461 SQUADRON RAAF

Sunderland A 461 Sqdn RAAF

[QUOTE=marshee;1406155]Regarding the above Marsh Godsall was one of my fathers closest friends Iam named after him my research discloses that whilst 12/zg26 operated from Herdla in this period their combat records do not disclose this attack My thread of 13 April 2009 explains what is thought to have happened Can you authenticate what Laurent Rizzoti states[ or what web site he was on/QUOTE]

The following was posted by Laurent Rizzotti on another forum.

“On the 1st October ML735 took off at 12.25 for an anti submarine patrol with 11 crew (7 RAAF and 4 RAFVR) the Captain was 429427 Fl/Lt Godsall RAAF with 419013 F/O E. .B. Willis 2nd Pilot RAAF – 408152 F/O D.J. Jennings RAAF 3rd Pilot. Their operational area was to be off the Norwegian coast but what they did not know was that on that day 12/ZG26 was moving all its BF110G from Oerlandet near Trondheim to a new base at Herdla which is on an island off Bergen. They attacked the Sunderland and shot it down 30 miles west of Bergen with the loss of the entire crew.”

Regarding the above Marsh Godsall was one of my fathers closest friends Iam named after him my research discloses that whilst 12/zg26 operated from Herdla in this period their combat records do not disclose this attack My thread of 13 April 2009 explains what is thought to have happenedCan you authenticate what Laurent Rizzoti states

Very many thanks for all of your valuable information on ML735
I am researching my family tree – George Lindsay Toose Fl Sgt 423267 D.O.B17 May 1921 at Lockhart NSW enlisted in RAAF in Sydney on 20 June 1942
was previously enlisted in the Australian Army date of enlistment 28 July 1940 and discharged 1 Feb 1942 posting at discharge – 21 Reconnaissance Battalion
I would be most grateful if anyone has any further information on this best buddy Edwin Willis who was also on ML735
Kind regards
wdscott18

The following was posted by Laurent Rizzotti on another forum.

“On the 1st October ML735 took off at 12.25 for an anti submarine patrol with 11 crew (7 RAAF and 4 RAFVR) the Captain was 429427 Fl/Lt Godsall RAAF with 419013 F/O E. .B. Willis 2nd Pilot RAAF – 408152 F/O D.J. Jennings RAAF 3rd Pilot. Their operational area was to be off the Norwegian coast but what they did not know was that on that day 12/ZG26 was moving all its BF110G from Oerlandet near Trondheim to a new base at Herdla which is on an island off Bergen. They attacked the Sunderland and shot it down 30 miles west of Bergen with the loss of the entire crew.”

I assume you have done the typical google search and reached that general information, ran across a reference to a book that might be of help IF you can find a copy

Ashworth, Norman, Air Commodore RAAF. The Anzac squadron: a history of No. 461 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force, 1942-1945. Carlisle, Australia: Hesperian Press, 1994. ix, 275 p.: ill.: pbk. [The squadron’s operations from, and life in, Pembroke Dock].