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Austers at War Connellan Airways I I * 1 ■1 if lif ■ m :fllH I ■ if L, ,Jli^ I 1 ■If M n ffiODlI i® Sli; mm wm The Journal of the Aviation Historical Society of Australia Inc. aoossgssp mI Volume 28 Number 3 June 1997 i fltfliS Austers At War IS Connellan Airways Paddy Heffernan ~ Series ~ Part 1 ■ t i i /yVi7IAT10N IfERITAiGE I______ i I_____I “■ The Journal of the Aviation Historical Society of Hustralia Inc. adossassp Volame 28 ilambcr 3 Jane 1997 Editorial This issue marks the fourth that I have produced in just over a year. EDITORS, DESIGN & PRODUCTION I feel that the Society now has a consistent product to ‘sell’ and we Bill and Judith Baker should at long last start increasing our membership, however this is Address all correspondence to; also a job for all. Those within range are encouraged to attend your The Editor, local Branch meeting. If your state has not got a Branch, why not AHSA, think about starting one. Federal President Keith Meggs (phone P.O. Box 2007, number below) will give you a hand. South Melbourne 3205 Victoria, Australia. You will notice a couple of changes with this issue. Starting at the Subscription Rates; front, our new cover design which has been designed, by Gordon Australia A$40. Bird, to give a thirtie’s look. I have instigated a “Talkback” page, Rest of World A$50. Surface Mail which is really a letters to the Editor page, but is designed to add A$65. Surface Airlifted further information on past articles, and finally, a further expansion to A$85. Air Mail 40 pages. This is to keep faith with those members who have taken Overseas payment to be in Australian the time and effort to contribute an article, I feel that we must publish these as soon as possible. Every Club magazine lives or dies on the currency by International Money Order contributions of its members, why not let me know of your project. or Bank Draft. Overseas personal cheques cannot be accepted. The Editor’s wish list; Articles for Publication; Australian Airlines, Vietnam, Korea. Are to be on an Australian theme. The Editor reserves the right to edit any Cover article accepted for publication. One of the photos in Greg Sherman’s 16 AOP Auster collection, Payment is not made for articles. shows an Auster being unloaded from Tank Landing Craft 591 at Please include sufficient postage for the Labuan. Most of the photos in Greg’s article have never been return of originals if that is required. published before. A - H and the Computer; Contributions for the Journal are most welcome in any Contents; form, but if you have a computer, 67 Austers at War Greg Sherman exported on a S'A” disc in ASSCII 76 Noted in Passing - Alf Ashley Mac Job format (plain text), or WIN 6, would be 78 Larkin Lark Doug Pardee just great! (Include hard copy also). 79 Gipsy Moth Among the Vines Sydney Hamilton Disclaimer; 1. Whilst every effort is 82 Pioneer Australian Autogyro Greg Banfield made to check the authenticity of the 85 A Woodworker’s Experience Jack Rogers material and advertising printed, the 86 Talkback - Letters to the Editor Publishers, Editors, and the Aviation 87 Connelian Airways Ian Leslie Historical Society of Australia and its 88 Patrick George Heffernan Prologue Office Bearers cannot accept 97 So you want to be a pilot Paddy Heffernan responsibility for any non-performance. 101 Too little-too late, the CA15 David Eyre 2. The views expressed in ‘Aviation Heritage’ are not necessarily those of Meetings of the AHSA - the AHSA or its Editors. AVIATION HERITAGE Melbourne Branch: The fourth Wednesday in every month 7.30 ISSN 0815-4392 at the Airforce Association, Cromwell Street, South Yarra. Further information - Keith Meggs 9580 0140 Print Post Approved PP320418/00017 The NSW Branch: The first Wednesday in every month 7.45 at © 1997 By the Publishers; Studio 1 at The Powerhouse Museum, enter from the Macarthur AVIATION HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF Street end.. Further information - Gordon Lasslett 9416 7603 AUSTRALIA INC., A00336S3P P.O. BOX 2007 Please note our new postal address; SOUTH MELBOURNE 3205, P.O. Box 2007, South Melbourne 3025 VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA 66 AHSA Aviation Heritage AUSTERS AT WAR The History of 16 AOP, R.A.A.F. by GREG SHERMAN The urgent need by both the Army and the RA4Ffor a light spotting/commiinications type aircraft led to a request from the Australian Dept, of Air to the British Air Ministry for the supply of a suitable aircraft. The area of senhce would be in the South West Pacific theatre of operations where Australian forces were heavily engaged with those of Japan. The US land forces at that time were using various American light observation aircraft. The author Greg Sherman flew the Piper L4, but states that the Auster vras by far a better prospect for the role it had to undertake. The aircraft offered by the British A ir Ministiy were British Taylorcraft 'A uster' Model E's which became known in Australia as Mark Ill's. These particular aeroplanes had seen considerable prior service with British forces having been constructed in the main in 1942/43. One of the chief considerations was their history of field repair and the fact that the powerplant, the de Havilland Gipsy Major was currently being manufactured in Australia by General Motors Holden in Melbourne, as a con.seqiience, many A usters came here less engines. The first ofthe.se second hand aircraft arrived in Melbourne aboard the S.S.Samanco on Saturday Jth.September 1944. The 19 aircraft were transported by rail to 2AD (Aircraft Depot) at Richmond NSW, where they were assembled and test flown. It is interesting to note that prior to 1962 all rail traffic between Melbourne and Sydney had to tranship at Albury on the Victorian/New South Wales border because the two states ’ rail guages were not compatible, a legacy of colonial jealousies. The newly arrived British Taylorcrafts (Austers) were given the RAAFprefix A-11. C/n 238, MZ 105, became All-1, this aircraft first flew at Rearsby, British Taylorcrafts factory, on the 30th. December 1942. 16 AOP was formed as part of 83 wing and as part of No. 4 Squadron. An Army Co-Operation Wing as it's name implies worked with army forces providing them with a number of essential services, namely; tactical reconnaissance, artillery reconnaissance, supply by air to troops, and the 'lead in' of attacking squadrons. It is interesting to note aircraft being used in these duties ranged from Wirraways and Boomerangs down to the Auster. This the only history of 16 AOP that I believe has been written. Accompanying this history are some photographs, most of which have never been printed before, from various collections. Greg Sherman had flown Boomerangs with 4 Squadron in Papua-New Guinea prior to graduating to All Austers. Gregflew with 16 AOP from its inception until it was disbanded and returned to Australia in late November 1945. The events listed here come from his Log-Book, official RAAF records, and the Australian War Memorial. It could be logically argued that the Australian Army Aviation Wing grew out of 16 and 17 AOP - BILL BAKER. R,A.A.F No. 4 Squadron's baby brother. 16 Air Headquarters and under the direct control of No. 83 Observation Post Flight (16 AOP) equipped with All (Army Co-operation) Wing Headquarters. Austers was formed to establishment at Lae, New The Auster known as "the flying jeep and, Guinea, on 20.10.44. as a separate Air Force unit grasshopper", radio equipped (when required) was a within the command of Northern Command side-by-side two-seater, high wing monoplane, powered by a 130 hp Gipsy Major engine, with a range of "75 mins, at a cruising speed of 90 mph". Its short take-off and landing capability, clear observation and manoeuvrability made it ideal for Army Co-Op. In reality our Austers had, by actual test (03.03.45) an endurance of 1 hr 40 mins. The function of the AOP was : 1. Provide elevated observation for observing officers to carry out shoots or reconnaissance. 2. Contact and general close reconnaissance. 3. Reconnaissance by commands and staff officers including R.A.E. and administrative services. 4. Message, dispatch and pamphlet dropping. A11-30 being unloaded at Balikpapan. 5. Inter communication. 67 AHSA Aviation Heritage Lae, arriving 19,10.44 and set up camp alongside the strip. 16 AOP Flight was placed in support of Headquarters, First Australian Army. During our extended six months at Lae we fine-tuned our capabilities, conducted R/T and "arty " (artillery) shoot practice, photography, message drops, air searches, transported urgent medical supplies, evacuated seriously wounded personnel, conducted several operational Tac/Rs (Tactical Reconnaissance) -to 6. Minor supply in emergency. 7. Evacuation of casualties in emergency. 8. Naval co-operation in amphibious operations, with the limitation that "it would not fly over enemy occupied territory" (?!!!). 08.10,44 at 2AD Richmond, N.S.W. 16 AOPs Salamau Strip - Nov 1944. We enjoy a beer! formation aircrew comprised four pilots - F/Os L to R; ??, F/O Col Colmor, F/O Stu McIntyre, LAC G. Sherman, S. McIntyre and D. Darbishire under the “Short/' Bracken, F/O Dave Darbishire. command of F/L R. Drabsch (arrived Lae 27,10.44) - Boana, Tsilli Tsilli, Angisi, Buso area, Wau Rd. etc. all ex 4 Sqn. The aircraft, assembled, were test flown and ferried army personnel to distant outposts, as far by us (no parachutes in Austers), during our conversion afield as Annanberg, stretching aircraft endurance to (teaching each other) with varying degrees of success, the limit! Reconnaissance flights were made of the particularly during the landing! The pilot, on the left Annanberg-Angetti area.
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