41-2130 Malaria Mabel
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| Type: | L-222-62-13 Lightning F-4-1-LO |
| MSN: | 5348 |
History:
| 01JAN42 | Received by USAAF. (Source: 4) |
| 19MAR42 | Received Long Beach to (Source: 4) |
| 22MAR42 | Long Beach. (Source: 4) |
| 31MAY42 | Received Dallas. (Source: 4) |
| 18JUN42 | Received Lowry (8th PRS). (Source: 4) |
| 23JUN42 | Received Sacramento Air Depot. (Source: 4) |
| 06JUL42 | Received San Francisco (Port of Embarkation). (Source: 4) |
| 15JUL42 | SUMAC (Fifth Air Force SWPA). (Source: 4) |
| 12AUG42 | Received at Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, Fishermens Bend, Melbourne for erection. (Source: 8) |
| 02SEP42 | Delivered ex CAC. (Source: 8) |
| 03SEP42 | Arrived Townsville on delivery to the 8th PRS. Served with the 8th PRS as "Malaria Mabel" with squadron number "30". (Source: 11) |
| 11AUG43 | Familiarisation on type at Port Moresby by FLGOFF P.B. Jones, 75 Sqn RAAF. (Source: 10) |
| 22OCT43 | Photographed at 14 Mile, Port Moresby in bare metal with red and white striped rudders in use as a squadron hack. (See photos above). (Source: 11) |
| 03NOV43 | Condemned by Fifth Air Force, Brisbane. (Source: 4) |
| 08FEB44 | Allotted to RAAF by Fifth Air Force HQ along with 41-2139 and 41-2217. (Source: NAA Series A11093 Item 3081559) |
| 31MAR44 | Advice from Forward Echelon that three Lightnings are being prepared for flight at Port Moresby. (Source: NAA Series A11093 Item 3081559) |
| 03APR44 | Struck off by USAAF. (Source: 4) |
| 21APR44 | Advice from Forward Echelon that three Lightnings will be ferried to 3AD Amberley on or about 30APR44. (Source: NAA Series A11093 Item 3081559) |
| 09MAY44 | Condemned by Fifth Air Force, Brisbane. (Source: 4) |
| 15MAY44 | Lightnings 41-2217 and 41-2156 arrived at Amberley but were rejected by the RAAF owing to their poor condition. The third Lightning force landed at Rockhampton but its identity is unknown. So, although 41-2130 was allotted to the RAAF, it may not have been delivered. Evidently 41-2156 was substituted for either 41-2130 or 41-2139.(Source: NAA Series A11093 Item 3081559) |
| 26JUL44 | Struck off by USAAF. (Source: 4) |
SOURCES
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Log book of Flt Lt F.H.W. Robilliard via his son Iain Robilliard. |
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Log Book of Flt Lt W.H.S. Talberg via David Vincent |
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Log Book of Sqn Ldr R.M. Green via David Vincent |
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USAAF History Card for 41-2158 accessed by Terry Geary. |
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RAAF Unit History sheets (Form A50) [Operations Record Book - Forms A50 and A51] 1 PRU Number 87 Squadron Jun 42 - Oct 53. NAA: A9186, 118 |
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Operations Record Book No 51 Operational Base Unit, Groote Eylandt via Phil Vabre. |
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RAAF Form E/E88 (Status Card) |
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Listing compiled by a CAC employee, Bill Audsley, and published in Aviation Heritage the journal of the Aviation Historical Society of Australia (AHSA) Vol 22 No 4. |
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Mosquito Monograph by David Vincent. |
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Log Book of FLGOFF P.B. Jones, RAAF. |
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The Eight Ballers by John Stanaway & Bob Rocker. Schiffer Publishing 1999 |
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Log Book of Sqn Ldr Geoff Atherton. |
| Issue | Date | Remarks |
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| 6 | 19OCT18 |
Added
an image of the aircraft with
Lt Herb Thomas. Thanks to Bob Rocker.
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| 5 | 11APR18 |
Added
an image of an F-4 believed
to be 41-2130. Thanks to Bob Rocker.
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| 4 | 01APR16 |
Refreshed
pag layout with no change to data.
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| 3 | 05MAY14 |
Added
a flight by FLGOFF P.B. Jones in AUG43 thanks to Gordon
Birkett.
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| 2 | 15JUL10 |
Added
two images of the aircraft in bare metal finish thanks to
Bob Rocker.
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| 1 | 22FEB04 |
Original
issue. Drawn from USAAF Aircraft History Card supplied by
Terry Geary and NAA Series A11093 Item 3081559.
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