Flyingiron Spitfire MK IX RAAF A58-758.
Crashed on test flight 6 MU 20/03/45 UK. Shipped to Australia 23/04/45 on Landing Ship LS2820 arriving 19/06/45 in Australia. Rec 2AD ex UK 24/06/45.
A/c re-numbered A58- series 26/06/45. Rec 2AD Storage 07/05/46. Stored Cat E 01/10/46 .
Authorised for disposal 24/05/46. Passed to DAP 24/06/48. Struck off 06/09/49. Merlin 70 Series Engine allocated for use after modification in CAC Mustang manufacture due to short fall in supply along with 88 other stored MkVIII HFs. Acquired by Sydney Tech College in 1949 .1961 Sid Marshall, Bankstown AUS,1983. Sold & restored for ground runs only. 29.12.85 Airworthy as VH-HET with Col Pay, Australia Flying as VH-HET, previously painted as A58-758 but now painted as A58-602 and now located and flown by Temora Aviation Museum NSW.May 2000
Acquired by David Lowy and in the Temora Aviation Museum, New South Wales, Australia, on extended loan. And Repainted As the Grey nurse Serial number A58-602 and markings and of Wing Commander R.H. (Bobby) Gibbes OAM DSO DFC*
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