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==Brief History==
 
==Brief History==
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'''No. 1 Air Observers School''' was formed at Cootamundra, New South Wales, on 15 Apr 1940, and the first course of 70 air observer trainees arrived on 29 Apr 1940. They were accommodated in the Cootamundra showgrounds until new buildings at the a1rport, completed on 5 July. Their first Anson aircraft arrived on 25 Jun 1940, and there were several fatal accidents in which this type of aircraft was involved whilst serving with 1 Air Observers School. On 11 February 1942, Fl1ght
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'''No. 111 Air-Sea Rescue Flight''' was formed at Madang, Papua New Guinea on 13 Dec 1944. The unit used [[Consolidated PBY Catalina]] aircraft to carry out search and rescue operations, often in co-operation with the local air-sea rescue launch. The Catalinas were also used in strike operat1ons against Japanese positions in the vicinity and to cover other aircraft engaged in similar operations.
  
  
  
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By December 1942, the strength of the unit had grown to 88 off1ccrs, 765 aim1cn and 313 trainees. On 9 Dec 1943, the unit was reformed at Evans Head, New South Wales. The unit, during its period at Evans Head, operated Anson, Battle, Ventura, Gannet, Tiger Moth and Fox Moth aircraft, and there were losses of aircraft and crews. On 26 Jul 1944, a Royal Air Force Armament and Navigation Training Mission arrived, and on 23 Nov 1944 a RAF Lancaster, to demonstrate the latest navigation and radar equipment. No. 1 Air Observers School ceased to function on I Jun 1945, and it was disbanded on 15 August 1945.  
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Unit personnel dropped supplies on behalf of the Australian New Guinea Administration Unit (ANGAU), earned out practice dinghy drops, evacuated wounded personnel and escorted distressed aircraft to safe landings. On 18 Mar 1946, No. 111 Air-Sea Rescue Flight moved from Madang to Port Moresby. It was disbanded on 24 Jan 1947 and absorbed into
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111 ASR.jpg
A No. 111 Flight crew with a Catalina in early 1945. AWM photo OG1986
111 ASR 2.jpg
Catalina A24-37 on take off - Served with 111 ASRF from 24 Jul 1945


Brief History

No. 111 Air-Sea Rescue Flight was formed at Madang, Papua New Guinea on 13 Dec 1944. The unit used Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft to carry out search and rescue operations, often in co-operation with the local air-sea rescue launch. The Catalinas were also used in strike operat1ons against Japanese positions in the vicinity and to cover other aircraft engaged in similar operations.


Unit personnel dropped supplies on behalf of the Australian New Guinea Administration Unit (ANGAU), earned out practice dinghy drops, evacuated wounded personnel and escorted distressed aircraft to safe landings. On 18 Mar 1946, No. 111 Air-Sea Rescue Flight moved from Madang to Port Moresby. It was disbanded on 24 Jan 1947 and absorbed into RAAF Station Port Moresby.


Unit Personnel


Notes

Content has come from Units of the Royal Australian Air Force - A Concise History - Volume 8 Training Units - Australian Government Publishing Service - 1995 pages 4 & 5.


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