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RAAF A73 GAF/Avro Lincoln
Posted by Don Clark on Tue Sep 02, 2003 02:30:57 PM
In reply top Aussie Lincolns posted by Cees Broere on Mon Sep 01, 2003 12:42:38 PM
From the RAAF Museum site
http://www.raafmuseum.com.au/raaf2/html/linc.htm
"In fifteen years, from 1946 to 1961, 11 Lincolns were written off in accidents (A73-11, 16, 31, 35, 39, 40, 44, 46, 51, 63 and 69) but the remainder gave good service and were eventually sold as scrap or used for fire-fighting practice. As the largest aircraft to be built in Australia, the Lincoln goes down in history as a credit to the local aircraft industry, and it also marked the passing in RAAF annals of the era of the multi-engined, heavy bomber, with its large complement of aircrew members."
In Gillett's Australia's Military Aircraft, there's a photo of on-site aluminium ingot smelting, with A73-48 and another (wingless) Lincoln in the background.
The fate of all RAAF Lincolns is listed on the wonderful
site
Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History
http://www.adf-serials.com/
Variously "Listed for disposal", "converted to components" or "sold for scrap" etc.