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The Short Sunderland Flying Boat RB-H P9603, of 10 Squadron RAAF and operating with RAF Coastal Command crashed onto the seaweed covered rocks at Milford Haven on 24 June 1941. The fuselage forward of the wing is missing and the remaining portion is cracked and mishapen. Servicemen are surveying the wreckage on the wing, fuselage and tail sections.

The tail section of a Short Sunderland Flying Boat belonging to 10 Squadron RAAF, that has been torn from the aircrafts fuselage. Personnel survey the tail section in a damaged hangar, at Pembroke Dock, South Wales.

Maintenance work being carried out on a Short Sunderland Flying Boat attached to 10 Squadron RAAF and operating with RAF Coastal Command. Scaffolding surrounds the aircraft which is sitting on beaching gear, personnel can be seen working on the wings, scaffolding and on the ground.

PEMBROKE DOCK, WALES. 1944-04-25. ON ANZAC DAY 1944 NO. 461 SQUADRON RAAF, THE SECOND SUNDERLAND SQUADRON IN THE UK, CELEBRATED ITS SECOND BIRTHDAY. THE MAP IN THE PICTURE WAS SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO FORM PART OF THE DECORATIONS AT THE SQUADRON BALL IN THE EVENING, THE NUMBER AND THE CAPITAL CITIES SHOWING IN COLOURED LIGHTS.

Following an attack by enemy aircraft, the captain of a Sunderland flying boat was compelled to make a forced landing in the sea four miles from the coast. The crew's first thought was for the wounded air gunner who is lying in one of the two dinghies that were left serviceable after the action. The officer in the other dinghy, an Australian, got the air gunner ashore by pushing the dinghy as he swam. The other dinghy was used for conveying emergency rations and water.

Plymouth, England. C. 1940-03. Members of the crew having a meal in the air in a Sunderland aircraft of No. 10 Squadron RAAF at RAF Station Mount Batten.

PEMBROKE DOCK, WALES. 1944-04-25. ON ANZAC DAY 1944 NO. 461 SQUADRON RAAF, THE SECOND SUNDERLAND SQUADRON IN THE UK, CELEBRATED ITS SECOND BIRTHDAY. AMONG OTHER EVENTS A SPORTS PROGRAMME WAS HELD IN THE AFTERNOON. THE PRIZES WERE PRESENTED BY AIR VICE MARSHAL H. N. WRIGLEY CBE DFC AFC.
Imagine getting two cartons of fags as a prize for a sporting event today

Off the French coast. C. 1944-10. After the starboard outer engine of a Sunderland aircraft of No. 10 Squadron RAAF caught fire and exploded, the Captain (Flying Officer R. M. Johnston of Gulargambone, NSW) ditched the aircraft off the French coast. The crew had to sit on the starboard wing to keep the aircraft balanced until rescued by an RAF high speed launch, guided to the spot by two air-sea rescue Warwick aircraft.

Off the French coast. C. 1944-10. After the starboard outer engine of a Sunderland aircraft of No. 10 Squadron RAAF caught fire and exploded, the Captain (Flying Officer R. M. Johnston of Gulargambone, NSW) ditched the aircraft off the French coast. The crew had to sit on the starboard wing to keep the aircraft balanced until rescued by an RAF high speed launch, guided to the spot by two air-sea rescue Warwick aircraft.

Off the French coast. C. 1944-10. Members of the crew of a Sunderland aircraft of No. 10 Squadron RAAF who had to ditch in the sea off the French coast when the starboard outer engine caught fire and exploded. They had to sit on the starboard wing to balance the aircraft while awaiting rescue by an RAF high-speed launch. The Captain of the aircraft was 422861 Flying Officer R. M. Johnston of Gulargambone, NSW

 

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Machine gun fire from a Sunderland of No. 10 squadron RAAF, captained by 413931 Flying Officer (FO) John Parker Roberts, silenced the battery of one 30mm and four 20mm guns on German submarine U426, a 500 ton boat which is sinking by the stern after the initial depth charge attack. A German gunner floats in the sea. FO Roberts received the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) for his part in this action.

Upturned Short Sunderland aircraft P9620 of 204 Squadron, RAF, floating in the Atlantic Ocean with an unidentified crew member sitting on the fuselage. The aircraft, with thirteen crew aboard, became lost when the compass was damaged in an electrical storm, eventually running out of fuel and making an emergency landing into the Atlantic Ocean. HMAS Australia rescued nine of the crew, however 744561 Leading Aircraftman Matthew Ewing Towe, RAF; 39866 Sergeant (Sgt) Stuart Hayden MacDonald, RNZAF; 642035 Aircraftman Kenneth William Beavis, RAF, and 755445 Sgt Malcolm Sydney Ross, RAF, were lost at sea. The unidentified crew member seated on the upturned aircraft was not saved.

Wales. 1941-10-03. A Sunderland pilot receiving instruction from the Squadron Gunnery Officer, Flying Officer Alan Steele (left), on the type of machine gun fitted to the squadron aircraft of No. 10 Squadron RAAF at RAF Station Pembroke Dock which operates with RAF Coastal Command.

BAY OF BISCAY. 1942-05-15. DEPTH-CHARGES FROM A SUNDERLAND OF NO. 10 SQUADRON RAAF, CAPTAINED BY FLIGHT LIEUTENANT H. G. POCKLEY EXPLODE ABOUT THE GERMAN SHIP MUNSTERLAND (6,408 TONS). THE RAF TYPE ROUNDEL PAINTED ON THE HATCH COVER WAS DISPLAYED TO DECEIVE THE ATTACKERS. THE VESSEL, ALTHOUGH DAMAGED, EVENTUALLY REACHED BORDEAUX.

LONDON, ENGLAND. 1943-05-11. PORTRAIT OF 171 WING COMMANDER D. L. G. DOUGLAS DFC, WILLOUGHBY, NSW, COMMANDING OFFICER OF SHORT SUNDERLAND NO. 461 SQUADRON RAAF OF COASTAL COMMAND, OUTSIDE BUCKINGHAM PALACE, SHOWING HIS WIFE THE DECORATION HE HAS JUST RECEIVED. THE AWARD WAS ANNOUNCED 1943-01-11 WHILE HE WAS AT NO. 10 SQUADRON RAAF.
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Plymouth, England. C. 1943-02. 10118 Sergeant John Wilson Keily of No. 10 (Sunderland) Squadron RAAF based at an RAF Station, who was awarded the DFM on 1943-02-10 for his achievements as a flight engineer and air gunner on numerous operational missions since 1941-08. He has been credited with the destruction of one enemy aircraft.

RAF STATION MOUNT BATTEN, PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND. 1943-07-05. CREW OF SHORT SUNDERLAND, "G" FOR GEORGE, OF NO. 10 SQUADRON, RAAF, COMING ASHORE AFTER RETURNING FROM A PATROL OVER THE BAY OF BISCAY.

 

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Amazing! thx for sharing.

 

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Many thanks for rare photos!

 

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An interesting thing for me is the small details, as in how he shirt collar is being worn outside the WSD (BD) and SD collars.

 

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RAF Station Pembroke Dock, Wales. C. 1943-07. Behind the success scored by an aircraft of No. 461 (Sunderland) Squadron RAAF of Coastal Command, which shot down three, possibly four, of eight Junkers 88s which attacked it over the Bay of Biscay, lies a story of Australian inventiveness by 407210 Flying Officer G. Viner of Adelaide, SA. Already known as the Flying Porcupine because of its bristling guns, the Sunderland on this occasion packed a surprise sting in the form of two galley guns which hitherto had not been standard equipment on Sunderlands

WORKSHOPS - FINAL CHECKING BLADE ANGLE OF AN AIR SCREW.

RAF Station, Mount Batten, Plymouth, England. C. 1943-03. Members of crew of Sunderland aircraft T9110 "C/10" of No. 10 (Sunderland) Squadron RAAF.

Bay of Biscay. C. 1943-08-06. A Sunderland aircraft of the famous No. 10 Squadron RAAF of Coastal Command sighted a U-boat while on anti-submarine patrol. It attacked and sank the enemy craft but was itself hit by flak and compelled to "ditch". Survivors were rescued by a sloop of the Royal Navy where it chanced that a member of the same squadron, 2058 Flight Lieutenant J. B. Jewell DFC of Adelaide, SA, was spending his leave under the scheme for closer co-operation between the RAF and the Navy. Here a rope is being thrown from the sloop to the survivors of the Sunderland who are clinging to a portion of the starboard wing which had broken off, with its float attached.

BAY OF BISCAY. 1943-05-29. THE 7 FEET BY 4 FEET HOLE IN THE SIDE OF A SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT E (T9114) OF NO. 461 SQUADRON RAAF WAS CAUSED BY TAKING OFF IN ROUGH SEAS AFTER RESCUING SURVIVORS FROM TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT WHICH HAD CRASHED INTO THE SEA. At Sea, Bay of Biscay. 1943-05-29. A Sunderland aircraft belonging to No. 461 Squadron RAAF of Coastal Command was extensively damaged in taking off after alighting to rescue a crew in a dinghy. The Sunderland was being towed by a French destroyer which had previously taken the rescued crew aboard, but after the towing rope parted the crew decided to risk a take-off. The captain, 400841 Flying Officer G. O. Singleton of St Kilda, Vic, knowing that it would be suicide to attempt a sea landing made history by bringing the giant flying boat down successfully on Angle aerodrome on its return.

Angle Airfield near Pembroke Dock, Wales. 1943-05-29. A Sunderland aircraft belonging to No. 461 Squadron RAAF of Coastal Command was extensively damaged in taking off after alighting to rescue a crew in a dinghy in the Bay of Biscay. The captain, 400841 Flying Officer G. O. Singleton of St Kilda, Vic, knowing that it would be suicide to attempt a sea landing, made history by bringing the giant flying boat down successfully on an aerodrome on its return. The Sunderland at rest on its port wing, practically undamaged by the landing. The hole in the hull was caused by the heavy seas in taking off.

BAY OF BISCAY. 1942-06-05. OUTWARD BOUND GERMAN U71 UNDER ATTACK BY MACHINE GUN FIRE FROM A SUNDERLAND CAPTAINED BY FLIGHT OFFICER S. R. C. WOOD OF NO. 10 SQUADRON RAAF HAD BEEN FORCED TO SURFACE BY DEPTH CHARGES FROM THE SUNDERLAND. THE SUBMARINE HAD REGAINED TRIM WITH ITS BOWS AWASH AND, ALTHOUGH SEVERELY DAMAGED, WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO ITS BASE AT LA PALLICE, BORDEAUX, BECAUSE THE SUNDERLAND HAD NO MORE DEPTH CHARGES

 

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WORKSHOPS - CLEANING SPARK PLUGS

ARMAMENT SECTION PERSONNEL OF NO 10 SQUADRON RAAF AT MOUNT BATTEN, PLYMOUTH, IN 1940 WORKING ON A FRAZER NASH REAR GUN TURRET OF A SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT.

MOUNT BATTEN, PLYMOUTH. JANUARY 1940. ANTI-SUBMARINE BOMBS BEING LOADED ON TO THE STARBOARD BOMB RACKS OF A SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT OF NO 10 SQUADRON RAAF.

Plymouth, England. C. 1942. Flying Officer H. G. Pockley of Sydney, NSW, smoking a pipe at the controls of a Sunderland flying boat of No. 10 Squadron RAAF based at an RAF Station, Mount Batten, during an anti-submarine patrol in the Bay of Biscay.

Plymouth, England. 1944-12-19. Left to right: 429414 Flight Sergeant G. Craig, Longreach, Qld; 49156 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) P. M. Smith, Oakleigh, Vic; 42986 LAC C. E. Shaw, Parkdale, Vic; 422437 Warrant Officer K. M. Campbell, Quirindi, NSW, engaged in the instruction and testing of Marconi power supply equipment at No. 10 (Sunderland) Squadron, RAF Station Mount Batten.

C. 1942. NO. 403749 WARRANT OFFICER JOE LEACH, NO. 10 SQUADRON RAAF, IS AT THE REAR DOOR OF SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT W3983 RB-R, "R FOR ROGER". THE "SCOREBOARD" ABOVE THE DOOR IS NOW HELD IN THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL COLLECTION (ACCESSION NUMBER AWM 35117). THE SWASTIKAS REPRESENT SUCCESSFUL ATTACKS ON THREE GERMAN U-BOATS AND TWO GERMAN BLOCKADE RUNNERS (INCLUDING THE MV BELGRANO ON 1942-10-03). THE OVAL SYMBOLS REPRESENT TWO ITALIAN SUBMARINES, AND THE BALLOON STANDS FOR BALLOON CABLES CUT.

 

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London, England. September 1943. Items in the RAAF War Collection in Britain include a wing strut of a Sunderland riddled with bullets, presented by 401072 Flight Lieutenant F. V. Mange of Echuca, Vic, and is examined by 410037 Sergeant P. Champion of Hampton, Vic at the display in RAAF Overseas Headquarters. The strut is preserved in the Australian War Memorial's collection

At Sea. 1940-10-22. The crew of a Whitley, British bomber aircraft which came down in the Atlantic, clambering from their two-man dinghy into a Sunderland aircraft manned by Australians of No. 10 Squadron RAAF based at RAF Station Pembroke Dock, which alighted on the sea and rescued them.

PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND. 1940-07-14. FOUR EARLY-TYPE 250LB ANTI-SUBMARINE BOMBS ATTACHED TO A BOMB RACK OF A SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT OF NO. 10 SQUADRON WHICH WAS MANNED BY THE RAAF. ON PATROL THE RACK WAS CARRIED INSIDE THE HULL AND WAS PUSHED OUT TO THE BOMB RELEASE POSITION ONLY WHEN REQUIRED.

Plymouth, England. C. 1941-02. Group portrait of the Equipment Section of No. 10 Squadron (Sunderland) RAAF at RAF Station Mount Batten which operates over the Atlantic with the RAF Coastal Command. In the centre is the Senior Equipment Officer, Squadron Leader K. E. Campbell of Kempsey, NSW.

RAF Station Pembroke Dock, Wales. C. 1939-09. One of the Australian airmen who arrived in England to commence their training with RAF Coastal Command. They will form a new squadron to fly Sunderland flying boats. Their duties will include anti-submarine patrols and general sea-reconnaissance. Note the peculiar beret of the RAAF aircraftman who is with a dog, the squadron mascot.

PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND. 1944-01-25. 405226 WARRANT OFFICER A. T. HOLLAND, CHINCHILLA, QLD, SIGNS FOR HIS PAY IN MIXED CURRENCY AS 24921 SERGEANT F. A. CATT, EASTWOOD, SYDNEY, NSW, HANDS HIM HIS ALLOWANCE OF USA DOLLARS PRIOR TO HIS DEPARTURE AS A MEMBER OF ONE OF THE FIRST CREWS OF NO. 10 SQUADRON RAAF, BASED AT RAF STATION MOUNT BATTEN, TO FLY SUNDERLAND FLYING BOATS FROM ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA.

 

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Plymouth, England. C. 1941-02. Group portrait of the Headquarters Flight of No. 10 Squadron (Sunderland) RAAF at RAF Station Mount Batten which operates over the Atlantic with the RAF Coastal Command. In the centre of the front row is Wing Commander E. G. Knox-Knight the Commanding Officer. The aircraft behind is RB-M T9071.

427303 Flight Sergeant (Fit Sgt) Harry Trevor Darby, WA (right), receiving instructions on a synthetic direction finder trainer from 14536 Pilot Officer (PO) Arthur Frederick Leggett, Drummoyne, NSW (left). Both are members of No. 10 (Sunderland) Squadron RAAF at RAF Station Mount Batten.

Perth, WA. 1945-05-13. At the RAAF Marine Section, Crawley Bay, WA, men, women and children stand in the queue waiting to be taken for a joy-flight in a RAAF Short Sunderland aircraft. This aircraft, captained by Flight Lieutenant M. S. Mainprize DFC, was visiting Perth in the course of a tour of Australian states in support of the 3rd Victory Loan. During such visits, subscribers of 100 pounds or more to the Loan were taken for joy-flights in the Sunderland aircraft.

Plymouth, England. 1944-12-19. 419049 Flight Sergeant W. G. Leed, Bendigo, Vic; 402705 Flying Officer J. W. V. Greenwich, NSW, receiving instruction in tuning a Marconi receiver aboard a Sunderland aircraft of No. 10 Squadron RAAF based at RAF Station Mount Batten.

Plymouth, England. 1944-12-19. 27622 Sergeant R. G. Bishop, Mt Gambier, SA, giving instructions in valve testing to aircrew 424198 Flight Sergeant J. S. Maund, Bondi, NSW. Both are members of No. 10 (Sunderland) Squadron RAAF at RAF Station Mount Batten.

Plymouth, England. 1944-12-19. 60870 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) C. W. Patten of Granville, NSW and 60866 LAC N. I. Curtis of Belmore, NSW, of Sunderland No. 10 Squadron RAAF at RAF Station Mount Batten, modifying Marconi B.F.O. testing T.R. 1196B.

RAF Station Pembroke Dock, Wales. C. 1944-01-28. Flight Lieutenant R. D. Lucas of Bondi, NSW, twenty one year old Sunderland captain of the Anzac No. 461 Squadron RAAF gives the "thumbs up" sign as he steps from his aircraft after sinking a German U-boat in the Atlantic.

Depth charges bursting on the estimated track of a U-boat which had crash-dived, possibly the 740 ton U105 in the Bay of Biscay on 11 June 1942. The attack was made by a Sunderland aircraft of No 10 Squadron captained by Flying Officer E B Martin, later declared missing, believed killed in action, on 31 July 1942.

 

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Another great posting with photos.
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Informal portrait of O3153 Corporal (Cpl), later Flight Lieutenant, Percy Howard Smith RAAF taking position as a port midship air-gunner in an RAAF Sunderland aircraft. Cpl Smith enlisted with the RAAF on 7 November 1938 at Elwood, Victoria and served with 10 Squadron RAAF in the United Kingdom from 1939 to 1942. He returned to Australia and continued his service with RAAF until his discharge on 20 June 1954. This image was published in the 'Western Evening Herald' with the text 'Very cold - An Australian gunner at the amidships gun of a Sunderland flying boat of a Southern Coastal Command station. This is an extremely cold position as the gunner's head is always in the open.'

PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND. 1944-03-16. LEADING WREN JULIA ABDY THOUGHT HER FRIENDS ON AN AUSTRALIAN BOUND SUNDERLAND FLYING BOAT SHOULD SHOW THE FLAG WHEREVER THEY LANDED DURING THEIR FLIGHT. IT WASN'T EASY TO FIND ONE SO SHE SET ABOUT MAKING ONE FROM "BITS AND PIECES" OF OTHER FLAGS. LEFT TO RIGHT: 401451 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (FLT LT) M. S. MAINPRIZE DFC, MELBOURNE, VIC, CAPTAIN; 2104 FLT LT G. E. PROSSER, CHELSEA, VIC; 404826 FLT LT D. C. GORE, GOONDIWINDI, QLD.

Perth, WA. 1945-05-13. Group portrait at the RAAF Marine Section, Crawley Bay, of the official group which included the Premier of WA and the Mayor of Fremantle while they were waiting to be ferried out to the RAAF Short Sunderland aircraft captained by Flight Lieutenant M. S. Mainprize DFC to inspect the aircraft. This aircraft was on a tour of Australian states in support of the 3rd Victory Loan and, at each location visited, took subscribers of 100 pounds or more on a joy-flight.

1496 Corporal John Herbert Evans, 10 Squadron, RAAF, standing on top of a Sunderland aircraft RB-U as HMS Hood sails by. On 19 May 1941 the Hood sailed with the brand new battleship Prince of Wales to intercept the German battleship Bismarck that was attempting to break out into the North Atlantic. Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen were shadowed on radar by the Norfolk and Suffolk which reported their position to Admiral Holland in Hood. In the Denmark Strait on the morning of 24 May Holland ordered his ships to close the range and shortly before 0600 both sides opened fire. The Bismarck's fifth salvo hit the Hood amidships penetrating the secondary armament magazine. The detonation spread to the main magazine resulting in a catastrophic explosion which tore the ship in half. Only three of her 1418 crew survived.

Albany, WA. 1945-05-12. A group of RAAF officers and civilians being ferried ashore after being given a flight in the RAAF Short Sunderland aircraft (in background) captained by Flight Lieutenant M. S. Mainprize DFC. The aircraft was making a tour of Australian states in support of the 3rd Victory Loan and taking subscribers of 100 pounds or more to the Loan for joy-flights during its stops at various locations.

 

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RAF Station Mount Batten Plymouth, England. 1944-05-12. Group portrait of members of the crew of "U", an aircraft of No. 10 (Sunderland) Squadron RAAF

RAF Station Mount Batten, Plymouth, England. C. 1944-01-20. Group portrait of six of the crew of seven fitters of No. 10 (Sunderland) Squadron RAAF whose names appear on the cowling, who were responsible for the maintenance and general servicing prior to embarkation, of the starboard inner engine of the Sunderland which was one of the first two ever to fly from England to Australia. Shown: 40279 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) L. Waller of Penshurst, Vic; 14621 LAC T. Davis of Sydney, NSW; 21172 LAC G. Grant of Inverall, NSW; 14611 LAC W. Moser DFM of Coonamble, NSW; 26682 LAC R. Collins of Jamestown, SA; 60575 LAC A. G. James of Wollongong, NSW. Missing is 11241 Corporal W. K. Darby of Kew, Vic.

Group portrait of aircrew of 461 Squadron RAAF, with a Sunderland aircraft outside the slipway hangar.

Outdoor group portrait of the crew of Sunderland aircraft DV969 "E/10", No 10 Squadron RAAF at RAF Station Mount Batten, Plymouth, England. This crew attacked and sank a German U-boat in the Bay of Biscay on 31 May 1943.

 

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RAF STATION PEMBROKE DOCK, WALES. 1943-05-06. AT SHORT SUNDERLAND NO. 461 SQUADRON RAAF OF COASTAL COMMAND, MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF "M FOR MABEL",

Floating survivors, some in dinghies, and litter of wreckage from the 500-ton German U-boat U243 which sank after being attacked by two Sunderland aircraft of No. 10 Squadron, some 170 nautical miles west of St Nazaire, France. The aircraft were H, piloted by Flying Officer W B Tilley, and K, piloted by Flight Lieutenant R E Cargeeg. Tilley, who made the initial attack, and scored hits, was credited with the sinking and awarded the DFC. Sunk by depth charges, U243 lost 11 dead and had 38 survivors. A dinghy and food-pack were dropped by Tilley to the survivors

RAF Station Mount Batten, Plymouth, England. C. 1944-01-20. The names of the seven fitters of one of the first two Sunderlands of No. 10 Squadron RAAF ever to fly from England to Australia were painted on the cowling of the starboard outer engine for whose maintenance and general servicing prior to embarkation they were responsible.

Portrait of 260608 Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) Harold Graham Pockley RAAF, DFC and Bar of Randwick, NSW. He was renowned for his submarine hunting exploits over the Atlantic while skipper of a Sunderland flying boat. When photographed, Sqn Ldr Pockley was serving with No. 41 Sea Transport Squadron RAAF, flying Martin Mariner flying boats between Australian and Dutch New Guinea bases. He went missing, and was presumed killed on 25 March 1945 in the Borneo area, while commanding 200 flight RAAF (Liberators). He is commemorated on the Labuan memorial, and has no known grave.

PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND. 1943-08-06. MEMBERS OF THE CREW "J" JOHNNY, A SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT OF NO. 10 SQUADRON RAAF BASED AT RAF STATION MOUNT BATTEN, LEFT TO RIGHT: 26885 SGT B. W. SIMON, ADELAIDE, SA; 23629 SGT A. A. MCVINISH, BRISBANE, QLD; 402705 FLIGHT SERGEANT J. W. V. GUY, GREENWICH, NSW; 14611 SERGEANT (SGT) W. MOSER, COONAMBLE, NSW, ON THEIR RETURN FROM A PATROL IN THE BAY OF BISCAY. THEY ARE INSPECTING DAMAGE TO THEIR AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DURING THEIR PATROL IN WHICH THEY FOUGHT OFF AN ATTACK BY SEVEN GERMAN JUNKERS 88 AIRCRAFT. DESPITE DAMAGE AND CREW CASUALTIES, THEY WERE ABLE TO RETURN SAFELY.

BAY OF BISCAY, 1943-09-16. SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT (MK III EK 578), "E" OF NO. 461 SQUADRON RAAF, SHOT DOWN BY SIX JUNKERS 88'S OF 5 GROUP KG40. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN BY THE CREW OF ONE OF THE JU 88'S, WHO WAS SUBSEQUENTLY SHOT DOWN OVER ENGLAND. THE SURVIVORS WERE RESCUED AFTER 14 HOURS IN THE OPEN SEA BY THE SLOOP HMS STARLING.

 

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RAF Station Mount Batten Plymouth, England. 1944-05-12. Group portrait of members of the crew of "U", an aircraft of No. 10 (Sunderland) Squadron RAAF

MOUNT BATTEN, PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND, 1942. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT G. POCKLEY, DFC, IN THE DOOR OF NO. 10 SQUADRON RAAF. MK2 SUNDERLAND FLYING BOAT W3983 RB-R. THE "SCOREBOARD

RAF Station Mount Batten, Plymouth, England. C. 1944-01-20. Group portrait of the crew of fitters of No. 10 (Sunderland) Squadron RAAF whose names appear lower down on the cowling, who were responsible for the maintenance and general servicing prior to embarkation, of the port outer engine of the Sunderland which was one of the first two ever to fly from England to Australia.

Plymouth, England. C. 1942-12. Riggers Flight of No. 10 (Sunderland) Squadron RAAF based at an RAF Station, Mount Batten.

England. C. 1945-05. The crew of Sunderland aircraft "Z-Zebra" of RAF Coastal Command on completion of their last patrol

RAF Station, Mount Batten, Plymouth, England. 1942-11-28. Group portrait of crew of Sunderland aircraft W.3983

 

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PEMBROKE DOCK, WALES, 1941-05-27. AIRMEN LOADING A DEPTH CHARGE INTO A SUNDERLAND FLYING BOAT OF NO. 10 SQUADRON RAA

PEMBROKE DOCK, WALES, 1943-10. THE CREW OF SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT (EK578) "E" OF NO 461 SQUADRON RAAF, WHO WERE SHOT DOWN OVER THE BAY OF BISCAY ON 1943-09-16 BY SIX JUNKERS 88 AIRCRAFT OF 5 GROUP KG40. THEY ARE PICTURED WITH THE LIFE RAFT FROM WHICH THEY WERE RESCUED, AFTER 17 HOURS IN THE OPEN SEA, BY HMS STARLING, HAVING BEEN FOUND BY AN AIRCRAFT OF NO. 210 (CATALINA) SQUADRON RAF, CAPTAINED BY JOHN CRUICKSHANK, LATER VC. REAR, FROM LEFT: SERGEANT (SGT) ALLAN N. (BUBBLES) PEARCE DFM (FITTER); FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (FLT/LT) D. MARROWS DSO, DFC (CAPTAIN); FLIGHT OFFICER I.V.R. PEATTY (SECOND PILOT). CENTRE, FROM LEFT: FLIGHT SERGEANT (FLT/SGT) D.C. SIDNEY (AIR GUNNER); PILOT OFFICER (P/O) W.G. DONE (NAVIGATOR); P/O P.C. LEIGH (FIRST PILOT); PETER T. JENSEN (FIRST WIRELESS OPERATOR); UNKNOWN. FRONT, FROM LEFT: FLT/SGT R.L. WEBSTER (SECOND WIRELESS OPERATOR); SGT J.T. ESHELBY (ENGINEER); SGT P.R. CRIDDLE (THIRD WIRELESS OPERATOR). THE UNKNOWN MAN WAS NOT A MEMBER OF THE CREW BUT WAS ASKED TO STAND IN FOR THE RIGGER, FRED (PIERRE) BAMBER WHO WAS WOUNDED AND IN HOSPITAL

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London, England. C. 1943-09. Included in the RAAF War Collection in Britain is a magazine from 7.9 millimetre "Rheinmetall Borsig" machine gun from a German aircraft, destroyed by No. 10 (Sunderland) Squadron RAAF. 6937 Corporal J. W. Payne of Tweed Heads, NSW, gives it a critical scrutiny at the display in RAAF Overseas Headquarters.

The 500-ton German U-boat U 243 being attacked by two Sunderland aircraft of No 10 Squadron, some 170 nautical miles west of St Nazaire, France. The aircraft were H, piloted by Flying Officer W B Tilley, and K, piloted by Flight Lieutenant R E Cargeeg. Tilley, who made the initial attack, and scored hits, was credited with the sinking and awarded the DFC. Sunk by depth charges, U243 lost 11 dead and had 18 survivors. A dinghy and food-pack were dropped by Tilley to the survivors

PEMBROKE DOCK, WALES. 1944. CREW OF MARK V SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT 'P' PETER OF NO. 461 SQUADRON, RAAF.

The German 500-ton U-boat U 243 being attacked by two Sunderland aircraft of No 10 Squadron some 170 nautical miles west of St Nazaire, France. The aircraft were H, piloted by Flying Officer W B Tilley, and K, piloted by Flight Lieutenant R E Cargeeg. Tilley, who made the initial attack, and scored hits, is credited with the sinking and was awarded the DFC. Sunk by depth charges, U243 lost 11 dead and had 18 survivors. A dinghy and food-pack were dropped by Tilley for the survivors

PEMBROKE DOCK, WALES, 1943-10. THE CREW OF SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT (EK 578) "E" OF NO. 461 SQUADRON RAAF WHO WERE SHOT DOWN BY SIX JUNKERS 88 AIRCRAFT OF 5 GROUP KG40 IN THE BAY OF BISCAY ON 1943-09-16. THEY ARE PICTURED WITH THE LIFE RAFT FROM WHICH THEY WERE RESCUED, AFTER 17 HOURS IN THE OPEN SEA, BY HMS STARLING. THEY WERE LOCATED BY AN AIRCRAFT OF NO. 210 (CATALINA) SQUADRON RAF, CAPTAINED BY JOHN CRUICKSHANK, LATER VC. FROM LEFT: J.T. ESHELBY (ENGINEER); R.L. WEBSTER (SECOND WIRELESS OPERATOR); ALLAN N. (BUBBLES) PEARCE (FITTER); D.C. SIDNEY (AIR GUNNER); W.G. DONE (NAVIGATOR); I.V.R. PEATTY (SECOND PILOT); D. MARROWS (CAPTAIN); PETER T. JENSEN (FIRST WIRELESS OPERATOR); P.C. LEIGH (FIRST PILOT); P.R. CRIDDLE (THIRD WIRELESS OPERATOR); UNKNOWN (NOT A CREW MEMBER BUT ASKED TO MAKE UP THE NUMBERS WHILE THE RIGGER, FRED (PIERRE) BAMBER, WAS UNAVAILABLE. FRED BAMBER WAS IN HOSPITAL, BADLY INJURED AT THE TIME.

 

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Bloody amazing collection of pictures. Back in the mists of time, on another forum, or earlier version of this one, somebody posted a back-to-front pic of a Sunderland crew on a slipway, and wanted to know where it was. I worked out that it was at Mountbatten, which is not a million miles from me, so I popped up there and had a pic taken on the same slipway. I’ll see if I can track the pic down. Must go back, it’s a fascinating place, and there are memorial plaques to the RAAF boys on the wall of the nearby fort.
Not long ago I carried a lady to hospital whose husband had been a Sunderland pilot. First thing I saw when I walked in was a Sunderland control yoke, plus several photographs.
BTW, the chaps in India were not emancipated but emaciated, I would imagine.

 

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Oblique aerial photograph taken from Short Sunderland Mark III, W4030 'H', of No. 10 Squadron RAAF, while attacking German type VIIC submarine U-243, west of St Nazaire in the Bay of Biscay. Depth charges dropped by W4030, one of which crippled the U-boat, explode by its stern. Splashes from machine gun fire from the Sunderland's rear turret, which put both the submarine's 37-mm and port twin 20mm guns out of action, can be seen leading across the water below the DC explosion. After further attacks by another Sunderland of 10 Squadron RAAF and a Consolidated Liberator of the US Navy, U-243 was abandoned by its crew and sank.

Allied Aircraft: A Short Sunderland Mk II flying boat of 10 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, used for reconnaissance and anti-U-boat duties

Airmen of No. 10 Squadron RAAF attend to an overhaul of a Bristol Pegasus XXII engine on a Short Sunderland Mark I at Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire.

The bomb-aimer of a Short Sunderland Mark I of No. 10 Squadron RAAF sets his Mark IXA Course-setting Bombsight during a flight from Mount Batten, Devon.

The pilot and navigator of a Short Sunderland Mark I of No. 10 Squadron RAAF enjoy some refreshments while on convoy escort duty in the Atlantic.

Weatherbeaten Short Sunderland Mark III, W4004 'Z', of No. 10 Squadron RAAF is hauled up the slipway at Mount Batten, Devon, for an overhaul. Note the ASV Mark II anti-submarine radar aerial masts and transmitter loops on the rear fuselage.

A crew member of a Short Sunderland Mark I of No. 10 Squadron RAAF, washing up in the galley during a flight.

A Short Sunderland Mark III of No. 10 Squadron RAAF on the water after alighting to rescue 3 survivors from a Vickers Wellington of No. 172 Squadron RAF, clinging to a one-man dinghy (seen at right) after being shot down in the Bay of Biscay while attacking a German submarine on 26 August 1944. Although it was forbidden for flying boats to alight on the open sea in rescue attempts, the pilot of the Sunderland, Flight Lieutenant W B Tilley, decided the survivors could wait no longer for surface craft to arrive, and touched down to pick them up for a safe return to Mount Batten, Devon. A fourth member of the Wellington crew, Flying Officer R B Gray RCAF, refused to risk the lives of the other survivors by overloading the dinghy, although he was seriously injured. He succumbed during their fifteen-hour ordeal at sea and was awarded a posthumous George Cross.

 

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The two side-gunners in a Short Sunderland Mark I of No. 10 Squadron RAAF, mount watch from their positions by the open dorsal hatches mid-way along the fuselage, during a flight. Two .303 Vickers K-type gas-operated guns were usually fitted in these positions during operations

 

[dinomartino1]

Sunderland Mark III/Mark V prototype conversion, ML839 ‘A’, of No. 10 Squadron RAAF based at Mount Batten, Devon, making a test flight off the South Coast. ML839 was refitted with Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90 Twin Wasps in place of its Bristol Pegasus XVIIIs by No.10 Squadron

Short Sunderland Mark Is of No. 10 Squadron RAAF, at their moorings at Mount Batten, Devon.

Sergeant Patrick McCombie, a flight engineer of the Royal Australian Air Force, in his bunk on board a Short Sunderland of No. 10 Squadron RAAF at Mount Batten, Plymouth, Devon.

The navigator of a Short Sunderland Mark I of No. 10 Squadron RAAF, plots a change of course at his position during a flight..