Portal:Military history of Australia/Units/July 25

A member of Z Special Unit conducting parachute training at Leyburn, possibly with No. 200 Flight

No. 200 Flight was a Royal Australian Air Force special duties flight of World War II. The Flight was formed at Leyburn, Queensland on 20th. February 1945 and by March was equipped with 6 heavily modified B-24 Liberator aircraft. There were nine eleven-man air crews and 450 ground crew. The Flight was controlled by the Allied Intelligence Bureau and was tasked with the insertion and supply of intelligence gathering parties behind Japanese lines. No. 200 Flight began flying operational missions over Borneo in March 1945 and the unit suffered a heavy casualty rate. No. 200 Flight was disbanded (4 months after the war ended) in December 1945.