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Aircraft - Curtiss P-40E A29-113 (RAAF)
While flying this aircraft, Dick Creswell became the first Australian pilot to shoot down an enemy aircraft over
mainland Australia - a Japanese 'Betty' bomber attacking Darwin.

Dick Creswell's P-40E, A29-113
Aircraft - Curtiss P-40N A29-607 (RAAF)
A29-607 was allotted to the CO of 80 Squadron, Wing Commander John Waddy in September 1944 at Noemfoor
Island. Waddy was one of the highest scoring 'aces' of the RAAF, he had shot down 15.5 German aircraft while
serving with RAF squadrons in the Middle East.
Aircraft - Lockheed P-38H Lightning The Japanese Sandman (USAAF)
More info about Japanese Sandman.
Scenery - Truscott
Truscott was one of the largest operational airbases to be located in Australia. From here, Australian, American,
British and Dutch forces fought the Japanese in what is now Indonesia. The last aircraft to be shot down over
Australian soil, a Mitsubishi Ki-46(II) Dinah was claimed by two Spitfire pilots of 54 (RAF) Squadron and
crashed into Varsittart Bay not far from the base. The field was named after Squadron Leader Keith "Bluey"
Truscott, CO of 76 Squadron who had previously flown Spitfires in Europe.

RAAF B-24J Liberator of 24 Squadron flying over Truscott, Western Australia
Scenery - Cowra POW Camp
Built in 1941, Cowra was the site of the largest prison break out in history. On the night of 4/5 August 1944,
Japanese POWs started a riot in which many managed to escape. Within the next few days, all
escapees were found. During the riot, four Australian soldiers were killed, and another four were wounded.
The camp was dismantled in 1947.
Scenery - Tocumwal
Tocumwal (McIntyre Field) was originally set up as a large bomber base by the USAAF in preparation for the Japanese
invasion of Australia. By the time the base was completed, the Japanese were on the defensive and the base was
handed over to the RAAF. From here, No. 7 Operational Training Unit, the RAAF's largest operator of the B-24
Liberator, conducted training operations on the aircraft.
Scenery - Mildura
The RAAF's No. 2 Operational Training Unit, flying Kittyhawks, Spitfires, Wirraways, Boomerangs and later Mustangs
trained at Mildura. Some of the RAAF's most famous fighter pilots were stationed here at one time or another,
these included Clive Caldwell, Bobby Gibbes, Nicky Barr, John Waddy, Peter Jeffrey and Ed Jackson.
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