FLIGHT LOGS
Log books: 3
Total Flying time: 7,979.05 hours
Summary
April '43 - at No2 Wireless Air Gunner School, Parks, NSW
May '43 - at No2 Basic Air Gunner School, Pt Pirie, South Australia
June '43 - at No1 Air Observer School, Cootamundra, NSW
September '43 - at 1 Operational Training Unit, East Sale, Victoria - Beaufort light bombers.
January '44 - No 1 Squadron, Menangle NSW
March '44 - No 1 Squadron at Darwin, Northern Territory
No 1 Squadron highlights
No. 1 Squadron conducted operations against Japanese forces in the Netherlands East Indies from Darwin, beginning in March 1944. Their duties included fighter escorts, off-shore patrols, surveillance and supply.
No 1 Squadron Log Book entries
April '44 - "Attacked Japanese sub - no result observed"
May '44 - "Sighted enemy A/c "Sally" 150 miles from Darwin - no engagement
May '44 - Lost 2 Beauforts (A9-509 and A9-541) to anti-aircraft fire at Penfui, Timor
June '44 - Strafed 40' enemy launch of Leti, reported enemy activity at Leti, emergency landing at Batchelor airfield, NT
19th June '44 - Crash-landed on takeoff from the Allied airstrip on Millingimbi Island.
20th June '44 - Transferred to Darwin by Air Ambulance.
6th July '44 - Transferred to Sydney for 6 weeks sick leave.
17th Aug. '44 - Resumed duties with No1 Sqd
No 38 Transport Squadron highlights
October '44 - Transferred to No 38 Transport Squadron (C47's), based at Richmond Sydney, then serving the Paratroop Training Unit.
January '45 - No 38 Squadron moves to Archerfield, Queensland, carries out sorties in and around North West Papua at Hollandia (now Jayapura) and Biak (near the northern coast of Papua)
September '45 - Transferring POW's from the Japanese concentration camp at Changi, Singapore.
May 1946 - Ferries supplies of pig bristles from Chongqing to Australia for the post war construction industry. "Nearly collided with a CNAC Commando (Chinese National Aviation Corporation)"
May - Dec '47 - Flights to and from Japan to assist with the post war reconstruction of Japan.
1948 - Nil Flying hours
1949
Log Book 3 - from 5/8/1957 (6,008.35 hours) to 14/9/1970 (7,979.05 hours)