JAPANESE RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHT
OVER DRYSDALE AREA, WA
ON 7 NOVEMBER 1943

On 7 November 1943, a Japanese aircraft was reported flying a reconnaissance flight in the Drysdale area near Truscott airfield in Western Australia

Spitfires from the Darwin area were unable to locate the aircraft. A "Dinah" had been intercepted in the same are the previous day.

REFERENCE BOOKS

"Always First - The RAAF Airfield Construction Squadrons 1942-1974" (page 41)
by David Wilson

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