posted 06-05- 05:40 AM               

Consequently 200 Flight RAAF was formed as a Special Duties (SD) unit at Leyburn, 37 kms from Toowoomba, on 20 February 1945.

Two 24 Squadron RAAF Liberators were initially assigned to 200 Flight to assist the Liberator from the 380th Bomb Group in training with "Z" Special Unit members at Leyburn.

Once 200 Flight was fully operational, it had six Liberators and 9 eleven-man crews with about 450 ground staff.

In the middle of March 1944, two Liberators (A72-159 and A72-192) Captained by the Commanding Officer, Squadron Leader H.G. "Graham" Pockley, DFC & Bar, and Flight Lieutenant Frank Ball, left Leyburn for McGuire Field on the Mindoro Island in the Philippines for their first mission. Two days later they took off to drop some Z Special "Semut 1" agents into Borneo. The mission was aborted due to low cloud. A second attempt on 21 March also failed due to bad weather. Finally on 24 March 1944 they were able to drop eight Z Secial Unit men into Borneo. The two aircraft on this final attempt were A72-159 and A72-191. The latter aircraft did not return from this mission. It is believed that it may have been shot down by a vessel that it was seen to be attacking. 200 Flight's Commanding Officer was the pilot of the missing A72-191.

Crew of B24 Liberator (A72-177) crashed in British North Borneo 21 May 1945, on "AGAS 2" sortie with the loss of the following men:

Aircrew:

ANDERSON. JCW. F/Sgt.
CORMACK. PH. WO.
DAVERN. OWJ /Sgt.
EMMETT. KRN. F/Lt.
GRAHAM. JO. /Lt.
PROUDLOCK. R. WO.
SHORTER. ET.WO.
STARR. LJ Sgt.
TAYLOR. RL. F/0.
THEYER. EF. F/0.
WALKER. RN. F/0.

Z Special Unit(SRD)Operatives:

ELTHAM. TI. Capt
HARDIE. KL. Pte
McLAREN. LA. Lt.

200 Flight RAAF lost 3 aircraft during its operations, along with 46 men from the RAAF and SRD.

" Lest we forget "