VH-RFW DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10
(C1-0088
These shots of the RAeCWA's
'Chipmunk 8' are from the Geoff Goodall collection. The one above'
was taken near Cunderdin, WA in
November 1957 (the aircraft had been first registered on 16 Jan
of that year). It was one of a batch of RAF disposals and was
formerly WB578. It ran off the strip
and was
destroyed on 19 September 1959 whilst making a forced landing on the
emergency strip in
the Bull Creek pinetree plantation
on the edge of the Perth southern suburbs on what would now be
Jandakot Airport. .