| What
is the longest serving individual aircraft in the Air Force? |
| Caribou
A4-140, which was delivered on March 12, 1964 and is still
in service with No. 38 Squadron, is the longest serving aircraft.
It also is the only RAAF aircraft ever hijacked, when its
crew was forced, at gunpoint, to fly refugees from Baucau,
East Timor, to Darwin, on September 4, 1975. |
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| Who
flew the first operational sortie by an Australian in World
War II? |
| Flying
Officer E. H. Ross, an Australian serving with No. 83 Squadron
RAF, flew the first sortie on September 2, 1939. He was killed
on August 12, 1940 when his Hampden was lost during a raid
on a bridge over the Dortmund-Ems canal. |
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| How
many US Presidential Citations have been awarded to RAAF squadrons? |
| There
have been two. Presidential Unit Citations were awarded to
Nos 2 and 13 Squadrons for their operations while based in
the Darwin area during 1942. |
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| Who
was the highest scoring RAAF ace of World War II? |
| Group
Captain C.R Caldwell was credited with 28½ victories after
service in the Middle East and South West Pacific theatre
of operations. |
