41-2139 Pouting Peggy
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| Type: | L-222-62-13 Lightning F-4-1-LO |
| MSN: | 5357 |
History:
| 01JAN42 | Received by USAAF. (Source: 4) |
| MAR42 | Received Long Beach to (Source: 4) |
| 06APR42 | Long Beach. (Source: 4) |
| 31MAY42 | Received Dallas. (Source: 4) |
| 20JUN42 | 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) |
| 19AUG42 | Received at Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, Fishermens Bend, Melbourne for erection. (Source: 8) |
| 02SEP42 | Delivered ex CAC (Source: 8) |
| 03SEP42 | Arrived at Townsville on delivery to the 8th PRS. Served with the 8th PRS as "Pouting Peggy" with squadron code "39". Also carried the name "Doris" on the starboard radiator pod. (Source: 11) |
| 13JAN44 | Condemned by Fifth Air Force, Brisbane. (Source: 4) |
| 08FEB44 | Allotted to RAAF by Fifth Air Force HQ along with 41-2130 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) |
| 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 41-2139 was allotted to the RAAF, it may not have been delivered. Evidently 41-2156 was substituted for either 41-2139 or 41-2130.(Source: NAA Series A11093 Item 3081559) |
| 26SEP44 | Condemned as salvage by Fifth Air Force, Brisbane. (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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12
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Log Book of Sqn Ldr Geoff Atherton. |
| Issue | Date | Remarks |
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| 4 | 01APR16 |
Refreshed
page layout with no change to data.
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| 3 | 05MAY14 |
Minor
changes to page layout.
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| 2 | 16JUL10 |
Added
two images of the aircraft.
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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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