NO. 3 WIRELESS AIR GUNNERS SCHOOL
MARYBOROUGH, QUEENSLAND
WACKETT FORCE LANDED AT OAKEY, QLD
ON 25 SEPTEMBER 1944

Wackett Trainer

No. 3 Wireless Airgunners School started to disband at Maryborough, QLD in September 1944.  On 25 September 1944, 35 Wacketts departed for Ballaratt, via Narromine, NSW. Unfortunately only 34 arrived, as one made a forced landing near Oakey, QLD, due to excessive oil consumption, and was severely damaged.

REFERENCE BOOK

NOT TO BE SHOT AT OR EXPORTED
An airman's Letters Home 1942-1945
By Leslie Harold Sullivan
Winner of the 1994 Heritage Award

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