,
USA to Madras, Oregon on 24 May. [www.platinumfighters.com]
F L I G H T PAT H
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