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Photograph 0209 - Mirage A3-36 Returns to Darwin's Aviation Heritage Centre
Dassault Mirage IIIO A3-36 of 75 Squadron RAAF being removed from a lowloader following its arrival from RAAF Base Tindal. This aircraft was recovered from the mud flats off Nightcliff following a pilotless crash landing. The pilot Flying Officer John Quaife had ejected when the aircraft flamed out on its approach to Darwin airport. The aircraft was subsequently given to the Aviation Heritage Centre in Darwin by the RAAF. Following the loan of the aircraft by the Aviation Heritage Centre to 75 Squadron RAAF for their 60th aniversary in 2002 the Mirage was rebuilt at Tindal and returned to Darwin in the condition seen in this photograph.
The Australian Mirage III was the only one with the suffix "O". Rumour has it that the French were confused by the Australian accent which pronounced Oz as Orstralia and it therefore became the IIIO for Orstralia.
Photograph 0209 - Mirage A3-36 Returns to Darwin's Aviation Heritage Centre
Dassault Mirage IIIO A3-36 of 75 Squadron RAAF being removed from a lowloader following its arrival from RAAF Base Tindal. This aircraft was recovered from the mud flats off Nightcliff following a pilotless crash landing. The pilot Flying Officer John Quaife had ejected when the aircraft flamed out on its approach to Darwin airport. The aircraft was subsequently given to the Aviation Heritage Centre in Darwin by the RAAF. Following the loan of the aircraft by the Aviation Heritage Centre to 75 Squadron RAAF for their 60th aniversary in 2002 the Mirage was rebuilt at Tindal and returned to Darwin in the condition seen in this photograph.
The Australian Mirage III was the only one with the suffix "O". Rumour has it that the French were confused by the Australian accent which pronounced Oz as Orstralia and it therefore became the IIIO for Orstralia.