RAAF Kittyhawk records

[Mike Kelly]

Found this while searching the national archives .

http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imag...27465&I=1&SE=1

Interesting place, thay have begun to place individual Australian WW2 service records on this site ... for those with relatives , you can be lucky and find info on that elusive relative .

Mike

PS found a record relating to the freighter IMP vehicle that was sold recently , they were considering using a Holden engine in it and a Porsche engine of all things !

[Mike Kelly]

found it

http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imag...92154&I=1&SE=1

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

Thanks Mike
For that little titbit on theFreighter Imp. Dates tie up nicely too, Dec '54 on the folder, while information from the sale was that it was designed 1956/58.
Interesting to note that GM were not interesting in having one of their motors fitted, little did they know that 25% of the Imps contempories (that would be the Land Rover) ended up with the trusty Six fitted...eventually.
Rich.

[Col Tigwell]

Mike if you do not know this one it could be of interest.

www.adf-serials.com

Regards

Col

[Rod Diery]

Originally posted by Mike Kelly
Found this while searching the national archives .

http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imag...27465&I=1&SE=1

Interesting place, thay have begun to place individual Australian WW2 service records on this site ... for those with relatives , you can be lucky and find info on that elusive relative .

Mike

PS found a record relating to the freighter IMP vehicle that was sold recently , they were considering using a Holden engine in it and a Porsche engine of all things !

If you go to the last page of Mike's NAA link above, it records the crash of Kittyhawk A29-192 being flown by F/O John Grey Gorton. Gorton, of course was Australia's 19th Prime Minister from 1968 to 1971. His trademark broken nose was a result of this accident. He died in 2002.

Cheers
Rod