The town of Pembroke Dock in south-west Wales was originally established as a Royal Navy shipyard in 1814. In 1930 the Royal Air Force (RAF) established a flying boat base there utilising many of the facilities of the old dockyard that had been closed in 1926. During the Second World War ten separate Coastal Command squadrons, including both 10 and 461 Squadrons, RAAF, operated from Pembroke Dock for varying periods. At the peak of operations there, Pembroke Dock was the largest flying boat base in the world and was home to almost 100 aircraft and 1,000 personnel. Aircraft operating from Pembroke Dock were predominantly employed on patrols over the south-western Atlantic approaches to Great Britain. Both the town and dock facilities were subjected to numerous German bombing raids, particularly during 1940, and over 200 houses were destroyed. The RAF closed the flying boat base in 1959.
Details: Australian War Memorial
Details: Australian War Memorial
Sergeant Gordon James GOULD 1785
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 10 Squadron
Died 11-6-1941(Ground Battle, Wales) aged 27years
Son of Frederick J. & Maude E. Gould, Alphington, Victoria
Husband of Doris Gould, of Bairnsdale, Victoria.
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 10 Squadron
Died 11-6-1941(Ground Battle, Wales) aged 27years
Son of Frederick J. & Maude E. Gould, Alphington, Victoria
Husband of Doris Gould, of Bairnsdale, Victoria.
Squadron Leader Albert Norman HICK 127
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 10 Squadron
Died 26-6-1941 (Flying Battle, UK) aged 27years
Son of Albert William & Emma Jane Hick
Husband of Jessie Eileen Hick, Netherby, South Australia
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 10 Squadron
Died 26-6-1941 (Flying Battle, UK) aged 27years
Son of Albert William & Emma Jane Hick
Husband of Jessie Eileen Hick, Netherby, South Australia
Flying Officer Ronald Bruce SCUTTS 836
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 10 Squadron
Died 19-7-1942 (accidental) aged 25years
Son of Henry Albert & Anna Scutts, Dulwich Hill, N.S.W.
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 10 Squadron
Died 19-7-1942 (accidental) aged 25years
Son of Henry Albert & Anna Scutts, Dulwich Hill, N.S.W.