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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2021 16:41:19 GMT 12
Inspired by a question I posted in the "RNZAF Museum photo gold" thread forumite agile sent me the following based on his own research:
75 Squadron YC Codes
Serial Letter Source
NZ2306 Y Pic
NZ2307 Y Aircam book Pic - not that clear
NZ2308 Z Pic
NZ2323 J Pic
NZ2324 E Pic
NZ2325 A Pic
NZ2326 B Pic
NZ2327 M Pic
NZ2328 C Pic
NZ2329 A Pic
NZ2331 D Pic
NZ2334 L Pic
NZ2336 B Pic
NZ2337 F Pic
NZ2338 F Pic
NZ2349 G Pics
"The other aircraft that were definitely used were '03, '05, '21, '22, and '30. Of these, NZDF serials lists only '30 as a 75 Squadron machine and it was lost in a fatal accident at sea in 1949 - I've never seen a photo of it. The others were all in RNZAF use - pics exist of all of them with RNZAF markings but no fuselage codes."
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2021 10:31:38 GMT 12
agile took the time to gather as much photographic evidence as he could to go along with the above list. Photo credits as per the Flickr link:  NZ2308 Des White via AFMNZ by Zac Yates, on Flickr  NZ2323 Whites via Marcus Bridle by Zac Yates, on Flickr  NZ2325 Martial Gaspard via Marcus Bridle by Zac Yates, on Flickr  NZ2326 Stuart McIntyre via AFMNZ by Zac Yates, on Flickr  NZ2327 Cliff Horrell via Mike Nicholls by Zac Yates, on Flickr  NZ2328 Whites via Marcus Bridle by Zac Yates, on Flickr  NZ2331 Mac Baigent via fwx by Zac Yates, on Flickr  NZ2334 Cliff Horrell via Mike Nicholls by Zac Yates, on Flickr  NZ2336 Des White via AFMNZ by Zac Yates, on Flickr  NZ2337 Whites via Marcus Bridle by Zac Yates, on Flickr  NZ2338 Whites via Marcus Bridle by Zac Yates, on Flickr  NZ2349 Whites via Marcus Bridle by Zac Yates, on Flickr And a photo of NZ2307/Y can be seen in the Aircam Aviation Series 28 book via Charles Darby, scan available here (link). |
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Post by agile on Nov 12, 2021 13:17:30 GMT 12
Thanks for posting these Zac. If anyone can come up with a pic of NZ2306(Y) ,NZ2324/Inst 157(E or possibly L) showing serial and code it'd be nice to complete the thread. Also NZ2321, although I wonder if this aircraft was lost before the YC codes were applied.
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Post by McFly on Nov 12, 2021 14:05:17 GMT 12
Thanks for posting these Zac. If anyone can come up with a pic of NZ2306(Y) ,NZ2324/Inst 157(E or possibly L) showing serial and code it'd be nice to complete the thread. Also NZ2321, although I wonder if this aircraft was lost before the YC codes were applied. Here's NZ2324...  "Group of Number 75 Squadron pilots(?) standing in front of Mosquito NZ2324. Royal New Zealand Air Force Station Ohakea. L-R: Bill Shanahan, Bob Scott, unknown, CH Baigent, unknown, GR Simich, unknown, unknown. 23 June 1948 (OhOG4945-48)" |
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Post by agile on Nov 12, 2021 14:21:34 GMT 12
Thanks for that Marty, I'm hoping to flush out pics showing the serial and fuselage codes.
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Post by McFly on Nov 12, 2021 16:00:57 GMT 12
Thanks for that Marty, I'm hoping to flush out pics showing the serial and fuselage codes. If you ask Matthew O’Sullivan (Keeper of Photographs) at the Air Force Museum to find the digital record for Negative Number MUS011043, it’s a ¾ rear view of Mosquito NZ2324 at Ohakea – Circa 1952. |
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Post by agile on Nov 12, 2021 18:39:12 GMT 12
Thanks, I'll do that. How did you come up with that, if you don't mind my asking?
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Post by Antonio on Jun 12, 2024 8:51:59 GMT 12
NZ2306? 
Image cropped from AFMoNZ DWNZ2357 |
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Post by Antonio on Jun 12, 2024 8:56:32 GMT 12
The start of a 'K'?? 
NatLib_114/240/04-G Mosquitos in a hangar at Woodbourne Air Force Base, Blenheim. |
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