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The Unwanted Bomber Pilot

A Personal Memoir of my early days, and the Royal Australian Air Force Pilot Period.

"When this 19 year old RAAF Pilot arrived in the England in June 1944 he went onto be aware that there was an over supply of Pilots, including ones from New Zealand & Canada. Some RAAF Pilots volunteered to under go training as Flight Engineers but Les finally reached an Advanced Flying School. This he completed, followed by a Beam Course then on the verge of advancing to an Operation Training Unit and gathering a Crew, the War in the Pacific ended, and so did Les’ ambition."

R.A.A.F. Marine Section the Forgotten Era of Men & Vessels

After the Japanese bombing of Darwin in February 1942 the Royal Australian Air Force rapidly expanded the MARINE SECTION to provide all the types of boats required for Flying Boat Squadrons, Air Sea Rescue capability, vessels for transporting essential ammunition and supplies to isolated RAAF Squadrons and Radar Units, including three masted Schooners from another era. This book is essentially about the young men who manned this very important, but largely unknown, Marine Section. They operated around Australia, especially in remote regions along the northern coastline, New Guinea and to as far away as Borneo.

R.A.A.F. Base PEARCE Australia’s Pilot Training Base

RAAF Base Pearce was established just before WW2 and operated Hawker Demon and Avro Anson aircraft, the latter the first to be a monoplane with retractable undercarriage. During the war time period convoy patrols and fighter aircraft were carried out with more modern aircraft. RAAF Pearce Base is Australia’s only Pilot Training Base to Wings Standard as well as selected training for fast jet Pilots. Australian Navy Pilots are also trained on this Base.

Air Training Corps now Australian Air Force Cadets in Western Australia

During WW2 the Air Training Corps provided 12,000 Air Crew Trainees for the Royal Australian Air Force. This book traces the war-time ATC Squadrons activities in Western Australia, the immediate post war period to the 50th Anniversary Celebrations, the 60th Anniversary, and onto when the new name, Australian Air Force Cadets was adopted, then onto the 2003 period .

Barrie Gamack - Aeronautical Engineer, Artist & Aircraft Enthusiast

His Paintings

A collection of RAAF Historical Paintings submitted to the annual RAAF Awards, and now on permanent exhibition in the Royal Australian Air Force Association Headquarters and Club, Bullcreek, Western Australia. All the paintings are beautifully framed with attached historical captions.

RAAF No 4 Service Flying Training School, Geraldton, Western Australia

During WWII this base taught Trainee Pilots to Wings standard to fly the multi-engine Avro Anson. This is a personal memoir of one trainee along with reflections from some of the 1500 WAAF and RAAF Ground Staff, who provided all the services required for 200 Trainee Pilots. Every 28 days a Pilot Course graduated and received their wings and another course arrived from Elementary Flying School, Cunderdin.

Leslie R. Jubbs, the author, was a Royal Australian Air Force Pilot during the World War II. To contact the Author, please email lesjubbs@iinet.net.au