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18-04-13, 05:46
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My sister lives in werrebee, where was the range?
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18-04-13, 16:08
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Werribee bombing range
Hi Paul
The range I am referring to was west or southwest of the Victorian Werribee shotgun range clay target facility. This is accessed off the Ballan road opposite Cobbledicks Road. There was another bombing range nearby but I never went there so don't know where it was. If you want to know more I will see what I can find out. David
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Hell no! I'm not that old! Last edited by motto (RIP); 18-04-13 at 16:37.
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08-02-15, 17:18
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Staghound 1979, Langruth
Well as luck would have it, I was rummaging for some 19-Set documentation and found a chunky envelop full of old Polaroid pictures. And in them discovered this lot. These were taken in 1979 on my first visit to the old Langruth Bombing and Gunnery Range site and are of the first Staghound remains we found there. As you can see, forward of the engine compartment, not much was left and fresh cutting had taken place on one of the sides a day or two before our arrival. On the horizon of the second photo, centre and to the right, you can just make out a long berm behind which are two or three clumps of poplar trees about three quarters of a mile away. The berm is about 5 to 6 feet high and is part of the circular Eastern bombing target. The grey pile of metal in front of the Staghound and behind it somewhat, is the remains of a Fairey Battle sitting on it's back (the last photo).
As noted earlier, the range was extensively cleared a number of years later and this Staghound wreck, and the Battle, disappeared. However, the second wreck then surfaced, as shown in the earlier post. Now if I could only find the rest of the photos I have been looking for…  David
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11-02-15, 01:24
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Battle bits
Hi all , slightly off topic but if anyone has any Fairey Battle parts a would be interested as i am restoring a cockpit / forward fuselarge section for static display .
Also i have Staghound fuel tank currently running on ebay , funny how the Staghound/Battle paths keep crossing. cheers dave
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11-02-15, 02:28
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#7
11-02-15, 02:41
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Was that an old heating oil tank sitting on top of it, Stew?
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