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A-4/V-2
in Storage at RAAF Museum, Point Cook, Australia
(Photos by Mike Cecil)
This A-4/V-2 example is located at 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.
The Army authorities got tired of it and it was then offered to RAAF museum.
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.
Update:
The deterioration on this rocket is all but complete.
This
most recent photo shows the hopelessness of its situation.
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