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Curtiss P-40N RAAF 80Sqn BUB CLEOPATRA III Sqn Ldr Geoff Atherton A29-629 Horn Island 1943

Photo 01: Curtiss P40N Kittyhawk III A29-629 CLEOPATRA III of No 80 Sqn RAAF, flown by Sqn Ldr Geoff Atherton, Horn Island, New Guinea, mid 1943. Athenon was still a flight commander when assigned this Kittyhawk III in March 1943. From January 1943, unit codes were worn by all RAAF Kittyhawks, and as an additional identification festure, aircraft tails and spinners were painted white. Although unconfirmed, it is probable that Atherton was flying this aircraft when, on 13 June, he scored his final kill when he downed a 'Betty' over Milne Bay for his fifth victory.

Hi,
I came across your page depicting a P40N flown by Geoff Atherton. A29-629, as listed is an 80 Sqn aircraft - Sqn code BU. The name on the aircraft is 'Cleopatra III', not IV as shown and by time Geoff was flying Cleo III he was the Wing Commander of no 78 Wing. Comprising 75, 78 and 80 Squadrons.
Hope this helps.
Neville Rourke.

Curtiss P-40N Kittyhawk RAAF 80Sqn BUP A29-607 Pilot Sqn Ldr John Waddy Noemfoor, Dutch New Guinea, Sept-Oct 1944

Profile 00: Curtiss P-40N Kittyhawk IV A29-607 VE of No 80 Sqn RAAF. flown by Sqn Ldr John Waddy, Noemfoor, Dutch New Guinea, September-October 1944. Waddy was one of the leading Australian wartime pilots, all his claims were made while serving in the desert dunng 1941-42, mainly flying Curtiss fighters. In 1943 he returned to Australia and was later given command of No 80 Sqn. He flew several P-40Ns while with the unit, which usually bore his wife's name and his impressive scoreboard.

Curtiss P-40N Kittyhawk RAAF 80Sqn BUR A29-572 Pilot Goldring Hatetabako 1945

Photo's: A closeup view of a similar squadron coded P-40E Kittyhawk RCAF 111Sqn LZ-D at Anchorage 1942 01

 

 Weir Field, Townsville, Australia Map

 Horn Island, Horn, Queensland, Australia Map

 Noemfoer, Biak Numfor, Papua, Indonesia Map

 

    Bibliography: +

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    Magazines: +

  • Airfix Magazines (English) - http://www.airfix.com/
  • Avions (French) - http://www.aerostories.org/~aerobiblio/rubrique10.html
  • FlyPast (English) - http://www.flypast.com/
  • Flugzeug Publikations GmbH (German) - http://vdmedien.com/flugzeug-publikations-gmbh-hersteller_verlag-vdm-heinz-nickel-33.html
  • Flugzeug Classic (German) - http://www.flugzeugclassic.de/
  • Klassiker (German) - http://shop.flugrevue.de/abo/klassiker-der-luftfahrt
  • Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://boutique.editions-lariviere.fr/site/abonnement-le-fana-de-l-aviation-626-4-6.html
  • Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://www.pdfmagazines.org/tags/Le+Fana+De+L+Aviation/
  • Osprey (English) - http://www.ospreypublishing.com/
  • Revi Magazines (Czech) - http://www.revi.cz/

    Web References: +

  • Wikipedia.org - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109
  • Wikipedia.org - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109_variants#cite_ref-100
  • Wikipedia.org - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109_operational_history
  • Flickr.com - https://www.flickr.com/photos/farinihouseoflove/2209839419/in/photostream

 

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