A5-27 and A5-13 were damaged by a storm at the original Bourke aerodrome which adjoined the railway station. It is assumed both were repaired at it would be three years before Wapitis were replaced by Hawker Demons in the army cooperation role. Photo from: State Library of New South Wales

The aircraft took a direct hit from a cluster bomb dropped from a Sea Harrier while taxying for take-off. The pilot, Teniente Jukic was killed along with other FAA personnel in the area. The remains were eventually cleared away a year later to the local rubbish dump.