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| | ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE |
 | | In fact, for a period during this time, No. 10 squadron operated from Royal Air Force Station, Mount Batten, which used the waters of Plymouth Sound as it's 'airfield' and which is overlooked by our memorial. |
 | | The first squadron to ' go operational' was No. 10, whose crews came to England just before the outbreak of war, to take delivery of a number of short Sunderland Flying Boats which, following conversion to type, they were due to ferry back to Australia. |
 | | The RAAF operated in all theatres, and Australians took part in every major action in Europe either with the RAAF or as members of the RAF, including the Battle of Britain, the 'Dams Raid' by 617 squadron, RAF and the raid against the German Battleship "Tirpitz". |
| www.airscene.org /monument/Australia.htm (341 words) |
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