ADF Aircraft Serial Numbers
RAAF A14 Tugan (Wackett) LJW7 Gannet

Aircraft Serialc/nAircraft History
A4-1TA.55Received in November 1935. The first Gannet temporarily carried the serial A4-1, which was the number later allocated to the first Avro Anson.
A14-1TA.55Received in November 1935. The first Gannet temporarily carried the serial A4-1, which was the number later allocated to the first Avro Anson. Sold and registered VH-UVY 29/10/36 to 02/07/40 when it was impressed as A14-7. On 05/06/1937 it crashed at Gosford NSW.
A14-2TA.56Ex VH-UXE. Delivered 30/03/37. Returned as VH-UXE 25/07/38.
A14-3TA.57Ex VH-UYE. Delivered 03/02/38. Converted to components 21/02/46.
A14-4TA.58Ex VH-UYF. Delivered 11/08/38. Crashed Exmouth 25/08/44. Killing the crew; F/O Gordon Dix, Sgt Norm Catton, S/L J Sangster. I found a reference to A14-148 in a National Archives Search. I believe it is a miss-print for A14-4!
A14-5TA.59Ex VH-UZW. Delivered 24/03/38.
A14-6TA.53?Crashed 30/07/40, Crew: LAC Martin and P/O Winter. To 2 Air Ambulance 04/42, Modified as ambulance 05/42. Crashed 19/05/42 Milliingimbi Island. Aircraft overturned in a swamp and was written off. Nil injuries. The aircraft location remains unknown.
A14-7TA.55Previously A14-1 and VH-UVY. Impressed into RAAF Service 02/07/40 (another report has this as 10/10/40) as A14-7. In 1940 was fitted with Menasco B65 engines and was temporarily designated a LJW 7A Gannet, until the Gipsy Six engines were reinstalled. Converted to components 21/02/46.
  • Images of A14-7.
  • The Author of this page is Darren Crick.

    Source: National Archives, CASA Aircraft Records, Book "33 Days" by George Booth, aircraft status cards, Book "RAAF Air Ambulance and Medical Air Evacuation Units 1940-1946" by John Lever.

    Emails: John Andrade, Stig Jarlevik, Phil Herdman, James Hollinworth, Martin Edwards.

    Main Photograph: Eddie Coates.



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