Thanks guys
The entry for this aircraft from the adf-serials site "http://www.adf-serials.com" for A8-159 reads like this:
22/02/45 1 AD. 14/03/45 93 Sqn. Code: SK-E; Nose: 'Nancy'; Rudder: ginger meggs, red headed boy on rocket (Aussie Decals A48019, photo Ventura p.14, photo Parnell p.66). Replacement for A8-83 SK-E crashed 27/02/45. Crew: Pilot FSGT A.W. McDonald and FSGT D.I. Bushell (Ventura p.14). 17/01/46 1 AD storage. 08/08/49 Struck Off.
I have found pictures of A8-159 as per references above, but not a picture of the tail art just yet, which would be interesting. The first pic is from "Whispering Death" by Neville Parnell page 66 and shows members of 93 Squadron taking some lessons on rockets and which end is which! In the crowd you will find David Fyshe, the navigator/ observer for A8-159 standing to the left of the left most rocket, and the pilot, Stan Evill head turned sitting directly in front of David Fyshe.
The pilot, W/O Stanley Evill celebrated his 65th Wedding Anniversary with his wife
Nancy on Feb 5, 2009. I've also perused the Operational records to confirm their association with A8-159. It is sometimes very difficult to say , when there are more crews than aircraft.
In the second picture published in Ventura Classic Warbirds number 6 page 14 you see two 93 Squadron crew McDonald and Bushell Identified in the book as the crew, but were
not actually the regular crew of A8-159, but it's a neat photo of a rather new looking A8-159. This is possibly a publicity photo with this fully equipped crew heading "somewhere" up North to fight the japs. Note the "Tommy Gun", headphones over ears and perfectly aligned props! Neat.
The different colours on the cowl ring ring are interesting. Was the inner circle painted black or green? I presume the outer circle is the exhaust bronze colour. I'll need to confirm this.
I've found a few more photos of the crew, but I've got to visit the local museum and have a dig through their collection to see what's around.
Cheers
Peter