Royal Australian Air Force

No.30 Squadron, aka 'the Dirty 30', Royal Australian Air Force was raised in Richmond NSW in 1942 and soon distinguished itself in action against the Japanese Forces in New Guinea and the South West Pacific during the Second World War. No.30 squadron was one of 3 RAAF Beaufighter Squadrons in this theatre of operations and this unit produced several notable characters in the RAAF including 'Black Jack' Walker and Bull Daring. One of its colourful WWII aircrew became famous in the early 1960s for his hit song, "I've Been Everywhere, Man! Powered by twin Hercules engines, the Beaufighter with its two man crew flew as a long range strike fighter for ground attack and anti-shipping roles. British made but Australian assembled green/brown camouflaged Beaufighters were designated 'A-19' in the military category with A19 on the side, not to be confused with the dark green coloured Australian Designed and Manufactured Beaufighters designated 'A8'. No.30 squadron was the only squadron the Pacific Campaign to remain on active service, without leave, from 1942 to 1945. The Squadron's most notable victory was the successful attack on a large supply convoy of Japanese troops and equipment in the Bismarck Sea, that ultimately denied them final victory in New Guinea and the ability to stage an invasion on mainland Australia. This was the first combined operation in WWII between the United States Army Airforce and the Royal Australian Air Force. Hundreds of fighters, bombers and attack aircraft were used in a highly rehearsed and coordinated attack in the Bismarck Sea. The squadron was disbanded shortly after the war and the '30Squadron Beaufighter Association' was soon formed to assist and help former members as well as celebrate their achievements in winning peace, most notably the Battle of the Bismarck Sea Commemoration held at RAAF Base Richmond NSW on the Thursday closest to the 5th March each year. After many decades of holding this unofficially recognised service, the commemoration became an official military service on the RAAF calendar from 2016. The association disbanded shortly after this having achieved this milestone and for the fact that the majority of its surviving WWII veteran membership were now well into their 90s and fading fast. The 1st reincarnation of No.30 Squadron was two and a half years after the war on the 3rd March 1948 when it was re-raised as a Target Towing unit in the part-time Citizen Air Force in New South Wales using the last few RAAF Beaufighter's still in service and a variety of other WWII fighters. It operated for 8 years in this role and disbanded on the 21st March 1956. The second reincarnation of No.30 Squadron was less than 5 years later on the 11th January 1961 as a surface-to-air guided weapons squadron. It operated out of the Sydney NSW region and around Darwin in the Northern Territory with Bloodhound missiles for almost 8 years. 30Squadron was disbanded for the third time on the 30th November 1968. The Squadron was re-raised for a fourth time on the 1st July 2010 in its third reincarnation, this time as a transport squadron providing airbase support activities and this time was located at RAAF Base East Sale in Victoria. It is now formerly designated 'No. 30 (City of Sale) Squadron' and forms part of Combat Support Group.

15th October 1940 Obsolete aircraft back onto operations

8th June 1941 Operation Exporter

8th June 1941 Invasion plan

10th June 1941 Flying Boat redeployments

10th July 1941 Aircraft Lost

25th Nov 1941 Dog fight

8th December 1941 Kota Bharu

26th Jan 1942 Japanese Invasion

26th Jan 1942 Arrival in Sumatra

15th February 1942 Evacuation from Sumatra

26th Feb 1942 Evacuation from Java

28th February 1942 New RAAF Squadron established

8th March 1942 Bomber attacked over Tobruk

15th March 1942 Support for Java

21st March 1942 Fighting retreat from Java

15th April 1942 Withdrawal from Java

31st May 1943 U-Boat sunk

19th July 1943 Move into Sicily

15th September 1943 Move to the Italian mainland

26th October 1943 Mud

3rd January 1944 Move north

30th January 1944 Fighter bomber Wing assembled on the Adriatic

February 1944 Army support and anti-shipping sorties

March 1944 Close support

17th April 1944 U-Boat attacked

29th April 1944 Airfield straffed by friendly fire

18th May 1944 Attack on Monte Cassino

21st May 1944 Move to the west

13th June 1944 Move to Rome

24th June 1944 Move north

27th June 1944 Royal visit

9th July 1944 Move forward

28th August 1944 Rescue

18th November 1944 On the move

25th February 1945 On the move

12th June 1945 Mosquitos lost over the Pacific

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Allcott DFM. Rodney John. F/Sgt.
Allnutt Frank John. F/O.
Apitz Kenneth John Nielsen. Flt.Sgt. (d.19th June 1944)
Armstrong Alfred. Cpl.
Avern Geoffrey Lennox. Sgt. (d.19th April 1942)
Bain Donald Hunter. F/O. (d.2nd March 1942)
Bain Donald Hunter . F/O. (d.2nd March 1942)
Barr MC DFC. Andrew William.
Beavis DFM Allan Sutherland.
Bell Keith Selwyn. Flt.Sgt. (d.30th December 1943)
Bennett Alfred Stephenson. Sgt. (d.21st June 1942)
Birmingham Allen Sutherland. WO
Blundell MID. Harold Mclenon. Sgt.
Boyland John. F/Lt.
Bradbury Herbert Ivey. F/O.
Brett Peter Brabazon. Fsgt.
Brindley Russel Walter. F/Sgt. (d.14th July 1942)
Brock Henry. FO (d.27th February 1945)
Brown Dudley Gerald. WO.
Burns Harold Edward. F/O.
Butler Harry Albert Clarence. P/O
Cameron Douglas Alexander. F/O. (d.10th May 1940)
Campbell Jack.
Campbell Robert Hugh. Flt.Sgt. (d.12th November 1943)
Cannon Sidney Alfred Thomas. Flt.Sgt.
Carrier William John. W/O. (d.27th Aug 1944)
Carter Jeffrey John Hamilton. Sgt. (d.12th April 1943)
Carter Thomas Charles. F/Lt.
Catanach DFC. James. Sqd.Ldr. (d.29th March 1944)
Clarke DFC. Lindsey James. Flt.Lt
Collett Dennis Malcom. Sgt.
Cooper Norman Athol . Flt.Sgt. (d.19th June 1944)
Cranz William August. F/O. (d.28th October 1942)
Dalby B. H.. Cpl.
Daley Carol James. Flt.Sgt. (d.4th Jan 1944)
Dean William George. LAC.
deSalis MID Francis Louis. F.Sgt.
DeVis Selwyn George. P/O. (d.19th March 1945 )
Dewey Geoffrey. Sgt.
Dilks Carl W.
Dolby Bernard Henry. Sgt
Donaghy Patrick Joseph. Flt.Sgt. (d.11th May 1942)
Draper MID. Douglas Lavington. WO.
Dryden Henry Kelso. PO (d.27th March 1942)
Dunn Norman Neville. Flt Sgt. (d.18th Sep 1943)
Edmonds Stanley Allen. F/O (d.10th April 1944)
Evans David G.. Flt.Sgt. (d.26th July 1943)
Fairclough Mervyn James. F/Sgt.
Falconer AFC, DFC. John Alexander.
Fleming Jerrold Ronald. Sqd.Ldr.
Forrest John Grindle. Flt.Sgt. (d.14th Jan 1945)
Gallagher Reginald Edward. F/Sgt.
Gates Robert Ingersole. Flt.Sgt. (d.29th June 1943)
Graydon Malcolm Henry. Flight Sergeant (d.25th May 1944)
Green Jack Dawson. WO. (d.17th March 1945)
Grogan Kevin Francis. P/O. (d.13th August 1944)
Grydon Malcolm Henry. Flight Sergeant (d.25th May 1944)
Gurney Denis Albert. Sgt. (d.24th Jan 1945)
Hain Noel Clive. Sgt (d.6 August 1942)
Harris Lloyd George. P/O. (d.11th Aug 1943)
Harrison Mervyn WBlter. Flt.Sgt. (d.29th July 1944)
Harvey Douglas Venning. Flt.Sgt. (d.31st March 1944)
Healy Robert Delmage. Flt.Sgt. (d.28th Sep 1944)
Heggaton Knox William. Flt.Sgt. (d.11th May 1942)
Herron DFC. Douglas Alexander. F/O.
Hoskins John Richard . Sgt. (d.28th April 1942)
Howden Roland Carmichael.
Hughes Francis Rodney. Flt.Sgt. (d.2nd/3rd June 1944)
Hughes Gordon William . P/O.
Jolley William.
Jones W. J.. Sgt. (d.2nd March 1942)
Jones Winston Trevor . Sgt. (d.2nd March 1942)
Judd Errol Ernest. W/O
Kermode Kenneth William. Flt.Sgt. (d.11 May 1942)
King MID Danny. F/O
Knight DSO MiD. Leslie Gordon. F/Lt. (d.16th September 1943)
Korsman Peter. F/Sgt.
Latham Francis Graham. Sgt. (d.5th May 1943)
Lauder Keith John. Sgt. (d.2nd March 1942)
Lauder Keith John Collinge . Sgt. (d.2nd March 1942)
Learmonth Ian Thomas McEwen. WO.
Lindsey Angus MacDonald. F/Sgt. (d.18th Nov 1943)
Lister Donald Sydney. Flt.Sgt. (d.26th April 1943)
Littlewood Eric John. Flt.Sgt.
MacDonald E. J.. F/O.
Mann Herbert Reuben. Flt.Sgt. (d.19th July 1944)
Martel Maurice Joseph. F/O. (d.17th March 1942)
Martin DSO, DFC, MID. Charles Ernest. W/Cdr.
Martin Robert. F/O. (d.9th April 1945)
Mazlin Cecil Graham. P/O.
McCarthy Leonard James. Flt.Sgt. (d.20 Jan 1944)
McCosker DFC. Gerald Bede. F/O.
McCoy Louis Joseph Patrick. Flt.Sgt. (d.22nd June 1944)
McCray David William. F/Sgt. (d.17th Dec 1944)
McDermott Raymond Michael. W/O.
McDonald Charles Grant. F/O. (d.9th October 1943)
McLay Alan James. P/O (d.18th Aug 1944)
Milne Francis Debenham. P/O. (d.26th Nov 1942)
Mitchell Stanley Michael. F/Sgt.
Morris John Edward. F/O. (d.26th September 1944)
Mullens DFC. Philip Courtney. Flying Officer (d.1st June 1943)
Naffin Robert Clarence. F/Sgt. (d.24th Aug 1943)
Newell Norman Lindsay. Flt.Sgt. (d.16th February 1944)
O'Brien George John Patrick. F/Sgt. (d.12th March 1945)
Oliver Claudius William Samuel. Flt.Sgt. (d.11th August 1942)
Philp Ross Perrier. PO (d.7th Oct 1944)
Pollard Joseph William.
Pordage Harry. F/Sgt. (d.18th November 1944)
Porter Harvey James. Flt.Sgt. (d.13th March 1945)
Potter Dennis Hilton. Flt.Sgt. (d.1st Feb 1944)
Rackley DFC. Lionel Norman. F/O.
Radke David August.
Richards Douglas John. F/O (d.30th May 1942)
Rutherford Douglas Robert. Sgt. (d.2nd Mar 1942)
Rutherford Douglas Robert. Sgt. (d.2nd March 1942)
Schrapel Ronald Ayliffe.
Scouller Chandos. Flt.Sgt. (d.11th May 1942)
Sherman Eric Hempel. F/Sgt. (d.2nd August 1943)
Shortland DFM Gordon Campbell. P/O.
Sinclair Peter. F/Sgt. (d.29th Mar 1944)
Sinclair William Robert. F/O (d.12th December 1944)
Slaughter DFC. James Edger. F/O.
Smith Arthur Fenton.
Smith Robert Winstone. Flt.Lt. (d.9th October 1943)
Smith Stanley Edgar. WO. (d.23rd April 1945)
Snape Desmon Byrne. P/O. (d.24th February 1944)
Solomons Simon Stanley. Sgt. (d.30th August 1944)
Stubbs John Henry. Sgt. (d.11th February 1942)
Tamagno DSO Bar Ian Frank.
Tennant Edward Drake Steele. F/Sgt. (d.1st Feb 1944)
Tennent Keith George. P/O (d.27th Aug 1944)
Thain Maurice. (d.14th Feb 1945)
Turnbull DFC Charles George. WO
Veal Arthur Raymond. Ft.Sgt.
Waddell Peter Victor. W/O. (d.30th Mar 1944)
Wade Peter Stuart. Flight Sergeant (d.25th May 1944)
Walker DFC. Leonard Arthur. F/Lt.
Walton Colin Alan. P/O. (d.3rd May 1945)
Watson Charles Bryce. F/Lt.
White Nathaniel. Sgt. (d.21st Apr 1942)
Whiting Harold Douglas. W/O.
Will Alexander Harold. FO (d.26th January 1944)
Williams DFC Charles Rowland. Flgoff (d.16 May 1943)

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Jack Campbell 463 Squadron

My Grandfather, Jack Campbell, is a Canadian Second World War veteran who served as a mid-upper gunner in 463 Squadron, RAAF, 61 Squadron RAF. At my grandfather's request, I have recently transcribed his memoirs where he details his wartime experience, and his time spent at Skellingthorpe, from 1942 to 1944.
The Airbourne Years

Robin Heron

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Sgt. Harold Mclenon "Nobby" Blundell MID. 463 Squadron

Nobby Blundell was born in Blundell's Cottage in Canberra in 1914. lthough a qualified mechanic he was also a wheat farmer at Weethalle (near West Wylaong) in New South Wales when he was called up in January 1940. His preliminary training was at Richmond near Sydney and then Ascot Vale in Melbourne as a Fitter 2E after which he traveled to the UK and joined 456 RAAF Nightfighter Squadron on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales.
In September 1942 he was remustered as a Flight Sergeant but a plane crash rendered him unfit for operational duties and he returned to 456 Squadron. In early 1943 he joined 617 Squadron for special duties. 617 Squadron were the Dam Busters and Nobby flew with the Lancasters during test drops of their bombs. On the night of 16/17 May 1943 617 Squadron attacked the Mohne and Eder dams causing considerable damage in Germany’s industrial centres in the Ruhr valley. Nobby Blundell’s role was to redesign the undercarriage of the Lancaster so it was able to carry the drum type bombs.
In November 1943 he was posted to 463 Squadron which was based at Waddington in England as a Sergeant Engine Fitter. He was Mentioned in Despatches for his work during the D-Day operations in June 1944 and in October 1944 Blundell was sent to Russia to service Lancaster bombers attempting to sink the German raider, Tirpitz.
After the war he ran a motor engineering business in Sydney until he retired in 1974 to live in Dubbo. He self-published five books on 467 and 463 Squadrons and was awarded a Medal in the Order of Australia (OAM) in 1995 for services to war veterans. He later moved to Cairns but died in Hervey Bay, Queensland on 13 September 2003.

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Flt Sgt. Norman Neville Dunn 17 Operational Training Unit (d.18th Sep 1943)

On 17th of September 1943, Wellington XHE324 left RAF Silverstone on a Bullseye, routine night training flight, early the following morning it crashed at East Barton Farm, Horwood, North Devon, killing all 6 men aboard.
They were:

Flight Sergeant Norman Neville Dunn RAAF
Sergeant Henry Arthur Newnham RAAF
Pilot Officer Hiram Churchill Farrer RCAF
Sergeant John Macari Donnachie RAF
Sergeant Reginald Edgar Dolling RAFVR
Sergeant James William Hallam RAFVR
A memorial to the crew was unveiled on the 70th anniversary of the crash last year, courtesy of Horwood, Lovacott and Newton Tracey Parish Council Attempts to find relatives of the crew proved fruitless at the time, but since then, close relatives of 5 of the airmen have been traced. Norman Dunn appears to have no close family left though contact has been made with 2 men who trained with him in the RAAF, and a lady who used to sing with him, as he was a very accomplished guitarist who played dance music and was well known in Perth.
If anyone is still out there with memories from their time in the OTU at Silverstone that would be fantastic.

Graham Moore

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Flight Sergeant Malcolm Henry Graydon (d.25th May 1944)

During the second World War the Allied and German soldiers, who were killed in Goirle, Noord Brabant, the Netherlands and in the neighbourhood, were buried at the Roman Catholic cemetery from the parish St. Jan in Goirle.
After the war the remains of the German soldiers were reburied in Ysselsteijn (near Venray) and most of the allied soldiers were reburied in Bergen op Zoom (War Cemetery and Canadian War Cemetery) and in Leopoldsburg (Belgium, War Cemetery).
At this moment there are 27 Allied graves in Goirle. Every year we commemorate the victims of World War II, both soldiers and civilians. We know their names, but who were the persons behind the names? What were their lives before they died? Where did they come from? How did they die? Under what circumstances?
It is my intention to give the victims a face, to write and keep the story behind the gravestones because we always will remember the soldier who died for our liberty. We can forget names, but not faces. I will try to write down all their stories for the next generation so they will know who was commemorated.
Maybe someone can help me with Flight Sergeant Malcolm Henry Graydon, RAAF 419443, who died on the 25th May 1944, age 23.
Send me a letter or an e-mail with additional information, a photograph or a copy of any personal document, which I can use for The Memory Book or a website. Thank you in advance for your help.

Gerrit Kobes

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Flight Sergeant Malcolm Henry Grydon (d.25th May 1944)

During the second World War the Allied and German soldiers, who were killed in Goirle, Noord Brabant, the Netherlands and in the neighbourhood, were buried at the Roman Catholic cemetery from the parish St. Jan in Goirle.
After the war the remains of the German soldiers were reburied in Ysselsteijn (near Venray) and most of the allied soldiers were reburied in Bergen op Zoom (War Cemetery and Canadian War Cemetery) and in Leopoldsburg (Belgium, War Cemetery).
At this moment there are 27 Allied graves in Goirle. Every year we commemorate the victims of World War II, both soldiers and civilians. We know their names, but who were the persons behind the names? What were their lives before they died? Where did they come from? How did they die? Under what circumstances?
It is my intention to give the victims a face, to write and keep the story behind the gravestones because we always will remember the soldier who died for our liberty. We can forget names, but not faces. I will try to write down all their stories for the next generation so they will know who was commemorated.
Maybe someone can help me with Flight Sergeant Malcolm Henry Graydon, RAAF 419443, who died on the 25th May 1944, age 23.
Send me a letter or an e-mail with additional information, a photograph or a copy of any personal document, which I can use for The Memory Book or a website. Thank you in advance for your help.

Gerrit Kobes

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Flight Sergeant Peter Stuart Wade (d.25th May 1944)

During the second World War the Allied and German soldiers, who were killed in Goirle, Noord Brabant, the Netherlands and in the neighbourhood, were buried at the Roman Catholic cemetery from the parish St. Jan in Goirle.
After the war the remains of the German soldiers were reburied in Ysselsteijn (near Venray) and most of the allied soldiers were reburied in Bergen op Zoom (War Cemetery and Canadian War Cemetery) and in Leopoldsburg (Belgium, War Cemetery).
At this moment there are 27 Allied graves in Goirle. Every year we commemorate the victims of World War II, both soldiers and civilians. We know their names, but who were the persons behind the names? What were their lives before they died? Where did they come from? How did they die? Under what circumstances?
It is my intention to give the victims a face, to write and keep the story behind the gravestones because we always will remember the soldier who died for our liberty. We can forget names, but not faces. I will try to write down all their stories for the next generation so they will know who was commemorated.
Maybe someone can help me with Flight Sergeant Peter Stuart Wade RAAF 426719 who died on the 25th May 1944, age 23.
Send me a letter or an e-mail with additional information, a photograph or a copy of any personal document, which I can use for The Memory Book or a website. Thank you in advance for your help.

Gerrit Kobes

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Flt.Sgt. Robert Hugh Campbell 102 (Ceylon) Squadron (d.12th November 1943)

My Uncle Robert Campbell was 25 years old when he and his crew were laying mines off the Frisian Islands when they were shot down by a flak ship. Bobby was an Australian who was a young man working on an enormous cattle station in Queensland named Wave Hill as a jackaroo, he decided that he wanted to join up and train to be a pilot. His journey from the top of Australia to Melbourne at the bottom was in the newspaper at the time.
His initial training was at Mascot in Sydney and his first trainer was a relative of Charles Kingsford Smith, a famous Australian airman. Sydney airport is named after him. Like most Australians Bobby was sent to Aylmer in Ontario for the next part of his training. He was then sent to England and learnt to fly Halifax bombers. He was a beautiful boy, a bit of a devil I think.
I am lucky to have all his letters to his mother firstly from the cattle station, then from his days in Canada and England. It is fascinating to see him growing in maturity from a 16 year old boy to a 25 year old man. I have had them preserved. The saddest letter is his mother’s last letter to him which was returned to her. It is hard for us to imagine the horror for her of receiving that letter back.
My grandmother kept in touch with the mothers of the other boys in his crew and for many years sent parcels to them as times were hard after the war in England. One of the mothers sent her the poem of They shall grow not old, in a lovely picture frame in her own hand writing with drawings surrounding it including a little plane. I am lucky to have that as well.
I don’t know anything about those other boys but their names:
JC Arrowsmith Sgt.
LD Dingley FO
AG Dyson F/Sgt
C Healey Sgt
F Thrall
Sgt LG Yorke Sgt

I honour them and their families.

Jocelyn Murphy

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Roland Carmichael Howden

My father, Roland Howden embarked with the 14th General (Victorian) Reinforcements from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A36 Boonah on 22nd of October 1918. He told the story that when they were off the WA coast they had competitions to pass the time and he won the skipping competition. After WW1, he joined the Air Force and served in the reserve. In WW2, he served in the Air Force as a wireless operator sergeant. His service number in WW2 was 314. He was often questioned about how he had such a low number.

Ian Howden

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Sgt. John Henry "Jack" Stubbs 21 Squadron (d.11th February 1942)

Combat Report
Air Ministry (London)
20.04.1948
Copy to RAAF Overseas HQ Canberra House (London)
Aus. 406374
Sgt. Stubbs, J.H. Pilot
1265240 Sgt. Tyas, P. A/OBS
976771 Sgt. Graham, J.S. WO/AG

Blenheim Mk. 4, Z.9823 21 Squadron, was one of a vic. of four which took off from RAF Station Luqa on the morning of 11.02.1942 to carry out a shipping sweep of the Kerkenna Islands.
On returning to base, the gunner in the leading aircraft received by W/T the stand-off signal Air Raid in Progress. The formation circled a point approx. 50 miles south of Malta for 15 minutes, during which time no more stand-off signals were received. The gunner then wirelessed for instructions. The reply was in the form of a Q.D.M. This Q.D.M was followed in until approx. 3 miles from Filfola (sic) when the formation was attacked by enemy fighters and aircraft Z.9823 was shot down into the sea.
A search was made but no survivors could be found. It must therefore be presumed that this crew are Lost at Sea.
J.S. Chick (Sqd)
Group Capt. Commanding
RAF Station Luqa

Dermott Kelly

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John Alexander Falconer AFC, DFC. 109 (Pathfinder) Squadron

John Falconer's Service Record from Australian WWII Nominal Roll Website notes his posting at discharge as RAF Little Staughton.

Steve Wells

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