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Brief History

The first entry in No. 52 Operational Base Unit's history was made on the morning of 2 May 1943 when 20 Japanese bombers raided the aerodrome. Little damage was done and the runway was serviceable by lunch time. On 20 June 1943 28 bombs were dropped on RAAF Base Darwin resulting inno casualties and minimal damage to buildings or the runway. Seven unexploded bombs were discovered and disarmed.

On 1 Aug 1944 the Unit was disbanded and was reformed as RAAF Station Darwin.

Unit Personnel

Stanley Reginald Nail 14 Mar 1943 - 18 Aug 1944

Notes

Content has come from Units of the Royal Australian Air Force - A Concise History - Volume 1 Bases, Supporting Organisations - Australian Government Publishing Service - 1995 page 43

External Links

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-The first entry in No. 52 Operaloonalll.h<' Umt I h~tory R<'COrd was nMdc
+The first entry in No. 52 Operational Base Unit's history was made on the morning of 2 May 1943 when 20 Japanese bombers raided the aerodrome. Little damage was done and the runway was serviceable by lunch time. On 20 June 1943 28 bombs were dropped on RAAF Base Darwin resulting inno casualties and minimal damage to buildings or the runway. Seven unexploded bombs were discovered and disarmed.
-on 2 Ma) 1943. At 0945 hours, a )clio" aor raod warrung w~ received at
-Darwin, whoch wa> follo\\'t>d b) ,, r<"<l warmng at 1009 hours. Just as all
-personnel had reached theor tren(hc-,, 20 Japanl'l.(' bombers raJdcd the
-aerodrome. Little dam.1ge wa, c,lu'><."<l.md th~ rum'·'l' and ,,cinity were
-serviceable by 1230 hour.
-On 20 June 1943 an ;ur r.ud al~rt w.b &"'en at 1031 hours and the
-all·<lear given at 1110 hou.-.-28 bomb> wer~ droppc.-d on RAAF Base
-Darwin, causing little damagl.' to buoldlng~ .1nd no perwnnel casualties.
-Seven unexplodt'd bombs were di;,covert-d and deloused by the bomb
-disposal squad. A direct hit w.os mad,• on nne building. which was
-almost completely demnli~hed one case of beer ~urvivcd undamagt>d.
-The Unit'• pcr~nnnd had .1n enJoyable t>OC•••I life woth plenty of sport
-including boxing, cricket, bingo, bollia I'll> .ond h~hing. On one occasion an
--foot carpet snake wns found in the Comm.mding Officer's office. The
-snake was killed and >kinned by Sergeant j.om<'l>, who on.>dc a bell.
-The Unit's fishing adventures were the most outst.onding- % lbs of
-fish were caught on 20 July 1'143-.ond 'commercial' opemtions
-eventuated. On 19 Augu•t 1943, the first haul t>f 400 lbs uf fi>h was
-caught, followt'd by ,,,td>l'> of 700. 1500 and II 00 lbl. The fish were
-djstrobutt'd nnoong other uno h .
-On I August 1944 the Unot was disbandc'\1 and was rcfom>ed as
-RAAF Station Darwin
+On 1 Aug 1944 the Unit was disbanded and was reformed as RAAF Station Darwin.
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