Branch - Sunderland Squadrons
The AFA Victoria Sunderland Branch incorporates 10 Squadron RAAF, the first RAAF Squadron in action in WWII, 461 Squadron RAAF, the Anzac Squadron and 13 RAF Squadrons.
Meetings
Meets at Malvern East RSL, the first Thursday of each month.
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SUNDERLAND SQUADRON BRANCH NEWSLETTER - WINTER 2018
In this edition: the ANZAC Day March 2018 | 75th Anniversary Commemoration – Praa Sands, Cornwall | New Corgi Aircraft Model: the Sunderland Mk III | Coming Events| ...and more.
A26 Short Sunderland
The prototype Short Sunderland flying boat first flew on 16 October 1937, and nine Mk I versions were ordered for the RAAF under the A18 designation. However, when No 10 Squadron accepted the first aircraft, P9048, at Pembroke Dock on 11 September 1939, the squadron remained in the UK with RAF-serialled Sunderlands, and was later joined by No 461 Squadron. From the first confirmed submarine "kill" by Flight Lieutenant W. N. Gibson's crew on 1 July 1940, the two squadrons destroyed almost a dozen U-boats.