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Auster AOP 3 Radio installation
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I am trying to find pictures or drawings of the installation of wireless set no 19 in Auster AOP 3s. From reading and studying pictures I can see that the radio was fitted behind the 2 man crew and possibly behind the right seat facing left. Any help would be great thanks. Also I have a profile of an Auster AOP 3 seen in Normandy just after D-Day wearing full invasion stripes. Can anyone please provide any further information of this or similarly striped AOP 3 s. Thank you. Colin |
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Re: Auster AOP 3 Radio installation
Apparently the profile above was published in Scale Aircraft Modelling Magazine, Vol.21, No.5, July 1999. If anyone has this magazine could you please check if any further mention or pictures of this aircraft were printed. Thank you
Colin |
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Re: Auster AOP 3 Radio installation
As an update here are some pictures of my Auster AOP Mk3 at a local airfield.The markings are that of NX536 of 659 AOP Squadron shortly after D-Day. I have recently made contact with a veteran Army Auster pilot who actually flew Mk3s and he confirms the Wireless set No19 was on a shelf behind the passenger seat unlike later Austers which had the radio on the passenger seat. Its a shame there is so little information available on these little aircraft and their crews having performed such a dangerous and vital job.
Colin |
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