| JN200 | On loan to HMAS Sydney 27.2.47; 723 Sqn, Nowra; Returned to Saunders Roe 21.7.47 for conversion to Mark II; Ready for collection 3.10.47; Loaned to HMAS Sydney; Transferred to RAN 1949; Sold 1954 to Air Research, Sydney,. On civil register as VH-BQI from 22.12.54. Aircraft was holed during test flying and beached at RAAF Rathmines. Cancelled as withdrawn from use 19.10.56. Towed to a farm at Awaba NSW where it deteriorated until 1972 when it was scrapped. Nose section saved by Bill Hitchcock of the Royal Newcastle Aero Club and held in their hangar for some years until presented to the Naval Aviation Museum Nowra NSW. This is believed to be the only section of a Sea Otter in existence in the world.
Images of JN200. |
