No. 60 Squadron RAAF
| No. 60 Squadron RAAF | ||
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Trainer CAC Wirraway | | |
No. 60 Squadron was a Royal Australian Air Force fighter squadron of World War II. It was formed in January 1942 and disbanded three months later, without seeing combat.
Squadron history
No. 60 Squadron was formed at Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, on 1 January 1942 as part of Australia's response to the rapid Japanese advance during the first month of the Pacific War and the perceived threat of invasion.[3] It comprised 179 personnel and three flights of CAC Wirraway aircraft drawn from No. 2 Service Flying Training School. These aircraft were armed with two forward-firing machine guns and a further machine gun in the rear cockpit and could carry four 250-lb or two 500-lb bombs.[4]
The squadron began training on 6 January. It practiced formation flying,
No. 60 Squadron was disbanded on 3 April 1942 as its aircraft and personnel were needed by the RAAF's training units.
Notes
- ^ "AWM Collection Record: P01254.006". Collection Databases. Australian War Memorial. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2009.
- ^ "RAAF Squadron Codes". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ^ a b Eather (1995), p. 81
- ^ a b c RAAF Historical Section (1995), p. 39
- ^ "260226 (O210084) Group Captain Blake Raymond Pelly, OBE". Australian Military Units. Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 12 September 2009.
- ^ "Mr Blake Raymond Pelly". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
References
- Eather, Steve (1995). Flying Squadrons of the Australian Defence Force. Weston Creek: Aerospace Publications. ISBN 1-875671-15-3.
- RAAF Historical Section (1995). Units of the Royal Australian Air Force. A Concise History. Volume 2 Fighter Units. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. ISBN 0-644-42794-9.
- "No 60 Squadron". RAAF Museum website. RAAF Museum. Retrieved 12 September 2009.