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The aircraft conducted the mission, Operation Gateway, in the North Indian Ocean and South China Sea, taking off from Royal Malaysian Air Force Base Butterworth.
After significant restorations, the aircraft has now been ferried by the Royal Australian Navy’s ADV Reliant ship from Queensland to Port Moresby, where it will feature in the Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery.
Warrant Officer Russell Grigg (navigator) and Warrant Officer Clement Wiggins (pilot), who died when their aircraft Beaufort A9-186 went down off the coast of Papua New Guinea in September 1943, were interred last month at Bomana War Cemetery.
Parts from the retired Australian Defence Force helicopters were reportedly used in the currently in-service Royal New Zealand Air Force helicopters without grounding the fleet.
Former Emirates pilot Johan Strydom, who owns and restored the World War II aircraft, said he wants to revive the essence of vintage biplane flight over the beaches and forests of WA.
A C-27J Spartan aircraft and aircrew from No. 35 Squadron were deployed to conduct extensive aerial surveillance patrols, tasked with detecting and deterring illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing threats in the region.
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