World War II Valston Hancock

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group captains hancock (centre) , walters (second left), air commodore hewitt (second right), , chief of air staff, avm jones (right), 1942


in march 1940, hancock s directorate of works , buildings transferred office of chief of air staff newly formed organisation , equipment branch under air marshal richard williams. considered key part of air force s expansion during part of world war ii, works , bricks absorbed staff civil engineering , building experience in raaf active reserve. director, hancock responsible surveying , developing military aerodrome @ evans head, near queensland , new south wales border, became home no. 1 bombing , gunnery school (no. 1 bags). promoted wing commander, held command of no. 1 bags, operating fairey battle single-engined bombers, august 1940 until november 1941. promoted acting group captain in april 1941. appointed officer of order of british empire (obe) on 1 january 1942, hancock became assistant director of plans @ allied air forces headquarters, south west pacific area, april. made director of plans @ air force s main operational formation, raaf command, when established in september. in 1943–44, served staff officer administration western area command, maintained 2 bomber squadrons anti-submarine patrols , 2 fighter squadrons guard against possible attack on mainland japanese carrier-borne aircraft.



no. 100 squadron beauforts near wewak, 1945


hancock achieved combat command in january 1945, when took charge of no. 100 squadron, flying bristol beaufort light bombers during aitape-wewak campaign in new guinea. month, unit attacked japanese positions @ maprik, below prince alexander ranges, , cape moem, near wewak. on 1 april, hancock took on no. 71 wing, came under overall control of raaf northern command , nominally comprised nos. 7, 8 , 100 beaufort squadrons, flight of cac boomerang fighter-bombers no. 4 (army cooperation) squadron. augmented 2 more beaufort units, nos. 6 , 15 squadrons. providing close air support australian ground troops in lead-up final assault on wewak, wing flew on 1,400 sorties , dropped more 1,200 tons of bombs in may alone. mid-year, hancock s forces acutely short of fuel , ordnance, extent squadrons took arming beauforts captured japanese bombs. in july, enough supplies arrived enable wing continue operating @ normal strength. no. 71 wing active last day of pacific war, flying final combat mission involving 30 beauforts hours before news of victory arrived on 15 august 1945. hancock s distinguished flying on operations in northern command earned him distinguished flying cross; award published in london gazette on 22 february 1946.








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