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Australia’s War Diary- November 1940
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50 Years Ago …
The character of the air war in Europe is changing. Now over England the German bombers come only at night, aiming at industrial targets but they find precision difficult in the darkness. The Blitz leads to more and more civilian casualties.
Towards the end of October, weather conditions over the UK had gone from bad to worse. In November the deterioration continues. Frequent gales which lash the west and south coasts of Britain cause the loss of 3 Coastal Command flying boats at their moorings. At such times it is normal practice to put a skeleton crew on board the Sunderlands of 10 Squadron RAAF to, if necessary, run the engines and keep the strain off the mooring cables. During one such gale at Mount Batten, a Sunderland breaks its moorings and, although he has had no instruction in taxying these huge aircraft, Corporal Harold Martin starts engines and moves it to a safer anchorage. His prompt action saves the flying boat, and others nearby, from serious damage. He is Mentioned in Despatches.
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