The CHURCHILL WING

To defend northern Australia against Japanese air attack, Winston Churchill ordered the deployment of an RAF Spitfire wing, but it proved a frustrating experience for the pilots involved The pilots of No 548 Squadron pose with their Spitfire VIIIs after arriving at Darwin in July 1944. The nearest aircraft is A58-482/ TS-M, flown by Sqn Ldr Ray Watts in the attack on Selaroe on 5 September 1944. RAY WATTS The attack on the port of Darwin by almost 200 Japanese