ADF-SERIALS
Australian,
New Zealand & Papua New Guinea
Military Aircraft Serials & History
The ADF-Serials & NZDF-Serials Team
ADF-Serials & NZDF-Serials Coordinators & Site Admin Team
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These members of the team are responsible for the co-ordination of the activities of the group and day to day management of our activities and website.
| Sponsor | Darren Crick (Jan 1998 - Current) |
| Webmasters |
Current
Webmaster Brendan Cowan (October 2011 - Current) Past
Webmasters |
| Newsletter Editors |
Current
Newsletter Editor Gordon Birkett (2011 - Current) Past
Newsletter Editor |
| Research Coordinator | Gordon Birkett (Sept 2001 - Current) |
| Finance Coordinator | Martin Edwards (May 2003 - February 2020) |
| Image Gallery Coordinators |
Martin Edwards (May 2003 - February
2020) Kas Grigonis (Feb 2017 - September 2021) Darren Crick (June 2021 - Current) |
| Messageboard Co-ordinator | Brendan Cowan (Oct 2005 - Current) |
| Facebook Admins | Brendan Cowan, Colin Turner and Kas Grigonis |
| Site Promotion Co-ordinator | Grahame Higgs (May 2003) |
| ADF Serials involvement in the PANDORA Project | Jan Herivel (Nov 2001) |
Image Co-ordinators
Image
Co-ordinators seek out, size and label images for use on
the website.
All images are used with permission and copyright
remains with the photographer.
We have permission to use RAAF Official Images from any source, provided they are correctly labeled and attributed.
Our special thanks go to Darren Crick and Grahame Higgs for setting up the image galleries.
| Current Image Coordinators |
Darren Crick |
| Past image Coordinators |
Martin Edwards Kas Grigonis Grahame Higgs |
Researchers
Researchers are specialists the team members can call upon in the first instance for help.
| Researchers | Main Focus |
| Gordon Birkett (Sept 2001) |
WW2 Aircraft |
| Graeme Edwards (Feb 2001) | Warbirds |
| Len Avery (June 2003) | Army Aircraft |
| Bob Livingstone (June 2003) | B-24's and WW2 Aircraft |
| Phil Herdman (Sept 2003) | Northern Territory Airfields and Operations |
Aircraft Page Authors and Managers
Page authors are our volunteers who research and update our aircraft pages.
| Name | Location | Joined | Pages Authored or Managed |
| Darren Crick | Canberra, ACT | January 1998 | Hercules (2A97), Iroquois (3A2), Mirage (3A3), Hornet (3A21),and many, many others. Mostly updated now by Martin Edwards, Brendan Cowan and others. Darren is the original founder of this site and remains active as our sponsor. |
| Gordon Birkett | Brisbane, QLD | September 2001 | Seagull V/Walrus (2A2), Hudson (2A16), Wirraway (2A20), Vengeance (2A27), Spitfire (2A58), Dakota (2A65) and www.nzdf-serials.co.nz Brewster Buffalo (NZ), |
| Ron Wynn | Hervey Bay, QLD | December 2002 | Beaufighter (2A8 & 2A19), Catalina (2A24), Mitchell (2A47) and Mosquito (2A52) |
| Martin Edwards | Melbourne, VIC | May 2003 | Meteor (2A77), Canberra
(2A84), Winjeel (2A85), Sabre
(2A94), Vampire (2A78
& 2A79), Iroquois (3A2), Mirage (3A3),
F-111 (3A8), CT4 (3A19),
PC-9/A (3A23), Airbus MRTT (3A39), , Super
Hornet (3A44), Boeing Wedgetail (3A30), IAI
Heron UAV (3A45), PC-21 (3A54), Beech 1900, Fokker
Friendship, IAI Westwind. Learjet. PNGDF. Updates to any other pages not currently managed by someone else & www.nzdf-serials.co.nz |
| Len Avery | June 2003 | Cessna C-180 & O-1A (2A98), Bell Sioux (3A1), Pilatus Turbo Porter (3A14), GAF Nomad (3a18), Eurocopter Tiger (3A38), MRH-90 (3A40), DHC Twin Otter | |
| Dave Masterson | NSW | May 2004 | (RAN Aircraft) - Dave is a
massive contributor and great source of
information, particularly with RAN Aircraft. Sea Fury, Sea Venom, Wessex, Seasprite, |
| Steve Mackenzie | Sydney, NSW | July 2004 | D.H.86 (2A31), Percival Vega Gull (2A32), D.H.89 Dragon Rapide (2A33), D.H.34 Dragon (2A34), Douglas Dolphin (2A53), Fairchild 24 (2A54), Miles Hawk, Falcon & Merlin (2A37), Stinson Reliant (2A38), Beechcraft 17 (2A39), Cessna C34 Airmaster (2A40), D.H.83 Fox Moth (2A41), Lockheed Vega (2A42), D.H.90 Dragonfly (2A43), Junkers G31 & W34 (2A44), Ford Trimotor (2A45), Mustang (2A68) and Lodestar (2A67). |
| Richard Church | London, England | Sept. 2004 | HS748 (3A10) and BAC111 (3A12). |
| Brendan Cowan | Melbourne, VIC | October 2005 | CFS page, Airco D.H.5, Airco
D.H.6, Avro 504 (1A3), Bristol F.2.b, Bristol
Scout, Curtiss Jenny, Handley Page 0/400,
Martinsyde G.100 & G.102, B.E.2c/2e,
B.E.12/12.a, RAF R.E.8, S.E.5a (1A2), Maurice
Farman MF.11 Shorthorn, Sopwith Pup (1A4),
Sopwith 3.F.2 Buffalo, Sopwith F.1 Camel,
Sopwith 7.F.1 Snipe, Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter, D.H.9 (1A6),
Wackett Trainer (2A3), Beaufighters (2A8 &
2A19), Airspeed Oxford (2A25), Auster (2A11),
DH.60 (2A7), Fairey Battle (2A22), Avro
Lancaster (2A66) Hawker P.1081 (2A86), Fairey
Swordfish, Supermarine Swift, Vickers
Wellesley, Martin Baltimore, Embraer
Bandeirante, RAN Supermarine Spitfire, RAN
Vultee Vengeance, Seahawk (3N24), Blackhawk
(3A25), PC-9A (3A23) and Hawk 127 (3A27),
Bristol Bombay, Grumman Goose, Shart S.26, Bell 412, Miles
Magister, CASA 212 Aviocar, Sikorsky MH-60R
Seahawk (N48), Bell 429 Global Ranger (N49), www.nzdf-serials.co.nz Avro Lincoln (NZ), Brewster Buffalo (NZ), Bristol Blenheim (NZ), Bristol Beaufort (NZ), Supermarine Spitfire (NZ), Vickers Wellington (NZ), Airtourer (NZ), Oxford (NZ), Consul (NZ), Auster (NZ), Foster-Wickner Wicko (NZ), Fokker Friendship (NZ), Fairey Gordon (NZ), Mitsubishi MU-2F (NZ), NH90 (NZ), Agusta A109 (NZ), Seasprite (NZ) and updates to all other pages not currently managed by someone else. Messageboard and Facebook Admin |
| Joe Barr | Canberra, ACT | Nov. 2005 | RNAS & RAF aircraft on RAN Ships 1917-1919, Sea Otter, Firefly, Seagull V/Walrus (2A2), Avro Anson (2A4), Sycamore (N5). |
| Col Tigwell | Tasmania | August 2007 | Liberator Page (2A72). |
| Rod Farquhar | Adelaide, SA. | August 2007 | Avro Lincoln (2A73), Lockheed Orion (3A9) |
| Dave Best | UK. | August 2007 | Lancaster Page (2A66). |
| Les Billcliff | New Zealand | www.nzdf-serials.co.nz | |
| Tony McDonald | Auckland, New Zealand |
www.nzdf-serials.co.nz Avro Lincoln (NZ), Bristol Blenheim (NZ), Bristol Beaufort (NZ), Vickers Wellington (NZ), |
|
| "Batman" | The Bat Cave | October 2011 | D.H.9a (1A1), Avro 504 (1A3), S.E.5a (1A2), Sopwith Pup (1A4), D.H.9 (1A6), AAI Corp RQ-7B Shadow 200 (3A43) and contributes to many other AFC and RAAF Series One pages |
| "The Phantom" | The Skull Cave | January 2012 | www.nzdf-serials.co.nz Avro Lancaster (NZ), Mosquito (NZ), Short Stirling (NZ), Supermarine Spitfire (NZ) and contributions to many other ADF pages |
| Glen Reid | New Zealand | March 2012 | www.nzdf-serials.co.nz |
| Josh Masterson | Sydney, NSW | Sept. 2012 | Caribou Page (3A4) |
| Nelson Little "Blackcat" | Adelaide, SA. | February 2013 | Catalina (2A24), New ADF-Serials & NZDF-Serials Logos (May 2013) |
| Mark "Syd" Harbour | Brisbane, QLD | April 2013 | Douglas Boston (2A28) |
| Peter May | Perth, WA | July 2013 | Beaufort (2A9) |
| Gordon Branch | Canberra, ACT | July 2015 | AFC Aircraft and Missing A Numbers |
| Robert
Boyd |
Adelaide
SA |
Date? |
Link
Trainer (2A13) |
| Colin Turner | Canberra, ACT | March 2016 | Lockheed Neptune (2A89) and Lockheed Hercules (2A87) and Facebook admin |
| Bert Dugdale | Brisbane QLD | July 2017 | Tiger Moth (2A17) |
Past contributors
These people were once active members of the ADF Serials Team and their contributions are very much appreciated.
| Carl Tacy | Researcher |
| Gary Norwood | Vengeance Page |
| Gordon Clarke | 6/2001
original page author
of our Kittyhawk (2A29), Tomahawk,
Boomerang (2A46) and Buffalo (2A51) pages |
| Jan Herivel | 11/2001
Jan was the original
page author 0f our Beaufort (2A9) page as well
as producing the
newsletter. |
| Robert Brosing | RAAF Sqn Codes Page |
| Owen Zupp | 10/2002 Owen was the original author of our Meteor page |
| Allyn Eckford | Wackett Page, 07/2003 to 10/2004 - Allyn was forced to give up his position with us due to illness, he passed away in October 2004. |
| Ivan Prince | 11/2002 to 11/2007. Ivan practically single handedly built the amazing NZ Serials website. NZ-Serials lay dormant for approx 4 years and his work is continued today by Les Billcliff, Tony McDonald & Glen Reid (supported by Martin Edwards & Brendan Cowan). |
| Bob Coppinger | From 06/2001, Bob authored and updated our Seahawk, Blackhawk, PC-9A and Hawk 127 pages. |
| Kevin Smith | 09/2002 to 04/2009 (Dakota Page). |
| LCDR Bob "Windy" Geale | Was a great contributor and oracle
on thing all things Navy Aircraft from June 2003
until his sad passing in 2010. Supermarine Seagull III, Sea Fury, Firefly, Sea Venom, Wessex, Northrop KD2R-5, Seasprite, Seagull V/Walrus (2A2) |
| Wynnum Graham | Produced our original Catalina and Mariner pages from 07/2002 and regularly contributed until his sad passing in 2010. |
| Grahame Higgs | May
2003. Original Tiger Moth page author |
| Andrew Pendergast | 2005.
Original F-111 page author |
| Greg Weir | 2005. Original Link Trainer page author |
Website History and Development
01/1998 - The ADF Serials project was started by Darren Crick.
09/2001 - Updates database was added, which allowed visitors to the site to enter an update or correction to the website. (Now removed)
11/2002 - First ADF Serials Group Newsletter produced by Darren Crick and in December 2002 Jan Herivel became our Newsletter Editor.
11/2002 - Ivan Prince joins the team to build the NZ-Serials website hosted by us, he worked with us until 2007 (5 years).
2003 - Team Admin Group formed with the 3 original members to co-ordinate the groups activities.
2003 - Images began being included in the website. Initially at the top of each aircraft page and now using the Aircraft Gallery.
08/2003 - Jan Herivel submitted our website to the National Library of Australia for inclusion in the PANDORA digital archiving project.
12/2003 - Our website received an average of 472 visitors a day for 2003.
02/2004 - We received written permission to use Royal Australian Air Force Official Imagery in our gallery.
12/2004 - Our website received an average of 765 visitors a day for 2004. Available space is 400mb.
02/2005 - Phil Thompson, in conjunction with several members of the team, designed a logo used to represent the ADF-Serials Team.
12/2005 - Our website received an average of 671 visitors a day for 2005.
01/2006 - One of our team members Len Avery, was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for the preservation and documentation of the history of Australian Army aviation.
12/2006 - Our website received an average of 930 visitors a day for 2006. Available space is 600mb.
11/2006 - We register our new domain of www.adf-serials.com.au to operate alongside www.adf-serials.com .
12/2008 - A massive Update to the website begins with a transformation that sees one website becomes 3. www.adf-serials.com , www.adf-messageboard.com.au and www.adf-gallery.com.au . The total website space available is now 6.6gb.
02/2009 - After a month offline our messageboard is back on the new domain of www.adf-messageboard.com.au.
10/2011 - Brendan Cowan & Martin Edwards supported by the rest of the team commence a major upgrade of the site's layout, look and feel.
23/11/2011 - www.nzdf-serials.co.nz domain is registered and immediately goes live as the new home of our New Zealand content.
30/04/2012 - ADF Serials Facebook Page and Face book Group launched.
12/05/2013 - Martin Edwards loads up our 20,000th photo to the Image Gallery.
05/2013 - Nelson Little (AKA "Blackcat") produces our new adf-serials.com.au and nzdf-serials.co.nz logos.
12/2016 - Martin Edwards loads up our 30,000th photo to the Image Gallery.
02/2017 The
Face Book Group members have provided thousands of
images that need saving in our image gallery. Kas
Grigonis has joined to help with this.
Page Authors: Brendan Cowan and Martin Edwards
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Updated 1st March 2020
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images, providing that it contains an acknowledgement to
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