Waltzing Matilda

Halifaxbomber · Flight Lieutenant

Waltzing Matilda

mr goon · Squadron Leader

Goodness, if only eh! wouldnt that be somthing.. Well come on folks what did happen to it , some Aussie person is bound to know

Pigeonbird · Air Commodore

On it's way to Australia,the Halifax landed at a cove in Nova Scotia on the east coast of Canada. The people liked it so much they took it as a souvenir, and named a city after it.

Sorry Mates!

-- Edited by Pigeonbird at 00:50, 2009-01-13

Date: Jan 13, 2009

As a proud Aussie and someone who spends any spare time researching Bomber Command topics, I can assure you that this is the very first I know of this aircraft. Wish it was here !

John

Date: Jan 13, 2009

The Halifax was scrapped in 1948.

NR169 466 To GN Wickner as G-AGXA 2.11.45 , then to Air Carriers as VH-BDT
Regd. 4.1.46 to GN Wikner . C of A Appln No 8120 9.1.46 by owner and converted by Handley Page Ltd at Radlett into 15-seater transport . C of A No 7768 issued 16.5.46 to owner and a/c departed via Hurn on 26.5.46 . Named 'Waltzing Matilda' . The route taken was Hurn , Marseilles , Tunis , Castel Benito , Cairo , Basra , Sharjah , Almaza , Jodhpur , Dum Dum , Pegu , Bangkok , Changi , Balikpapan and Darwin and arrived at Mascot , Sydney on 15.6.46 . Cld 17.2.47 on sale to Air Carriers Pty as VH-BDT .

Made only one subsequent commercial flight in 6.47 . After a heavy landing en route it returned to Sydney with a u/s PO engine as well and languished there suffering vandal damage and being eventually scrapped in 1948 . Australian Regd cld 12.47

Kiwi.

Date: Jan 13, 2009

there are several photographs of WALTZING MATILDA prior to departure for Australia - in fact i'm using one as my january 2009 calendar page this month !!!

the details given are quite correct

Halifaxbomber · Flight Lieutenant

Shame, my dream of a flying Halifax has yet again been scuppered

Pigeonbird · Air Commodore

But Halibomber, you can still come and visit us in Halifax. We soon may see LW170 as it passes on it's way to Alberta.

-- Edited by Pigeonbird at 23:33, 2009-01-13

Halifaxbomber · Flight Lieutenant

One day maybe so John, love Canada, like most brits we have relatives there, only in Toronto

Jim

Date: Jan 15, 2009

i said there were several pictures of 'waltzing matilda' around - and spoke of one taken at radlett prior to departure to australia .

browsing through my copy of Merrick's 'THE HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX' (1990 Edition) i suddenly came across NR169/G-AGXA after arrival in australia .

p 181 caption 'G-AGXA , the second halifax on the civil register , photographed in australia during a fund-raising effort for the RAF Benevolent Fund and the RAAF Welfare Fund .'
photograph - Sydney Morning Herald

jettisoning

Date: Jul 21, 2012

I have the letter from the co Pilot of Waltzing Matilda written the day after they got to sydney with her description of the trip, also her later much enlarged and typed story by Audrey Morgan.

I wanted to come too but did not have 300 pounds. So I had to wait to 1958 to get to Australia.

Date: Sep 21, 2013

http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austb/VH-BDT.html

Date: Dec 21, 2019

Anonymous wrote:
I have the letter from the co Pilot of Waltzing Matilda written the day after they got to sydney with her description of the trip, also her later much enlarged and typed story by Audrey Morgan.
I wanted to come too but did not have 300 pounds. So I had to wait to 1958 to get to Australia.

The above post was a long time ago but, If the person who wrote this post is still around I would like to make contact. That letter by Audrey could be of great use to some people planing to product a doco on the Waltzing Matilda Flight. tworiversmedia1@gmail.com