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1207:No. 395 Expeditionary Combat Support Wing RAAF
599:at RAAF Museum. Retrieved on 24 November 2010.
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727:. Canberra: Australian War Memorial.
713:. Canberra: Australian War Memorial.
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1640:No. 111 Air-Sea Rescue Flight RAAF
547:Australian Dictionary of Biography
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692:Australian Defence Force Academy
584:. Retrieved on 24 November 2010.
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738:Oxford University Press
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240:PBY Catalina
236:43 Squadrons
228:Nos. 20
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176:Nos. 20
172:PBY Catalina
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85:Part of
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1775:forward air
622:30 November
582:RAAF Museum
152:No. 76 Wing
95:Engagements
1956:RAAF wings
1950:Categories
736:. London:
647:References
446:Gillison,
433:Stephens,
359:propaganda
297:Manila Bay
281:Balikpapan
220:minelaying
208:Townsville
196:propaganda
188:minelaying
71:Minelaying
1798:transport
1232:squadrons
721:(1968) .
700:224054611
293:Rathmines
291:based at
52:Australia
44:1944–1945
776:cite web
636:Helson,
559:Odgers,
528:Eather,
492:Odgers,
479:Odgers,
461:Helson,
451:, p. 518
418:Odgers,
388:, p. 119
353:against
273:Surabaya
1863:flights
1800:flights
1631:air-sea
1600:flights
532:, p. 80
318:Wenchow
285:Tarakan
277:Morotai
265:Celebes
245:sorties
202:History
190:in the
174:units:
158:(RAAF)
49:Country
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351:Labuan
271:, and
234:, and
182:, and
154:was a
136:Patrol
57:Branch
41:Active
1694:units
1610:units
979:wings
902:Group
384:AWM,
373:Notes
313:Isuzu
305:Leyte
782:link
742:ISBN
696:OCLC
671:ISBN
624:2010
365:and
283:and
269:Java
160:wing
77:Size
67:Role
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