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Latest revision as of 17:27, 13 May 2024
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Conflict | World War 2 |
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Service Arm | Royal Australian Air Force |
Unit | No 177 Squadron |
Service No. | 415014 |
Service Arm | AirForce |
Date of Birth | 22 Jun 1922 |
Birthplace | Perth, WA |
Residence | Perth, WA |
Date of Death | 8 Jan 2005 |
Relatives | Mother - Mary Anderson |
The following men flew on operations as 177 Squadron.
The following recounts were written by members of 177 Squadron who were flying Beaufighter planes over Burma in 1944.
Part 1. Adventures With Engines - written by Dick White(navigator). Don Anderson was the pilot.
Part 2. The Aerodrome 'Strafe' - written by Eric E R
Part 3. Last Trip - written by Eric E R
Part 4. written by Athol Sutherland-Brown
Part 5. A Jungle Trip - written by Joe Marquis. Don Anderson was the pilot.
Part 6. Five Into Four Won't Go - written by John Dunbar.
Photos taken in Feni, India.
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? and Royce Raynor
Photos taken from the nose camera on the Beaufighter while flying missions.
A review of the low level attacks carried out during September 1943 by 27 and 177 Beaufighter Squadrons.
Newspaper clippings
On 2nd September, 1945 Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and General Yoshijiro Umezu signed the 'Instrument of Surrender'. General Douglas MacArthur accepted their surrender.
Script of proposed broadcast on Rangoon Prisoner of War Camp.
Japanese treatment of an Australian Air Crew. Report given by F/Lt ER Oldfield to RAAF authorities after returning from POW camp in Java.
'Whispering Death' article from FLIGHT magazine dated June 14th, 1945.