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 at the foot of the page is a Phil Vabre shot of it at the
                                   AAAA National Fly-in at Narrandera in April, 2006.  The rear glazing appears to have been
                                   returned to its original form.