JAPANESE RECCE FLIGHT
OVER TOWNSVILLE, QLD
ON 22 MARCH 1942

The War Diary for the 31st Battalion shows the following entry on 22 March 1942:-

1200? hours 22 March 1942
Second Jap RECCE plane over city

The War Diary for "Townsville Fixed Defences Heavy Artillery" has the following entry for 22 March 1942:-

"Unidentified Aircraft over aerodrome at 1200 hrs. at great height. May have been Wirraway.

Note:- I cannot find any reference to this in NEA HQs, 3 FSHQ or 4 VAOC ORBs. So I am unsure if the entry in the 31st Battalion War Diary is correct. There was however a detailed report of a Japanese Recce aircraft over Townsville on the previous day in the War Diary for "Townsville Fixed Defences Heavy Artillery".

REFERENCES

31st Battalion War Diary, AWM file, page 36

Townsville Fixed Defences Heavy Artillery March - April 1942 (AWM)

Can anyone help me with more information?

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