WARBIRD REGISTRY > BRISTOL/DAP BEAUFORT REGISTRY > BEAUFORT/A9-555 Serial #: A9-555 Construction #: - Civil Registration:   None Model(s):   Beaufort Mk. VIII Name: None Status: Restoration Last Info: 2007 History: Delivered to Royal Australian AF as A9-555, 19??. - BOC: January 4, 1944. - SOC: June 15, 1945. - Crashed after take-off, Tadji strip, Papua-New Guinea, March 21, 1945. - Converted to components, 1945. David C. Tallichet/Yesterdays Air Force/MARC, Chino, CA, circa 1974-2003. - QH-S marked hulk recovered from Tadji for Yesterdays Air Force, circa 1974. - Stored dismantled in MARC (Military Aircraft Restoration Company) compund, Chino, CA, 1990-2003. Graham Kilsby/Bristol Heritage Collection, Clifton-Hassel Field, TN, circa 1999-2007. - Under restoration, incorporating parts of Beaufort/A9-182. Source(s): Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-5th Edition, 2008. Photo Source(s): - Research Assistance: - WARBIRD REGISTRY > BRISTOL/DAP BEAUFORT REGISTRY >