Hello,
Incidental piece of information I have in my files:
On 27th April (1945), AUS427642 F/Lt (Pilot) Don GOODE RAAF and crew, in No.461 Sqn RAAF Sunderland V NJ264:UT-G, were involved in an air-sea rescue. After altering course to avoid a large cumulo-nimbus cloud they saw a Sunderland crash into the sea. The aircraft quickly sank, leaving seven survivors in a dinghy, to which Goode directed a nearby escort group. The aircraft was from No.228 Squadron, a sister squadron at Pembroke Dock.
See:
The Anzac Squadron A History of No.461 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force 1942 - 1945.
Ashworth,Norman (Air Comm., RAAF [Ret.]).
Carlisle(W.A.):Hesperian Press,1994.
p.228.
See also:
No.461 Sqn RAAF ORB. NAA: A9186, 148.
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/Sear...aspx?B=1359213 - pp.914-5 of 946.
Col.