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Crete. 1944-11-26. This Baltimore bomber aircraft of No. 459 Squadron RAAF based at Berka in the Western Desert, North Africa, was hit in the port engine and port mainplane by A/A (anti-aircraft) fire while dropping leaflets over German forces in the north-western corner of Crete and made a successful forced landing on an emergency landing in a friendly part of the island. The crew of the aircraft was 402029 Warrant Officer (WO) R. W. D. Calvert, pilot, of Lane Cove, NSW, 422068 WO K. J. Wiblin, navigator, of Strathfield, NSW, 410754 WO R. Smith, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner (WOP/AG), of Carlton, Vic, and 425863 Flight Sergeant R. K. Mahoney, WOP/AG, of Rockhampton, Qld. After the landing in which the port tyre burst, the Cretan partisans came to inspect the aircraft.
Crete. 1944-11-26. After being hit by German A/A (anti-aircraft) fire over the north-western corner of Crete, the crew of a Baltimore bomber aircraft of No. 459 Squadron RAAF made a successful forced-
Crete. 1944-11-26. Old and young flocked to an emergency landing ground when a Baltimore bomber aircraft of No. 459 Squadron RAAF which was hit by A/A (anti-aircraft) fire while dropping leaflets over
Members of No. 459 (Baltimore) Squadron RAAF, passing through Athens on their way back to Africa to rejoin their squadron after having forced landed in Crete. These airmen struck up a friendship with
WESTERN DESERT, C. 1944. CREW OF A MARTIN BALTIMORE BOMBER, MEMBERS OF NO. 459 SQUADRON RAAF, STANDING BESIDE THE AIRCRAFT. L TO R: ROSS SMITH, REG W. CALVERT (PILOT), ROY MAHONEY AND KEN WIBLIN (NAVI
Berca, Cyrenaica. c. November 1944. Informal portrait of 402029 Warrant Officer (WO) R. W. (Reg) Calvert of Lane Cove, NSW, in the cockpit of his Martin Baltimore aircraft. WO Calvert is a member of N
Leuchars, Scotland. C. 1942-04. A group portrait of the aircrew members of No. 455 Squadron RAAF, at an RAF Station. Front row, left to right: Sergeant (Sgt) E. Smith, Wireless operator/air gunner (WO
