| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | A11-18 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Taylorcraft Plus D |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Taylorcraft D/E/F/G/J Auster Mk1/2/3/4/5 |
| Aircraft Version: | Taylorcraft E Auster Mk3 |
| C/n (msn): | 644 |
| Operator Titles: | Australia - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Balikpapan - Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman / SepingganMap |
| Country: | Indonesia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: WALL IATA: BPN Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 3 July 1945 to 1 October 1945 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong Collection |
| Photo ID: | 485718 |
| Photo Comment |
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After amphibious landing at Balikpapan, Dutch Borneo, DUKW vehicles carried Austers of 16 AOP Flight to Sepinggan airfield on 3 July 1945. A11-18 was delivered to RAF as NJ810 in October 1943. Sold to Australia and shipped to Sydney late in 1944. Sold as VH-GAE in 1947. To VH-DAE. Lost without trace on 4 October 1950 on a flight from Coff's Harbour, NSW, to Newcastle, NSW. This photo was added on 10 August 2022, and has since been viewed 283 times. |