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WIRRAWAY/A20-704



Serial #: A20-704
Construction #:
  1156
Civil Registration:
  VH-BFO
  Model(s):
  CA-16 Wirraway Mk. III
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2015

History:
Delivered to Royal Australian Air Force as A20-704.
- BOC: April 1945.
- SOC: June 1959.
- Stored as RAAF Tocumwal, NSW, 1957-1960.
Private Owner, Sydney-Bankstown, NSW, 1959-1962.
- Acquired from RAAF Mallala. February 21, 1960.
- DCA refused certification, open storage Bankstown, 1960-1963.
Airfarm Associates, Tamworth, NSW, 1966-1968.
- Stored, stripped of parts for Ceres fleet.
Les Arthur/Toowoomba Aero Museum, Toowoomba, Queensland, 1974-1985.
Murray Griffiths, Denilquin, NSW, Sept. 1985-1997.
- Restored to airworthy, Denilquin (later Moorabbin, Victoria).
- First flight, June 16, 1997.
- Flew as RAAF/A20-436/BF-B.
Murray Griffiths, Denilquin, NSW, Jan. 22, 1997-2012.
- Registered as VH-BFO.
- Flew as RAAF/A20-436/BF-B.
Kermit A Weeks, Polk City, FL, 2012-2015.

Source(s):
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2013.
Photo Source(s):
Graham Bartlett.

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