RAAF CARIBOU
A4 – 199
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AIRCRAFT |
ARRIVAL DATE |
CURRENT STATUS |
NOTES |
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A4-199 |
October 1964 |
Withdrawn from service |
16 Sep 1964 Accepted from De Havilland (Call sign VH-JMZ)
Sep 1964 Departed Toronto for RAAF Richmond
Oct 1964 Assigned to 38 Squadron
Unknown Painted white and served with the United Nations
2000 Used in the CBS TV “Survivor” Series
25 Sep 2009 Emergency landing at High Range Training Area
18 Nov 2009 Airlifted by Chinook to RAAF Base Garbut, Townsville, Queensland
Nov 2009 To be displayed at RAAF Base Garbut, Townsville, Queensland.
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OTHER NOTES: (Ref www.adf-serials.com)
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Served with 38 Sqn - Det "B" and was painted white and in UN markings when it served with UNMOGIP in Kashmir 1975-1978.
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Crewed by FLTLT P. Cleary, FLGOFF R. Folvig, FLTLT K. Stone SGT K. O’Brien and CPL W. Little, A4-199 departed Richmond at 0230Z on 04 March 1975. Its path to it to Alice Springs, Broome, Bali, Jakarta, Butterworth, Rangoon, Calcutta and Delhi on the 15 March 1975.
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Represented the RAAF at the RAAF Richmond Airshow 1988, RNAS Nowra Airshow, 1998 and the Avalon Airshow 1999 and again in 2005.
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Used as Transport for Survivor Television Program 2000.
- Last noted at Townsville on 18 November 2009 after being airlifted from High Range training area following a hard landing on 25 September 2009.
