ADF Aircraft Serial Numbers
A9 DAP / Bristol Beaufort

RAAF.SerialFate
A9-701Ex A9-14. Served with No 10 Communication Unit 14/03/45 to 01/11/45. Served with No 8 Communication Unit. Conversion to components approved 04/46.
A9-702Ex A9-17. Served with No 9 Communication Unit. Crashed on take off 26/02/45, Lae airstrip PNG. Converted to components.
A9-703Ex A9-221. Served with 9 Communication Unit. Placed into storage 28/11/45. On display at Camden Museum.
  • Images of A9-703.
  • A9-704Ex A9-292. Served with No 9 Communication Unit 21/03/45 and No 11 Communication Unit 08/10/45. Placed into storage 12/03/46 and struck off charge 08/49.
    A9-705Ex A9-672. Served with No 9 Communcation Unit, No 8 Communication Unit and 84 OBU. Written off 07/46.
    A9-706Ex A9-79. Served with No 9 Communication Unit 30/12/44 to 03/08/45. Served with No 11 Communication Unit 06/10/45 to 29/11/45. Placed into storage and converted to components 20/03/46.
    A9-707Ex A9-673. Served with No 9 Communcation Unit. Crashed on landing 15/06/45, Palawan Airstrip. Converted to components 09/45.
    A9-708Ex A9-288. Served with No 9 Communication Unit 27/12/44. Crashed on landing 22/09/45, Labuan Airstrip Borneo. Converted to components 11/45.
    A9-709Ex A9-379. Served with No 9 Communication Unit. Crashed 17/01/45, on landing Finschafen PNG. Converted to components 02/45.
    A9-710Ex A9-59. Served with No 9 Communication Unit 27/03/45 to 03/10/45. Converted to components.
    A9-711Ex A9-605. Served with 9 LASU. Ditched into sea 12/06/45 Sanga Sanga after failure to gain height. Aircraft was on a spraying mission. Written off 06/45.
    A9-712Ex A9-310. Served with No 10 Communication Unit 15/03/45. Crashed 21/11/45, on landing at Lakunai Airstrip Rabaul. Converted to components 12/45.
  • Images of A9-712.
  • A9-713Ex A9-403. Served with No 10 Communication Unit. Crashed on take off 13/11/45, Gurney Airstrip Milne Bay PNG. Converted to components 12/45.
    A9-714Ex A9-293. Served with No 10 Communication Unit 14/03/45. Emergency crash landing 13/11/45, Torokina Airstrip. Converted to components 12/45.
    A9-715Ex A9-309. Served with No 10 Communication Unit 13/04/45. Converted to components 09/45.
    A9-716Ex A9-184. Served with No 10 Communication Unit 14/04/45 to 01/02/46. Placed into storage 03/46.
    A9-717Ex A9-235. Served with Served with 12 LASU and 100 Sqn. Placed into storage 30/04/46 Tocumwal NSW. Hull only sold to T Carr & Company. Instruments, fitting gear and undercarriage sold to Hughes Trading Co.
    A9-718Ex A9-193. Served with 9 LASU. Crashed 11/06/45, Bamao Island near Sanga Sanga, Borneo. Crew: FLGOFF Ernest Albert Harps-Burt 441279 (pilot), PLTOFF John Francis Mooney 415086 (observer) & WOFF Jackie Simmonds 401857 killed. Written off 28/06/45.
    A9-719Ex A9-198. Served with 12 LASU. Placed into storage 15/03/46.
    A9-720Ex A9-242. Served with 12 LASU. Placed into storage 22/01/46 and struck off charge 08/08/49.
    A9-721Ex A9=328. Served with 10 LASU and No 8 Communication Unit. Ground looped 04/02/46, after landing Madang PNG. Converted to components 03/46.
    A9-722Ex A9-187. Served with 9 LASU. Placed into storage 28/11/45./td>
    A9-723Ex A9-216. Served with No 8 Communication Unit. Placed into storage 03/46.
    A9-724Ex A9-218. Served with 9 LASU. Placed into storage.
    A9-725Ex A9-206. Served with 9 LASU. Placed into storage 28/11/45.
    A9-726Ex A9-234. Served with 9 LASU. Placed into storage 22/03/46.
    A9-727Ex A9-231. Served with 12 LASU. Crashed 14/09/45, on take off from Tadji Airstrip PNG. Converted to components 12/45.
    A9-728Ex A9-213. Served with No 6 Communication Unit, No 1 Communication Unit and 1APU. Placed into storage 05/48. Engines and cockpit assembly recovered for RAAF. Remainder of aircraft sold to R.H. Grant.
    A9-729Ex A9-208. Served with No 8 Communication Unit. Struck off charge 08/49.
    A9-730Ex A9-521. Served with 1APU and No 1 Communication Unit. Struck off charge 08/49.
    A9-731Ex A9-315. Served with No 8 Communication Unit 01/11/45. Placed into storage 28/01/46 and struck off charge 08/49.
    A9-732Ex A9-410. Served with 12 lasu. Struck off charge 08/49.
    A9-733Ex A9-367. Served with No 5 Communication Unit. Crashed 13/11/45, during test flight Garbutt aerodrome QLD. Converted to components 12/45.
  • Images of A9-733.
  • A9-734Ex A9-543. Served with 10 LASU and 12 LASU. Struck off charge 08/49.
    A9-735Ex A9-246. Served with 10 LASU and 12 LASU. Ground looped after landing 05/02/46 Rabaul New Britain. Converted to components 03/46.
    A9-736Ex A9-203. Served with No 8 Communication Unit. Crashed 22/11/45 on take off from Lakuni Airstrip Rabaul. Converted to components 12/45.
    A9-737Ex A9-232. Served with 12 LASU and 100 Sqn. Struck off charge 06/46.
    A9-738Ex A9-254. Served with 9 LASU and 1APU.Placed into storage 12/05/47. Engine and cockpit assembly recovered for RAAF 21/12/49 and remainder of aircraft sold to R.H. Grant.
    A9-739Ex A9-433. Served with 9 LASU. Placed into storage 28/11/45 and struck off charge 08/49.
    A9-740Ex A9-312. Served with No 4 Communication Unit 29/10/45. Placed into storage 04/46. Hull only sold to T Carr & Company. Instruments, fitting gear and undercarriage sold to Hughes Trading Co.
    A9-741Ex A9-316. Served with 1AD. Crashed on landing 23/11/45, while on ferry flight Piva South Airstrip. Aircraft struck a banked up open drain and caught fire. Written off 12/45.
    A9-742Ex A9-320. Served with 10LASU, 12LASU and 100 Sqn. Placed into storage 14/03/46. Hull only sold to T Carr & Company. Instruments, fitting gear and undercarriage sold to Hughes Trading Co.
    A9-743Served with 1APU. Placed into storage 27/05/48. Disposed of 24/04/51 and remnants sold to R H Grant.
    A9-744Ex A9-420. Served with 10 LASU, 12 LASU, No 111 ASRF,100 Sqn and 48 CBU. Converted to components 04/46.
    A9-745Ex A9-363. Served with No 1 Communication Unit. Placed into storage 01/10/48 and struck off charge 08/49.
    A9-746Ex A9-477. Served with No 8 Communication Unit, No 5 Communication Unit and 36 Sqn. Placed into storage 24/05/46.

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    Source: The Melbourne Herald/Sun, Townsville at War Website, National Archives of Australia, Dept of Defence Media Release, RAAF Historical Section, For your tomorrow we gave our today, Australian War Memorial, RAAF Bairnsdale, Australia@War website, Jack Coutts (Ex 100 Sqn observer), John Snewin, RAAF Beaufort Squadrons Association, Jack Slingo (Ex 100 and 14 Sqn WAG), John Macnaughtan, The Beaufort File, Beaufort Special.

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