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XP-72
..... - there are 8 in total taken at the airstrip there & some are very interesting e.g. a photo of a Zero(I think) with the Australian roundel (never seen one like that before).
Most likely this was one of several captured aircraft subsequently brought back to Oz for performance testing by ARL. In his book "Testing Time", John Miles says Australian roundels was painted on in hope it would prevent anyone getting a little trigger-happy whilst airborne.