Year by Year › 1945
1945
The Pacific, and home
Ruler sails for Australia and joins the British Pacific Fleet, supporting the fleet off the Sakishima Islands in May and the raid on Truk in June. Bill then flies from RNAS Nowra near Sydney. His last flight is on 27 November 1945. He is home in Canada by March 1946.
17 letters · 48 flights, 45 hours 40 minutes
February
March
April
May
Places named
June
August
Flew
13 flights, 11 hours 20 minutes: Corsair 7, Reliant 4, Martinet 1, Tiger Moth 1
September
Places named
Flew
9 flights, 10 hours 55 minutes: Reliant 4, Corsair 4, Avenger 1
October
Places named
Flew
14 flights, 10 hours 10 minutes: Reliant 12, Seafire 1, Corsair 1
November
Places named
Flew
12 flights, 13 hours 15 minutes: Corsair 6, Reliant 6