A source of pride : the history of No 22 Squadron 20 Apr 1936-15 Aug 1946 / Richard Hutchinson
- Bib ID:
- 10005604
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Hutchinson, Richard, author
- Description:
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- Carlisle, Western Australia : No 22 (City of Sydney) Squadron Association Incorporated and Hesperian Press, 2023
- ©2023
- 460 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits, facsimiles ; 30 cm
- ISBN:
- 9780859059886 (paperback)
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- "No 22 (City of Sydney) Squadron was formed on 20 April 1936 after the Australian Parliament took the advice of the father of the Royal Australian Air Force, Air Marshal Sir Richard Williams. Five "City Squadrons" were formed. Williams was concerned about the war clouds gathering in Europe. 22 Squadron's first assignments of the Second World War were as a training unit covering army support and towing targets for anti-aircraft practice. In 1941 the unit was equipped with Anson and Wirraway aircraft and flew seaward patrols along the eastern seaboard. By November 1942 the unit had moved to Port Moresby in New Guinea equipped with Boston Light Bombers and later Beaufighters. The Squadron attacked enemy targets and shipping in the Buna-Gona area. During an attack on the foreshores of Salamaua Isthmus, Flight Lieutenant W.E. Newton and his crew were shot down and forced to land at sea. Newton and Flight Sergeant J. Lyon swam ashore only to be captured by the waiting Japanese troops. They were both killed on 29 March and 20 March 1943 respectively. Newton received a posthumous award of the Victoria Cross for his attacks on Japanese positions to RAAF Squadron members. In August 1943, the Squadron moved to Goodenough Island and continued to search for Japanese barges and vessels used in increasing numbers to supply troops in New Guinea. The unit moved briefly to Noemfoor airfield in August 1944 and bombed targets on Ambon Island and Suli village in preparation for the Allied attacks on Sansapor and Morotai before relocating to Morotai to assist in the attacks on Japanese targets in the Celebes and the Philippines. Japanese defences and counter attacks left the Squadron with so few serviceable aircraft that it was forced to move to Noemfoor to rearm for operations with Beaufighters under the control of the 1st Tactical Air Force. Aircraft used rockets to destroy radio and radar stations, supply dumps and attack troop concentrations and enemy shipping. The unit moved, yet again, to Morotai and Tarakan to support attacks on Australian landings at Labuan and Brunei Bay. In June 1945, 22 Squadron returned to Morotai until the end of the War, when it moved to Deniliquin in New South Wales before being disbanded on 15 August 1946." -- Back cover.
- Subject:
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- Australia. Royal Australian Air Force. Squadron, 22 -- History
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- Australia
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives
- Air pilots, Military -- Australia -- History
- Aeronautics, Military -- Australia -- History
- Australia -- History, Military -- 1939-1946
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- No 22 (City of Sydney) Squadron Association
- Also Titled:
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- The history of No 22 Squadron 20 Apr 1936-15 Aug 1946 : "a source of pride".
- A source of pride : a history of No 22 (city of Sydney) Squadron 1936-1946
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