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• William James (Jim) Morcombe
  | enlistmentage = 18 years, 7 months | unit = [[No. 622 Squadron RAF]]
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• Thomas Douglas (Dougie) Ellis
  | unit = [[No. 218 Squadron RAF]] ...942 promoted Sergeant. On 5 Apr 1942 Dougie entered [[No. 7 Service Flying Training School RAAF]] at Deniliquin in New South Wales.
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• Ernest Ronald William Oliver
  | unit = [[No. 462 Squadron RAAF]] ...4 RAAF Recruiting Centre]] Perth on 19 Jul 1942. Posted to [[No. 5 Initial Training School RAAF]] at Pearce airbase for evaluation, re-mustering twice while th
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• Frederick (Brian) Buckingham
  | dateofbirth = 7 Dec 1916 | death = 7 Dec 1994, aged 78
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• Gordon Kevin Johnson
  | unit = [[No. 5 Service Flying Training School RAAF]] ...ised by the CMF on 30 Jul 1940, he was undergoing training at the Melville Training Depot when he resigned on 6 Sep 1940 in order to join the RAAF. In the mean
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• Alfred John Davies
  | enlistmentage = 27 years, 7 months | unit = 2 Reist Survey Battery
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• Edith Lillian Madgwick
  | unit = [[No. 86 Operational Base Unit RAAF]] ...School in Geraldton until 5 Sep 1943 when she was posted to [[No. 1 WAAAF Training Depot RAAF]] at Preston. Her next posting took place on 25 Nov 1943 when sh
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• Billy Kendall Collins
  | unit = [[No. 1651 Conversion Unit RAF]] ...Aug 1941. Billy was promoted Sergeant on 17 Oct 1941 on completion of his training. He was sent back to Western Australia to [[No. 5 Embarkation Depot RAAF]]
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• Allan George Cucel
  | unit = [[No. 7 Repair and Salvage Unit RAAF]] ...mpletion of the No. 55 TFM Course, he was posted to [[No. 4 Service Flying Training School RAAF]] on 27 Apr 1941. Allan was appointed Leading Aircraftman Fligh
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• Edward Trayton Elvish
  | enlistmentage = 23 years, 7 months | unit = [[No. 4 Aircraft Depot RAAF]]
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• John Harold Garnett
  | dateofbirth = 7 Oct 1905 | unit = [[No. 1 Stores Depot RAAF]] (Port Melbourne)
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• Tom Shelley Griffiths
  | unit = [[No. 1 Operational Training Unit RAAF]] ...d to [[No. 4 Service Flying Training School RAAF]] in Geraldton. Following training, on 10 Nov 1942 Tom was appointed probationary Pilot Officer Wireless Opera
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• Edward Alfred Harper
  | unit = [[No. 4 Transport & Movements Office RAAF]] ...perial Army from 1921 to 1927 as a Private. he had also spent two years in training for the Merchant Navy.
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• No. 22 Squadron RAAF
  This unit was formed at Richmond, NSW on 20 Apr 1936, and soon after was renamed as N ...n 3 Oct 1940 and became involved in training air gunners at No. 1 Armament Training School before returning to Richmond on 2 Nov 1940.
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• Roy Thomas Aston Wallis
  | enlistmentdate = 7 Oct 1940 | unit = [[No. 250 Squadron RAF]]
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• Phillip Herbert Martin DFC & Bar
  | unit = [[No. 617 Squadron RAF]] ...Flying Training School RAAF]] at Geraldton where at the completion of his training on 11 Mar 1943 he was promoted Sergeant.
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• Leslie John (Jock) Powell DFC
  | unit = [[No. 156 Squadron RAF]] ...rie in South Australia from 12 Dec 1941 until 9 Feb 1942. Australian based training completed, he was promoted Sergeant and was awarded his aircrew badge . On
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• Harold Morgan
  | description = 5'7" (1.70m); weight 172lbsmedium complexion, brown eyes, brown hair | height = 5'7" (1.70m)
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• Greer Winton Ottaway
  | enlistmentage = 20 years, 7 months | unit = [[No. 460 Squadron RAAF]]
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• Alfred Arthur Shepherd
  | enlistmentage = 25 years, 7 months | unit = [[No. 7 Operational Training Unit RAAF]]
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• Edward John Williams
  | unit = [[No. 7 Operational Training Unit RAAF]] ...g Course. On 31 Mar 1944 he was transferred to [[No. 5 School of Technical Training RAAF]] in Perth to undertake the No. 385 Trainee Fitter Course. On 8 Jul 19
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• Vickers Wellington
  ===[[No. 17 Operational Training Unit RAF]]=== ===[[No. 27 Operational Training Unit RAF]] and [[No. 12 Squadron RAF]]===
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• De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
  | aircraftrole = Primary training aircraft | aircraftprimaryusers = Flight training - 39 countries
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• Supermarine Spitfire
  ...his period spitfire losses were 208 combat losses, 42 flying accidents and 7 destroyed on the ground. ===[[No. 8 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF]]===
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• Fairey Battle
  ...for training purposes and as a target tug. However, many of them remained operational during the war lacking suitable replacements. Twenty six RAF Squadrons were ...Deliveries occurred at a steady pace until the last Battle was received on 7 Dec 1943. These aircraft were a mix of bomber, target tug, and dual-control
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• De Havilland Mosquito
  | aircraftnumberbuilt = 7,781 ===[[No. 8 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF]]===
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• Bristol Beaufighter
  ...talled during late 1940. In late Apr 1941 Mk II aircraft were delivered to operational squadrons and to the Fleet Air Arm, and the Mk VIF to squadrons in March 19 ...les XVII engines, four 20 mm cannons in the nose, four Browning .50 in (12.7 mm) in the wings and the capacity to carry eight 5 in (130 mm) High Velocit
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• Vultee Vengeance
  ...maining at Merauke until July 1944. No.25 Squadron was he last RAAF combat unit to operate Vengeance aircraft in an anti-submarine role out of RAAF Pearce The RAAF Communication Units then used the Vengeance for light transport and training tasks in addition to being used as aerial target tugs.
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• Consolidated B-24 Liberator
  ===[[No. 7 Operational Training Unit RAAF]]===
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• Lockheed Hudson
  ...throughout the war, mainly with Coastal Command but also in transport and training roles. A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Hudson was involved in the Canbe *Max takeoff weight: 7,938 kg
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• No. 21 Squadron RAAF
  ...n, as a dive bomber unit in the New Guinea campaign, and as a heavy bomber unit over Borneo. ...ased as the squadron was brought up to strength and prepared for its first operational missions. Their first mission came on 15 December when aircraft were assign
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• HQ Western Area RAAF
  ...fend Perth and Fremantle. No. 6 Fighter Sector Headquarters, Perth, became operational on 2 May 1942. ===Unit Personnel===
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• No. 5 Operational Training Unit RAAF
  | name = No. 5 Operational Training Unit ...ised 12 crews, with their training completed by 12 Dec 1942. By June 1943, Unit personnel totalled 387, of whom 17 were WAAAF. There were 20 Beaufighter /
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• No. 87 Squadron RAAF
  ...navigation and photographic training was undertaken at Laverton before the unit began the move to Hughes airfield in the Northern territory on 12 Aug 1942. ...ver Java, Balikpapan, Biak, the Halmahera islands and the Philippines. The unit was re-designated '''No. 87 Squadron RAAF'''. As more aircraft were receive
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• No. 4 Service Flying Training School RAAF
  | name = No. 4 Service Flying Training School ...had disposed of their oldest air frames. As a result only limiting flying training occurred in the early days of the School. In November 1941, eight of its An
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• No. 9 Elementary Flying Training School RAAF
  ...ashes, most of which required minor repairs to both aircraft and crew. The unit history is full of reference to aircraft being sent off to Perth for repair ...s being caused by the skid shoes of the [[de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth]] training aircraft.. A modified shoe was made for U1e aircraft using the airfield. We
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• No. 8 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF
  | name = No. 8 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF ...onnaissance Advanced Training) Flight of No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit at RAF Detling.
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• No. 5 Aircraft Depot RAAF
  ...1785 personnel, and 320 were authorised to live in emergency quarters. The unit handled the major maintenance work on aircraft including the [[Bristol Beau ...s not matched to task in hand. On New Year's Day 1944, the strength of the unit stood at 59 officers, 1637
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• No. 5 Initial Training School RAAF
  ...aide and Perth, plus 16 trainees from within the Service. During November, training in air frames was undertaken within sight of the tarmac, and normal hangar ...antled and moved to ''No. 77 Operational Base Unit'' at Carnarvon, and the unit was disbanded on 20 Jan 1945
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• No. 7 Operational Training Unit RAAF
  | name = No. 7 Operational Training Unit RAAF | caption = Three 7 OTU Consolidated B-24 Liberators in formation - AWM 043184
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• Airspeed Oxford
  | aircraftrole = Training aircraft *Crew: Three - variable to meet training role
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• No. 4 Central Recovery Depot RAAF
  ...Boulder, 4 Service Flying Training School, Geraldton, 9 Elementary Flying Training School, Cunderdin, and 4 Supply Depot Maylands, were combined to form No. 4 ...heetah IXs were accepted for conversion to components on 27 March, and the unit headquarters transferred from Boulder to Maylands on 12 Apr 1944. The move
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• No. 27 Operational Training Unit RAF
  ...bly the first "Thousand Bomber Raid" on Cologne in May 1942. Loss rates in training were high due to inexperience, crowded airspace, often poor weather, and ev No. 27 Operational Training Unit RAF was based at RAF Lichfield, Staffordshire.
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• No. 1 Wireless Air Gunners School RAAF
  ...[[Avro Anson]]s, having moved to Ballarat Airfield. At the end of 1940 the unit's overall strength was 770. ...]] Trainers in October. In early 1942 the school doubled in size, with the unit staffing increasing to 43 officers, 1,238 airmen, five civilian instructors
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• No. 450 Squadron RAAF
  ...n Operational Training Unit, or as an advanced repair, salvage and service unit *7 x Mentioned in Despathes
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• No. 3 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF
  | name = No. 3 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit ...mand, operating from 27 Nov 1940 until it was disbanded on 4 Jan 1944. The unit formed at RAF Chivenor on the north coast of Devon and was used to train cr
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• No. 4 Recruit Depot RAAF
  ...y 1942 the uit relocated to Busselton where from 1 Jul 1943 it also had an operational base detachment to service, maintain and refuel aircraft that went on coast The last entry in the Unit History Record was made on 30 September 1945.
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• No. 5 Service Flying Training School RAAF
  | name = No. 5 Service Flying Training School RAAF ...e to train some 200 pilots, using a basic flying training syllabus. Flying training started in February, with a total of 28
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• Warwick Geoff Samuel Savage
  | unit = No. 3 Squadron RAAF ...ictoria to finalise his training in preparation for joining an operational unit.
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• No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School RAAF
  | name = No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School RAAF ...= Two airmen assigned to No. 7 Elementary Flying School with two of the unit's Tiger Moth aircraft at Western Junction Aerodrome AWM photo
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