2 OTU
3 Squadron
75 Squadron
76 Squadron
77 Squadron
78 Squadron
80 Squadron
82 Squadron
84 Squadron
86 Squadron
450 Squadron

For more in-depth information concerning individual Hawks flown by the RAAF,
see THIS PAGE on the ADF Serials website.

Essendon Hawk

This anonymous P-40E was photographed at Essendon Airfield near
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The date of the photos is currently unknown to me.


Trevor Murdock collection via J.Burgo and Historic Australian Aircraft - Larger Image


Trevor Murdock collection via J.Burgo and Historic Australian Aircraft - Larger Image

Hamming It Up

A trio of RAAF armorers hams it up for the camera...


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Early Bird

An RAAF P-40 lands on Los Negros Island. The photo is dated March 23rd, 1944.

Here's the news caption from the reverse of the photo:

Los Negros Island -- One of the first planes to land on rebuilt Momote airfield on Los Negros Island
in the Admiralty group was this warbird of an Australian unit, which swoops down on the field. It was
preceded by an Australian fighter plane. Standing on the strip, (hands on hips, and wearing boots) is
Brig.Gen. William C. Chase, who landed with the invading ground forces.


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Half a Hawk

Two photos of a few blokes with A29-160, the fuselage anyway, on a trailer.
I've yet to do any digging on this to see what was what. Will update this if and when...


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Unknowns

Two servicemen have their photos taken with a pair of RAAF P-40Ns from an unidentified outfit.
The tail of the ship in the first shot is just visible under the wing of the ship in the second.


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Haven't done any digging on this one yet, so don't know which outfit she's from.


WWII Nose Art Page - Facebook - Larger Image

Not sure which outfit this Hawk is from. The photo came from a photo album belonging to a
member of the 863rd Engineer Aviation Battalion, USAAF and is said to have been taken at Saidor.
But one source I've come across states that it was taken on Biak during 1944, and that the Hawk
is from either 78 or 80 Squadron. Your webmeister doesn't know RAAF Hawks all that well,
so will defer to that source for the time being 'til he can do more digging.

The ship in the background on the left almost looks like it could be 'Watch My Form'
from 78 Squadron, but these old eyes aren't entirely sure. The spinner colors don't
seem to jive with what I've seen in other photos of that ship, but I think that RAAF
spinner colors changed at various times. I've yet to figure all that stuff out, though.


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