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AUSSIE
HURRICANE
FLIES
Out of Africa
Convair 440
P-40 Hawks
Gathering
Song of the
Square Tails
Stearman evolution
OUTGUNNED
& OUTCLASSED
The loss of Hudson A16-201
VOLUME 28 NUMBER 2
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Contents
Volume 28, No 2, November 2016-January 2017
Features
12 Out of Africa – The Hard Way
HARS pilots Doug Haywood and Geoff Sheppard talk to Edi-
tor
Rob Fox
and
Andy Wright
about ferrying a Convair
440 from South Africa to Australia.
44 Song of the Square Tails
When four early Stearman biplanes flew together at a recent
Californian fly-in, it represented a rare gathering of machines
that were highly regarded as mail planes and sport aircraft.
Andy Wright
examines the evolution of the Square Tails.
50 When Plan ‘A’ Fails…
The Japanese failed to deliver a knock-out blow against
Allied air and sea power in the Southwest Pacific in April
1943.
Michael Claringbould
looks at what went wrong.
18 Outgunned and Outclassed
More than four decades after the event, a Japanese pilot
recommended an Australian pilot be awarded a medal for
bravery.
Michael Claringbould
explores the loss of
Hudson A16-201 and its crew from the Japanese side.
56 The Perpetual Proctor
The Percival Proctor, an overlooked wartime trainer, was a
popular type on the post-war civilian market.
Neil Follett
details the history of one of Australia’s survivors.
24 The Stinson Model A in Australia
The Stinson airliner’s glory was short-lived here. From the
archives of the Aviation Historical Society of Australia,
Monty Tyrrell
looks at their service including the largest
air search conducted in Australia at the time.
64 The Oxford Today
James Kightly
concludes his two-part Airspeed Oxford
special with a comprehensive round-up of the survivors,
including personal insights from owners and museums,
along with exclusive content.
30 Baltimore Days
Pilot Officer
Tony Tubbenhauer
remembers his time flying
the Martin Baltimore on operations over the Mediterranean.
36 Delightful Dewoitine
Luigino Caliaro
recently visited the Swiss home of two
rare aircraft integral to the country’s aviation heritage.
AUSSIE
HURRICANE
FLIES
Out of Africa
Convair 440
P-40 Hawks
Gathering
Song of the
Square Tails
Stearman evolution
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OUTGUNNED
& OUTCLASSED
The loss of Hudson A16-201
A RSHOWS
Atlanta Warbirds
✪
Reno
✪
Oshkosh
✪
Hahnweide
✪
Cold War Jets
NEWS
NZ Mos ui o
✪
Miles Falcon
✪
DH Fox Moth
✪
Wellington & Corsa r moves
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RINT POST A PROVED 10 008 08
COVER:
Tri-State
Warbird Museum’s
award-winning
P-40M, 43-5813,
lown by TSWM
President Paul
Redlich and
beautifully
captured by David
Leininger.
Regulars
4 News
42 Poster
60 Personal
Effects
72 Airshows
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Hurricane hits town
The first Hurricane to fly in Australia since
1946, when the one and only A60-1 (V7476)
last flew, took to the air on 2 September with
Ross Pay at the controls.
Imported in April 2014, the aircraft is the
former Canadian-based Russell Aviation
Group Hawker Hurricane Mk.XII (Serial No
5481) C-FDNL (see
Flightpath
Vol.25, No.3).
Sold to Australian interests by Platinum
Fighter Sales, the Hurricane immediately en-
tered the Vintage Fighter Restorations facil-
ity at the Pay’s Airservices Scone, New South
Wales, base. There it was fully refurbished
before being reassembled. Over the past two
years, the Merlin has been overhauled and
the airframe repaired, re-covered and re-
painted. Owned by a local Scone identity, the
aircraft has emerged expertly finished as the
aircraft flown by an Australian Battle of Brit-
ain pilot. Pilot Officer John Crossman flew
Hurricane Mk.I V6748 with 46 Squadron RAF
at Stapleford Tawney, Essex, in September
1940. Having flown eighteen sorties in a little
over two weeks with the squadron, Crossman
was sadly killed in action, flying V6748, at
Forest Row, East Sussex, on 30 September
1940. He was 22 and the eleventh Australian
to die during the Battle of Britain.
Hurricane 5481 was constructed as a
Hurricane Mk.IIB and rolled off the Cana-
dian Car & Foundry production line in ear-
ly October 1942. Taken on strength by the
Royal Canadian Air Force, it was trans-
ferred to No. 3 Training Command. In
1984, following recovery from a farm, the
remains of 5481, minus wings, found their
way to Jack Arnold’s Aviation Museum in
Brantford, Ontario. Two years later the air-
craft was shipped to Charles Church Dis-
plays at Micheldever in the UK. Here the
Hurricane was completely overhauled and
rebuilt. It was sold to Canadian Ed Russell
of Niagara Falls in 2004, and flew alongside
his Bf 109E 3579 (CF-EML) and Spitfire
Mk.IX MK912 (C-FFLC). However, in the
years prior to their sale, the aircraft had
largely been off the Canadian scene behind
hangar doors.
Even though the Hurricane never saw ac-
tive service here, it is a historically impor-
tant type, as Australians flew it in every
theatre that the Hurricane saw action (even
Russia). It is gratifying to see that it is no
longer vacant from our skies and will hope-
fully be a common sight at events across
Australia.
Rob Fox
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News
FAR LEFT:
Ross Pay makes the
irst
light in Hurricane VH-FMJ after a
two-year refurbishment.
[All images Mark Jessop/aviationspottersonline]
ABOVE:
Taxiing out for the irst light of
the type here in seventy years. Ross Pay
and his Vintage Fighter Restorations
team will continue to operate and
maintain the Hurricane.
LEFT:
Light on its wheels, the Hurricane
about to take to Australian skies for the
irst time.
*
See our POSTER image, pages 42-43*
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