RAAF
8 Squadron
Charles Darby 1974
Wartime History
Written off after bomb damage at Vivigani Airfield on
October 9, 1943.
Wreckage
The rear fuselage had been removed by persons unknown. Cockpit
and center section was recovered from Vivigani in 1974 by Charles Darby for MARC. Since then, Beaufort Restoration
Group owns the cockpit / nose
section which they hope to restore as a museum exhibit.
References
Pacific Aircraft Wrecks page 64
Beaufort
