RAAF jeep markings?

[Bob Carriere]

Wonderful picture and fantastic restoration job....

Bob

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

Wonderful picture and fantastic restoration job....

Bob

The Spitfire has an interesting history, to tell it briefly: It was the last Spitfire accepted by the RAAF and stayed unassembled for many years, being sent to a tech school and finally it was bought and rebuilt by the late Col Pay, a well known warbird collector here. The Temora Aviation Museum purchased it and added the 457 squadron markings. It depicts the personal aircraft of the famous Bobby Gibbes, DFC*. The codes were not the standard ones for the squadron, it was the CO's privilege to have his initials, in this case the RG for Robert Gibbes and V for victory.
The Mustang pictured is in fact a CAC CA-18 Mustang Mk 23, serial A68-170 and has never been out of RAAF ownership.
Here's a close-up of it's smile as seen from the Hudson's turret:



Sorry to sort of derail the thread...

[Keith Webb]

This is from a 457 Squadron album - you can see the squadron logo.

[Rick W]

Good jeep pic Keith, thanks for posting up.