VH-BDM   Auster IIIF                                                (c/n  639)

                             

                                   This Auster IIIF has the more conventional rear window treatment  (see VH-BCF for a variation).
                                   It was built as MJ800 for the RAAF and was delivered to the RAAF in 1944 becoming A11-33. 
                                   It is still on the register, and is, naturally, now displayed as a "warbird".   My shot (above) was
                                   taken at Moorabbin in 1955.       Immediately below is a photograph by Rod Adam (via Geoff
                                   Goodall) of  -BDM at Cooma in January 1963, while following that is another variation on a
                                   theme in the color shot taken by Greg Banfield at Wagga in  March 1970.  Finally, at the foot of
                                   the page is a Phil Vabre photo taken at the AAAA National Fly-in at Narrandera in April, 2006
                                .  The rear glazing appears to have been returned to its original form.