CANBERRA – B.20 – RAAF – A84-229


RAAF B.20 – A84-229

A84-229 Service
GAF A84-229 – Taxiing at RAAF Butterworth (Photo : Unknown)
 A84-229 Flight
GAF A84-229 Cleaned up after take-off (Photo : Unknown)

A84-229’s first flight was on 22 November 1956 at the Government Aircraft Factories. It was allocated to 2 Sqd RAAF and served with them in Malaya at RAAF Butterworth.

This Canberra was eventually bought by Steve Picatti (USA) and the story of the trials and tribulations that followed is told by Les Wilson. Les was one of the team that worked on A84-229 making its transfer to the US possible.

Read Les’ remarkable story here.

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The pictures on these pages were either Les' or from other enthusiasts.  Where he knew of the author the picture is attributed accordingly.  If, however, you recognise a picture as being yours and it is not attributed to you, or wrongly attributed, or you don't want it used, please let me know so that I can rectify the situation.

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