Glimpse of the RAAF Meteorological Service
Preface
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1: Growing Up
Chapter 2: Port Moresby Before Pearl Harbour
Chapter 3: Port Moresby After Pearl Harbour
Chapter 4: Allied Air Force HQ and RAAF Command, Brisbane
Chapter 5: Japan Surrenders and We Are Demobilised
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Appendix 1: References
Appendix 2: Milestones
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1918
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1932
1933
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1937
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1939
1940–1944
1940
1941
Dec 1941–Jan 1942
1942
1943
1944
1944–1945
1945
1946
Appendix 3: Papers Published in Tropical Weather Research Bulletins
Appendix 4: Radiosonde Observations 1941–46
Index
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1944–1945
RAAF mainly engaged in operations in Solomons, New Guinea and islands of NEI although Catalinas engaged in mine laying as far as Philippines and Hong Kong.
1 Jul: W. J. Gibbs promoted Squadron Leader, RAAF.
20 Oct: MacArthur lands on island of Leyte in Philippines.
1945
6 Aug: USAF Superfortress Enola Gay drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima.30 Aug: MacArthur arrives by air at Atsugi Airport, west of Yokohama.
2 Sep: Japanese formally surrender to MacArthur on battleship USS Missouri.
2 Sep: RAAF Command abolished. Replaced by Advanced Headquarters RAAF, located in Brisbane.
28 Nov: With Sqn Ldr A.Cornish, W. J. Gibbs proceeded to Japan by DC-3 aircraft as member of Australian military mission.
1946
3 Jan: W. J. Gibbs returned to Brisbane by civil aircraft.15 May: W. J. Gibbs posted to RAAF Depot Bradfield Park Sydney.
24 May: W. J. Gibbs demobilised from RAAF.
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