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Unit Title: Radar Station
Equipment Type: ENG Mk V COL
Formation Order: AFCO 139/42
Disbandment Order: AFCO B218/46 |
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Notes:
- ENG COL with an AW aerial
- PltOff Harris admitted to hospital and then returned in MAR44
- Posting date of FlgOff Ward unknown only that he was replaced by FlgOff Meekin
- Accommodated in Margaret Mann Memorial Home for Orphan Boys - Wynnum North.
- Echoes of a possible submarine, or unidentified ship, were reported by 23RS to 8FS just before the sinking of the Centaur. An inquiry was held after the incident but the unit A50s makes no mention of either the plot report or the subsequent inquiry.
- Window was dropped by a Hudson at 14 miles and the aircraft was lost in the saturation echo. Also, in July 1944 experimental was carried out with Section 22 but it so secret that the unit was not advised of the results.
Location 27d25m00sS 150d10m00sE Elevation 130 feet
2002 Location - 27d25m49sS 153d09m44sE
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