FLIGHT SERGEANT JACK (JOHN)
MCNALLY (3372)
24 SQUADRON RAAF
Flight Sergeant Jack (John) McNally RAAF (3372) served in the RAAF from 16 May 1938 to 8 August 1946.
On 1 March 1943 Jack was posted from 6SFTS Mallala to 55 OBU to do a Conversion Course on B-24 Liberators. He completed this course with the 380th Bombardment Group, USAAF at Fenton in the Northern Territory.
From there he was posted to 24 Squadron at Manbullo airfield in the Northern Territory near Katherine. 24 Squadron RAAF was based at Manbullo airfield from June to September 1944. Later the squadron transferred to Moratai in Indonesia.
As the war ended Jack was posted to 25 Squadron at Cunderdin in West Australia until his discharge on 8 August 1946.
Flight Sergeant Jack McNally was a Fitter 2A in charge of ground crew.
When Jack McNally contacted me on 20 March 2005, he was 86 years old and living in Perth. Jack travelled to Adelaide on 14 March 2005 until 18 March 2005 with his daughter Wendy Coultas to re-trace his time at Mallala. He also hoped to visit the 24 Squadron Museum.
The following photographs were supplied by Jack McNally via his daughter Wendy Coultas
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Jack McNally in uniform |
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24 Squadron "B" Flight |
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Crashed aircraft |
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Vultee Vengeances |
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Aircrew |
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B-24 Liberator Darwin 1943 |
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B-24 Liberator Darwin 1943 |
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"Bail-out Belle", B-24 Liberator, Darwin, 1943 |
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"Lucky Don", B-24 Liberator Darwin 1943 |
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B-24 Liberator Darwin 1943 |
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Three WW1 Bulldog Fighter aircraft over RAAF Point Cook, Victoria, Formation Training, June 1938 |
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"A" Flight, 24 Squadron |
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Sergeant's Mess No. 1 SFTS Thursday 10 April 1941, Le Diner Menu |
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Dragon Rapide, an Air Ambulance based at Laverton |
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Hawker Demon, from Point Cook, flying over Port Melbourne in 1938 |
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A different version of the above photo. This Hawker demon flying over Port Melbourne was the first Hawker demon that John McNally was to service. |
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Jack McNally's first parade in Melbourne, November 1938 |
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No. 48 Drill Squad, Laverton, May 1938 |
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Avro Ansons and Hawker Demons on the Parade Ground at Laverton for the inspection by RAF Air Marshall Inspector from England. Parhfinders) |
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Sergeants Ambury, Holmes and Jack McNally |
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Hut 17, Mallala, "Crayfish Joe" (Dave Methven), WO Bartholomew, and Jack McNally |
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Flight Lieutenant Terry Duigan's crew of 530 Bomb Squadron, 380th Bomb Group, USAAF |
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B-24 Liberator, "Northern Terror", Jack McNally during training on the Liberator while attached to the 380th Bomb Group. |
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Training on the B-24 Liberator while attached to the 380th Bomb Group. |
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NA 36 American Wirraway based at Laverton, Victoria, 1938. The American Wirraway had fixed undercarriage while the Australia version had retractable undercarriage. |
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Seagull at Point Cook in 1938. The Seagull was a wooden aircraft. |
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Avro Anson A4-17 crashed into Drake Gulley at Laverton airfield in about June 1938 when the brakes failed. The same pilot was killed 4 days later when he hit some power line trying to carry out an emergency landing. |
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Crash of Avro Anson A4-29 at Mount Ramano, Victoria on 11 August 1938. Four of the crew were killed in this tragic crash. One crew member survived with only a few cuts. |
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Two Avro Ansons that collided near Brocklesby in New South Wales on 29 September 1940. |
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Two Avro Ansons that collided near Brocklesby in New South Wales on 29 September 1940. |
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Two Avro Ansons that collided near Brocklesby in New South Wales on 29 September 1940. Can anyone identify this person? |
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Mum with a Koala Bear |
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Mum and Dad (Jack McNally and his wife) |
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Morotai Cemetery |
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No. 48 Drill Squad, Laverton May 1938 |
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Picking up an Avro Anson that crashed at Burra 50 miles from Mallala |
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Picking up an Avro Anson that crashed at Burra 50 miles from Mallala |
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Picking up an Avro Anson that crashed at Burra 50 miles from Mallala |
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Picking up an Avro Anson that crashed at Burra 50 miles from Mallala |
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Picking up an Avro Anson that crashed at Burra 50 miles from Mallala |
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Picking up an Avro Anson that crashed at Burra 50 miles from Mallala |
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Picking up an Avro Anson that crashed at Burra 50 miles from Mallala |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I'd like to thank Jack McNally and his daughter Wendy Coultas for their assistance with this home page.
It is with deep regret that I advise that Jack McNally passed away at Hollywood Hospital on Sunday 23 October 2005.
Can anyone help me with more information?
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This page first produced 20 March 2005
This page last updated 13 January 2020
