ADF-SERIALS
Australian
& New Zealand Military Aircraft Serials &
History
RAAF
A9 DAP Bristol Beaufort
Mark IX A9-701 to A9-746
(Beaufrieghter)
During 1944
and 1945 46 Beauforts were converted to unarmed
transports, officially Beaufort Mk.IX but generally
known as Beaufreighters.
They received new serial numbers in the A9-701 to 746
range.
| RAAF.Serial | Fate |
| A9-701 | Ex A9-14. Served with No 10 Communication Unit 14/03/45 to 01/11/45. Served with No 8 Communication Unit. Conversion to components approved 04/46. |
| A9-702 | Ex A9-17. Served with No 9 Communication Unit. Crashed on take off 26/02/45, Lae airstrip PNG. Converted to components. |
| A9-703 | Ex A9-221.
Served with 9 Communication Unit. Placed into storage 28/11/45. Cockpit section located at the Camden Museum of Aviation This is a privately owned collection and is not open to the public.
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| A9-704 | Ex A9-292. Served with No 9 Communication Unit 21/03/45 and No 11 Communication Unit 08/10/45. Placed into storage 12/03/46 and struck off charge 08/49. |
| A9-705 | Ex A9-672. Served with No 9 Communication Unit, No 8 Communication Unit and 84 OBU. Written off 07/46. 
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| A9-706 | Ex A9-79. Served with No 9 Communication Unit 30/12/44 to 03/08/45. Served with No 11 Communication Unit 06/10/45 to 29/11/45. Placed into storage and converted to components 20/03/46. |
| A9-707 | Ex A9-673. Served with No 9 Communication Unit. Crashed on landing 15/06/45, Palawan Airstrip. Converted to components 09/45. |
| A9-708 | Ex A9-288. Served with No 9 Communication Unit 27/12/44. Crashed on landing 22/09/45, Labuan Airstrip Borneo. Converted to components 11/45. |
| A9-709 | Ex A9-379. Served with No 9 Communication Unit. Crashed 17/01/45, on landing Finschafen PNG. Converted to components 02/45. |
| A9-710 | Ex A9-59. Served with No 9 Communication Unit 27/03/45 to 03/10/45. Converted to components. |
| A9-711 | Ex A9-605. Served with 9 LASU. Ditched into sea 12/06/45 Sanga Sanga after failure to gain height. Aircraft was on a spraying mission. Written off 06/45. |
| A9-712 | Ex A9-310. Served with No 10 Communication Unit 15/03/45. Crashed 21/11/45, on landing at Lakunai Airstrip Rabaul. Converted to components 12/45
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| A9-713 | Ex A9-403. Served with No 10 Communication Unit. Crashed on take off 13/11/45, Gurney Airstrip Milne Bay PNG. Converted to components 12/45. 
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| A9-714 | Ex A9-293. Served
with No 10 Communication Unit 14/03/45. Emergency crash landing 13/11/45, Torokina Airstrip. Converted to components 12/45. 
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| A9-715 | Ex A9-309. Served
with No 10 Communication Unit 13/04/45. Converted to components 09/45. |
| A9-716 | Ex A9-184. Served
with No 10 Communication Unit 14/04/45 to
01/02/46. Placed into storage 03/46. |
| A9-717 | Ex A9-235. Served with Served with 12 LASU and 100 Sqn. Placed into storage 30/04/46 Tocumwal NSW. Hull only sold to T Carr & Company. Instruments, fitting gear and undercarriage sold to Hughes Trading Co. |
| A9-718 | Ex A9-193. Served with 9 LASU. Crashed 11/06/45, Bamao Island near Sanga Sanga, Borneo. Crew: FLGOFF Ernest Albert Harps-Burt 441279 (pilot), PLTOFF John Francis Mooney 415086 (observer) & WOFF Jackie Simmonds 401857 killed. Written off 28/06/45. |
| A9-719 | Ex A9-198. Served with 12 LASU. Placed into storage 15/03/46. 
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| A9-720 | Ex A9-242. Served with 12 LASU. Placed into storage 22/01/46 and struck off charge 08/08/49. |
| A9-721 | Ex A9=328. Served with 10 LASU and No 8 Communication Unit. Ground looped 04/02/46, after landing Madang PNG. Converted to components 03/46. |
| A9-722 | Ex A9-187. Served with 9 LASU. Placed into storage 28/11/45./td> |
| A9-723 | Ex A9-216. Served with No 8 Communication Unit. Placed into storage 03/46. |
| A9-724 | Ex A9-218. Served with 9 LASU. Placed into storage.
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| A9-725 | Ex A9-206. Served with 9 LASU. Placed into storage 28/11/45. |
| A9-726 | Ex A9-234. Served with 9 LASU. Placed into storage 22/03/46. |
| A9-727 | Ex A9-231. Served with 12 LASU. Crashed 14/09/45, on take off from Tadji Airstrip PNG. Converted to components 12/45. |
| A9-728 | Ex A9-213. Served with No 6 Communication Unit, No 1 Communication Unit and 1APU. Placed into storage 05/48. Engines and cockpit assembly recovered for RAAF. Remainder of aircraft sold to R.H. Grant. 
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| A9-729 | Ex A9-208. Served with No 8 Communication Unit. Struck off charge 08/49. |
| A9-730 | Ex A9-521. Served with 1APU and No 1 Communication Unit. Struck off charge 08/49.
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| A9-731 | Ex A9-315. Served with No 8 Communication Unit 01/11/45. Placed into storage 28/01/46 and struck off charge 08/49. |
| A9-732 | Ex A9-410. Served with 12 lasu. Struck off charge 08/49. |
| A9-733 | Ex A9-367. Served with No 5 Communication Unit. Crashed 13/11/45, during test flight Garbutt aerodrome QLD. Converted to components 12/45.
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| A9-734 | Ex A9-543. Served with 10 LASU and 12 LASU. Struck off charge 08/49. |
| A9-735 | Ex A9-246. Served with 10 LASU and 12 LASU. Ground looped after landing 05/02/46 Rabaul New Britain. Converted to components 03/46. |
| A9-736 | Ex A9-203. Served with No 8 Communication Unit. Crashed 22/11/45 on take off from Lakuni Airstrip Rabaul. Converted to components 12/45.
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| A9-737 | Ex A9-232. Served
with 12 LASU and 100 Sqn. Struck off charge 06/46. |
| A9-738 | Ex A9-254. Served
with 9 LASU and 1APU. Placed into storage 12/05/47. Engine and cockpit assembly recovered for RAAF 21/12/49 and remainder of aircraft sold to R.H. Grant.
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| A9-739 | Ex A9-433. Served with 9 LASU. Placed into storage 28/11/45 and struck off charge 08/49. 
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| A9-740 | Ex A9-312. Served with No 4 Communication Unit 29/10/45. Placed into storage 04/46. Hull only sold to T Carr & Company. Instruments, fitting gear and undercarriage sold to Hughes Trading Co. |
| A9-741 | Ex A9-316. Served with 1AD. Crashed on landing 23/11/45, while on ferry flight Piva South Airstrip. Aircraft struck a banked up open drain and caught fire. off 12/45. |
| A9-742 | Ex A9-320. Served with 10LASU, 12LASU and 100 Sqn. Placed into storage 14/03/46. Hull only sold to T Carr & Company. Instruments, fitting gear and undercarriage sold to Hughes Trading Co. |
| A9-743 | Served with 1APU.
Placed into storage 27/05/48. Disposed of 24/04/51 and remnants sold to R H Grant.
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| A9-744 | Ex A9-420. Served with 10 LASU, 12 LASU, No 111 ASRF,100 Sqn and 48 CBU. Converted to components 04/46. |
| A9-745 | Ex A9-363. Served with No 1 Communication Unit. Placed into storage 01/10/48 and struck off charge 08/49.
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| A9-746 | Ex A9-477. Served with No 8 Communication Unit, No 5 Communication Unit and 36 Sqn. Placed into storage 24/05/46. |
The Author of this page is Jan Herival updated by Brendan Cowan, Gordon Birkett, Martin Edwards & Peter May.
Updated 26th August 2019
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