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Royal Australian Air Force FleetFor the most part the Land Rover Fleet of the RAAF closely mirrors that of the Royal Austraian Army. Series 2, 2a and 3 purchases were for the RAAF and Army, only occasionally did the RAAF vehicles differ from their Army counterparts, although there are some exceptions. The purchase of the Perentie fleet brought the fleets even closer together, with an ADF purchase rather than an Army one that was also used by the RAAF. For this reason information on the Perentie fleet will only appear on the Army page. ARN information of the like available for the Army fleet was documented in the same ledgers which did reside in the RAAF museum, however at this stage the RAAF museum does not know their location and are considered "lost" at this stage. FLEET INFO on this page: The series 1 in RAAF service is still clouded in mystery. At this period of time it appears that bases purchased vehicles as they needed them, and reports of some series 1 lwb vehicles surface on occasion, with a grainy picture of one for sale in a car yard exists somewhere.
It seems that the RAAF began purchasing vehicles as a part of AMF contracts
around this time, however there are some photographs of Series 2 RAAF
vehicles which are obviously of civilian origin, rather than military.
However the bulk of vehicles would have been from the normal contracts
of the time
Known information about RAAF Series 2 and 2a vehicles can be found
here Series 2 RAAF and
RAN Registrations
As with the Series 2, the 2a contracts mirrored, or were a part of,
the AMF / Army contracts with Land Rover. This page of series 2a Land
Rover PR photos shows one RAAF vehicle in particular detail.
Again, the RAAF order was a part of the AMF order, however less specialist versions were purchased. Numbers, as with the other models, remain unknown at this stage. |
