page_title: No. 111 Air-Sea Rescue Flight RAAF
hierarchical_section_title: No. 111 Air-Sea Rescue Flight RAAF
caption_attribution_description: English: AWM Caption: MADANG, NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-01. IN 1944-12 THE STORY OF THE DRAMATIC RESCUE OF AN AMERICAN AIR-CREW WHICH HAD CRASH-LANDED IN THE SEA IN ENEMY-CONTROLLED WATERS NEAR BORAM IN NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA WAS TOLD. THE CAPTAIN OF THE RESCUING CATALINA FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (FLT LT) I. J. L. WOOD, IPSWICH, QLD, RECEIVED AN IMMEDIATE AWARD OF THE DFC FOR HIS SKILL AND GALLANTRY. WITH HIS CREW, AND AIRCRAFT OF NO. 111 AIR SEA RESCUE FLIGHT RAAF, LEFT TO RIGHT: FLT LT WOOD, FLIGHT SERGEANT (FLT SGT) D. N. BEATON, WARBURTON, VIC, FLYING OFFICER B.W. BENTLEY, MAGILL, SA, WARRANT OFFICER A. V. DAWSON, NAROGIN, WA, FLT SGT P. FLETCHER, SOUTHPORT, QLD, FLT SGT S. BENWICK, BANKSTOWN, NSW, SERGEANT C. THORSBOURNE, BRISBANE, QLD, FLT SGT P. S. LINDSAY, CREMORNE, NSW AND FLT SGT S. A. CARWARDINE, KUKERIN, WA.
context_page_description: No. 111 Air-Sea Rescue Flight was a Royal Australian Air Force unit of World War II.
  It was formed at Madang in New Guinea on 13 December 1944 and was equipped with Consolidated Catalinas.
  The flight's role was to carry out search and rescue operations and provide air-sea rescue support to other aircraft during attacks on Japanese targets. The flight's aircraft also conducted offensive operations and dropped supplies on behalf of the Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit.
  Following the end of the war the Flight moved to Port Moresby on 18 March 1946 and was disbanded there on 24 January 1947.
context_section_description: No. 111 Air-Sea Rescue Flight was a Royal Australian Air Force unit of World War II.
  It was formed at Madang in New Guinea on 13 December 1944 and was equipped with Consolidated Catalinas.
  The flight's role was to carry out search and rescue operations and provide air-sea rescue support to other aircraft during attacks on Japanese targets. The flight's aircraft also conducted offensive operations and dropped supplies on behalf of the Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit.
  Following the end of the war the Flight moved to Port Moresby on 18 March 1946 and was disbanded there on 24 January 1947.
caption: A No. 111 Flight crew with a Catalina in early 1945. The captain, Flight Lieutenant I. J. L. Wood (left), was awarded a DFC for rescuing a US air crew from enemy-controlled waters during 1944.
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