RAAF
20 Squadron
Pilot FLTLT Robert Thompson
2nd Pilot FLTLT Paul Metzler
Wireless/ Gunner SGT Leo Clarke
1st Engineer CPL Jack Perret
2nd Engineer LAC Ken Parkyn
1st Wireless LAC M. Sollit
Rigger LAC Bill Blackman
Armourer LAC J. Cox
Shot Down January 21, 1942
Aircraft History
Constructors Number 250. Delivered by Qantas as VH-AFI on August 16, 1941. Assigned to 20 Squadron on September 11, 1941.
Mission History
Shot down near Kavieng on a reconnaissance mission. There were five survivors who were picked up by a Japanese cruiser and became POW for the duration of the war.
References
"The Day a Cat's Luck Gave Out" by Bob Piper.
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