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RAAF CARIBOU

A4 – 235

AIRCRAFT

ARRIVAL DATE

CURRENT STATUS

NOTES

A4-235

21 August 1965

Withdrawn from service

 

7 Dec 1965

Accepted from De Havilland (Call sign VM-JMV)

 

6 Aug 1965

Departed Toronto for RAAF Richmond

 

21 Aug 1965

Assigned to 38 Squadron

 

Early 1990’s

Painted white for UN operations in Cambodia

 

23 Nov 1991

Over ran strip at Scott’s Peak during STOL Training.   Nose wheel collapsed when aircraft entered creek at the end of the strip.

 

Unknown

Withdrawn from service and broken down for parts.

 

Last Reported

Hulk remains at RAAF Amberley.

 

 

OTHER NOTES: (Ref www.adf-serials.com)

 

1.   Delivered to RAAF 08/65.

 

2.   Received a white colour scheme in preparation for UN duties in the Cambodian elections in

      the early 90s however the Blackhawks ended up going instead.

 

3.   Used by 38 Sqn during Flood relief operations in numerous flood relief missions Australia

      wide.

 

4.   While conducting a STOL training excercise into Scotts Peak TAS, 235 ran off the end of the

      strip and resulted in the nose wheel collapsing in a watery ditch.   The aircraft was repaired

      and flown back to Richmond, then Amberly on 03/04/92 with gear locked down.

 

5.   Currently stored at Amberley and allocated to the proposed Ipswich Amberley Aviation

      Museum.