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A-4/V-2
in Storage at RAAF Museum, Point Cook, Australia
(Photos by Mike Cecil)
A-4/V-2 RAAF Museum at Point Cook, just to the Geelong side of Melbourne.
This is the first V-2 that made it to Australia in 1947. It was mounted
on a Vidalwagen when it arrived as ship deck cargo from the UK. It went
to the Engineers at Monegeetta to the north of Melbourne for a technical
evaluation of the trailer. After the evaluation, the rocket and Vidalwagen
were employed on a War Bond Savings rally and it went on display in a lot
of towns between Melbourne and Sydney. It was then used to "guard the gate"
at Holsworthy Army base just outside Sydney, where the deterioration started.
They got tired of it and prior to trashing it, the RAAF museum received
it. It was at some point stored at the Air Force Depot at Dubbo, but now
resides in the RAAF Museum storage. This rocket is still in its unrestored
state and is very rough. Under all the deterioration is the original operational
style ragged-camo paint scheme.
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Thanks
to Mike Cecil and Alan Scheckenbach in Australia.
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