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    Airframe Family: Bristol Beaufighter
    Latest Model:Beaufighter 21
    Last Military Serial:A19-144 RAAF
    Compressed ID:Department of Aircraft Production B...
    Latest Owner or Location:The Fighter Collection, Duxford Airport, Duxford, Cambridgeshire / Cambs, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Beaufighter 21 by Department of Aircraft Production at Australia.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n JM135.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A19-144.

    22 January 1944

    Crashed.
    Crashed at RAAF Drysdale, WA, Australia.

    1980

    Recovered.
    Removed form the crash site by Robert Greinert.

    To The Fighter Collection, Duxford Airport, Duxford, Cambridgeshire/Cambs, England.
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    Restored.
    Composite with parts from A8-324.

    20 August 2006


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Under reconstruction at Duxford, UK

    10 November 2013


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Photo taken at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England

    9 July 2017


    Photographer: Thomas Delvoye
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