| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | A68-105 |
| 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): | CA18-1430 |
| Operator Titles: | Australia - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Area: | Laverton / Fleetwings Garage [ Off-Airport, gone ]Map |
| Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Photo Date: | January 1964 |
| Photo by: | Geoff Goodall (via David Carter) |
| Photo ID: | 134256 |
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Part of a small collection of aircraft at the Shell garage on the Princes Highway near the RAAF base at Laverton. A68-105 was purchased by Dick Hourigan in October 1964 and over the next 25 years was displayed at several museums. In 1990 work started on making the aircraft airworthy and it flew in 1996 as VH-JUC. -JUC was its military callsign in the 1950s when the RAAF used the VM- prefix. The RAAF dropped civil style callsigns in the 1960s and the -J** block of registrations was released for civil use in the 1970s. This photo is copyright © Geoff Goodall, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 30 March 2019, and has since been viewed 381 times. |