Registration / Serial:VH-AUB
Aircraft Original Type:North American P-51 Mustang
Aircraft Generic Type:Commonwealth CA-17/18 Mustang (P-51)
Aircraft Version:Commonwealth CA-18 Mustang 21 (P-51D)
C/n (msn):CA18-1432
City / Airport:Rosedale StationMap
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:21 July 1976
Photo from:David Carter Collection
Photo ID:38719Submit Correction
View count: 397
The bright red VH-AUB was the private aircraft of Aubrey (Titus) Oates. It was a common sight around Moorabbin airport between 1958 to 1960 but after the aircraft moved to Bankstown airport it rarely flew. In 1966 -AUB was cancelled from the register, sold and trucked to Rosedale Station, near Jericho, Queensland. In the mid 1970s it was sold to warbird restorer Col Pay and moved to his base at Scone, New South Wales. It returned to the register in 1980 wearing less eye-catching but authentic RAAF markings. Oates had died of natural causes in Zambia the previous year. Peter Ricketts photo
Registration / Serial:VH-AUB
Aircraft Version:Commonwealth CA-18 Mustang 21 (P-51D)
C/n (msn):CA18-1432
City / Airport:Rosedale StationMap
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:21 July 1976
Photo from:David Carter Collection
Registration / Serial:VH-AUB
Aircraft Original Type:North American P-51 Mustang
Aircraft Generic Type:Commonwealth CA-17/18 Mustang (P-51)
Aircraft Version:Commonwealth CA-18 Mustang 21 (P-51D)
C/n (msn):CA18-1432
City / Airport:Rosedale StationMap
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:21 July 1976
Photo from:David Carter Collection
Photo ID:38719Submit Correction
View count: 397
The bright red VH-AUB was the private aircraft of Aubrey (Titus) Oates. It was a common sight around Moorabbin airport between 1958 to 1960 but after the aircraft moved to Bankstown airport it rarely flew. In 1966 -AUB was cancelled from the register, sold and trucked to Rosedale Station, near Jericho, Queensland. In the mid 1970s it was sold to warbird restorer Col Pay and moved to his base at Scone, New South Wales. It returned to the register in 1980 wearing less eye-catching but authentic RAAF markings. Oates had died of natural causes in Zambia the previous year. Peter Ricketts photo
Registration / Serial:VH-AUB
Aircraft Version:Commonwealth CA-18 Mustang 21 (P-51D)
C/n (msn):CA18-1432
City / Airport:Rosedale StationMap
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:21 July 1976
Photo from:David Carter Collection