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ADF Aircraft Serial Numbers
RAAF A12 Bristol Bulldog II
| Aircraft Serial | c/n | Fate |
| A12-1 | 7389 | Delivered onboard the vessel SS Fordsdale to Melbourne on 14/03/30. Assembled by 1 AD at Laverton 05/30. Served with 1 FTS. Accident on 21/05/31. Served with 21 Sqn. Damaged by A12-8 on 26/01/37. Served with 2 Sqn. Landing accident on Tarmac 11/11/37. Became Instructional airframe No.1 on 15/04/40. Reduced to components/scrapped. |
| A12-2 | 7390 | Delivered onboard the vessel SS Fordsdale to Melbourne on 14/03/30. Assembled by 1 AD at Laverton 05/30. Served with 1 FTS 06/30. Served with 1 Sqn. Accident 11/09/36. Served with 21 Sqn. Accident 04/10/37. Served with 2 Sqn 16/03/38. Written Off 22/04/38. While practicing a slow roll over the airfield for an air display the next day at Richmond the starboard wing struck the ground causing the aircraft to crash killing PLTOFF Lance R Sutherland instantly. |
| A12-3 | 7391 | Delivered onboard the vessel SS Fordsdale to Melbourne on 14/03/30. Assembled by 1 AD at Laverton 05/30. Served with 1 FTS 06/30. Served with 1 Sqn. Accident 09/11/36. Served with 2 Sqn. Accident 24/11/37. Document allocating from 1 to 2 Sqn is dated 16/03/38. Served with 21 Sqn. Accident 29/03/38, crew; P/O D.C.Riding. Became Instructional Airframe No 2 on 15/04/40. Converted to components/scrapped. |
| A12-4 | 7392 | Delivered onboard the vessel SS Fordsdale to Melbourne on 14/03/30. Assembled by 1 AD at Laverton 05/30. Crashed after wing failure on 15/05/30. Crew; P/O W.G.Rae parachuted to safety. Only engine salvaged for use as an instructional tool. |
| A12-5 | 7393 | Delivered onboard the vessel SS Fordsdale to Melbourne on 14/03/30. Assembled by 1 AD at Laverton 05/30. Served with 1 FTS 06/30. landing gear failure after crash on 28/10/31 at Point Cook. Damaged 03/07/35 at Templestowe. F/O A.C.D.Webb struck a fence after landing. Uneconomical to repair it was approved to convert to components on 01/10/35. |
| A12-6 | 7394 | Delivered onboard the vessel SS Fordsdale to Melbourne on 14/03/30. Assembled by 1 AD at Laverton 05/30. Served with 1 FTS 06/30. Damaged on the following dates, 18/03/32, 12/08/32, 03/10/32, 17/10/32 (struck a sheep skull when landing at Meriden). Served with 2 Sqn. Accident 29/03/38. Landing accident 02/04/38. Became Instructional Airframe No 3 on 15/04/40. Converted to components. |
| A12-7 | 7395 | Delivered onboard the vessel SS Fordsdale to Melbourne on 14/03/30. Assembled by 1 AD at Laverton 05/30. Served with 1 FTS 06/30. Accidents on the following dates, 27/09/34, 06/11/34. Forcelanded 10 miles east of Fisher on 29/09/35. Returned by railway to Cook where engine was replaced and it could be flown back to Point Cook. Crashed on 14/12/36 near Bacchus Marsh, Vic flown by P/O E.V.Read. Approval for conversion to components given 19/01/37. Remains of the aircraft found in the brisbane ranges in 1992 by Mark Pilkington and donated to the RAAF Museum in 2004. |
| A12-8 | 7396 | Delivered onboard the vessel SS Fordsdale to Melbourne on 14/03/30. Assembled by 1 AD at Laverton 05/30. Served with 1 FTS 06/30. Accidents on 02/09/32, 10/32, 30/01/33. Served with 21 Sqn. Wing tip flare struck A12-1 during take off on 26/01/37. Crashed into sea off Point Cook on 23/03/37, Crew; P/O E.J.Eagerty. Approval given on 02/06/37 to write-off the airframe. |
The Author of this page is Darren Crick.
Source: National Archives, Tjalling Boelman, Stig Jarlevik, Aircraft Status Cards.
Emails: Tjalling Boelman, Dean Norman, Stig Jarlevik, Mark Pilkington.
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