{"id":11705,"date":"2025-09-01T16:42:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T05:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/?p=11705"},"modified":"2025-09-02T21:19:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T10:19:57","slug":"narromine-aviation-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/?p=11705","title":{"rendered":"Narromine Aviation Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On the trip to collect the Vista RV Crossover caravan, The Doc had a short stay at Dubbo and managed to visit the Narromine Aviation Museum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During WWII Narromine was one of the largest pilot training schools in Australia. Images include the Rolls Royce Merlin engine, from a De Haviland Mosquito, as well as parts of the Bristol Beaufighter used by Australia during WWII.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mosquito used a Rolls Royce Merlin Mk25 engine. It had a single stage supercharger for low level missions of 618 RAF Squadron. In December 1944, 618 RAF Squadron was deployed to Australia to use Barnes Wallis’ Highball bomb against Japanese targets – aka a variation of Wallis’ famous dambuster bombs. But 618 were never deployed into combat in the Pacific and the Mosquitos ended up at Narromine and were sold off after the war. De Havilland Aircraft also built Mosquitos at Bankstown Aerodrome in Sydney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Dambusters were 617 RAF Squadron, flying Lancaster Bombers using the Upkeep variation of the bouncing bomb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After towing the Vista RV Crossover to Dubbo, The Doc visited the Narromine Aviation Museum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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