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Douglas. Having purposely put the biplane trainer into a spin and finding no response in the controls when he tried to recover, Eaton called on Douglas to bail out. When Douglas stood up to do so, the spin stopped, apparently due to his torso changing the airflow over the tail plane. Eaton then
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Central Australia, this time for prospector Sir Herbert Gepp, who was subsequently discovered alive and well. Later that year, Eaton presided over the court of inquiry into the crash of a
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during a flight from Sydney. Three of the RAAF's five veteran DH.9 biplanes went down in the search—though all crews escaped injury—including Eaton's, which experienced what he labelled "a good crash" on 21 April near
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and RAAF Base Darwin, Charles Eaton Drive on the approach to Darwin International Airport, and the Charles Moth Eaton Saloon Bar in the Tennant Creek Goldfields Hotel. He is also honoured with a display at the
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during 1944, in which he regularly flew on missions himself. Through March–April, his Beaufighters attacked enemy shipping, while the Mitchells and Beauforts bombed Timor on a daily basis as a prelude to
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though, was high. On 31 August, No. 12 Squadron launched its first patrol over the Darwin area, flown by one of seven Ansons that had so far been delivered. These were augmented by a
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2224:Farram, Steven (2007).
2152:NT Place Names Register
2126:NT Place Names Register
1478:Australian War Memorial
1119:mentioned in despatches
979:RAAF Station Ascot Vale
775:Wackett Warrigal I
676:Charles Kingsford Smith
651:1929 East-West Air Race
643:De Havilland DH.60 Moth
500:Battles of Aubers Ridge
428:mentioned in despatches
324:Mentioned in Despatches
238:RAAF Station Ascot Vale
2398:Wilson, David (2005).
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1125:on 9 March 1945.
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1103:Air Officer Commanding
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1978:Air War Against Japan
1947:Air War Against Japan
1912:27 April 2015 at the
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1664:100 Years of Aviation
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133:Years of service
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2426:The Cross in the Sky
2109:Charles "Moth" Eaton
2080:Charles "Moth" Eaton
2039:2 April 2015 at the
1996:5 March 2016 at the
1964:Charles "Moth" Eaton
1926:Charles "Moth" Eaton
1858:Charles "Moth" Eaton
1845:Charles "Moth" Eaton
1819:Charles "Moth" Eaton
1789:13 July 2015 at the
1761:Charles "Moth" Eaton
1693:Charles "Moth" Eaton
1680:Charles "Moth" Eaton
1615:on 15 September 2009
1531:Charles "Moth" Eaton
1054:No. 31 Squadron
1046:No. 2 Squadrons
1011:No. 12 Squadron
902:No. 13 Squadron
808:No. 21 Squadron
490:, he arrived at the
478:, Charles worked in
197:No. 1 Aircraft Depot
179:No. 206 Squadron RAF
173:No. 110 Squadron RFC
2520:People from Lambeth
1199:Indonesian Republic
1151:, Air Vice Marshal
1089:, the invasions of
1083:Operations Reckless
1058:Bristol Beaufighter
1025:, South Australia.
740:Golden Quest 2
599:No. 1 Squadron
533:in October. Ranked
408:RAAF Station Darwin
291:New Guinea campaign
226:RAAF Station Darwin
2555:Shot-down aviators
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2367:978-1-920800-14-7
2281:978-1-74175-643-2
2239:978-0-9803846-1-1
2207:Allen & Unwin
1748:The Third Brother
1746:Coulthard-Clark,
1732:The Third Brother
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1704:Coulthard-Clark,
1640:The Third Brother
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1590:The Third Brother
1588:Coulthard-Clark,
1484:on 13 August 2012
1426:Cross and Cockade
1380:978-0-522-84459-7
1208:chargé d'affaires
823:for his heroism.
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581:Between the wars
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619:South Yarra
446:during the
250:No. 79 Wing
244:No. 72 Wing
43:Nickname(s)
2449:Categories
2379:. London:
2228:. Darwin:
2171:References
1869:Stephens,
1779:Gillison,
1682:, pp. 4–12
1236:Kookaburra
1074:New Guinea
1042:No. 1
1023:Port Pirie
983:Townsville
927:Kookaburra
848:Avro Anson
771:Kookaburra
755:Kookaburra
732:Ayers Rock
723:Kookaburra
707:Kookaburra
671:Kookaburra
629:(RAAF) at
615:Queensland
607:Versailles
559:Airco DH.9
535:lieutenant
476:Wandsworth
385:instructor
232:No. 2 SFTS
88:Allegiance
57:1895-12-21
2325:246580191
2313:(1968) .
2189:458407057
2059:2 January
1619:2 January
1574:2 January
1533:, pp. 1–3
1488:2 January
1458:2 January
1402:2 January
1389:1833-7538
1228:Frankston
1091:Hollandia
959:Katherine
955:Batchelor
727:Air Board
715:Wave Hill
688:in north
611:Himalayas
547:Sedgeford
512:the Somme
504:Festubert
424:Batchelor
252:(1943–44)
240:(1942–43)
234:(1941–42)
228:(1940–41)
222:(1939–40)
216:(1937–38)
199:(1931–37)
193:(1925–29)
191:No. 1 FTS
187:(1919–20)
175:(1917–18)
169:(1914–17)
97:Australia
81:Frankston
2107:Farram,
2078:Farram,
2037:Archived
2029:Odgers,
1994:Archived
1976:Odgers,
1962:Farram,
1945:Odgers,
1924:Farram,
1910:Archived
1903:Odgers,
1873:, p. 136
1856:Farram,
1843:Farram,
1830:Wilson,
1817:Farram,
1787:Archived
1759:Farram,
1721:, p. 450
1708:, p. 268
1691:Farram,
1678:Farram,
1592:, p. 404
1546:, p. 235
1529:Farram,
1397:70677943
1276:Dubois,
1259:, and a
1048:(flying
997:(flying
872:of four
779:Sergeant
631:Laverton
551:Zeppelin
452:Canberra
342:Diplomat
207:Commands
105:Service/
2263:2000369
1928:, p. 38
1860:, p. 36
1847:, p. 31
1821:, p. 27
1763:, p. 22
1666:, p. 81
1608:The Age
1511:, p. 51
1507:Grose,
1284:by our
1240:Caribou
1224:orchids
1210:to the
1180:in 1947
1178:Sukarno
1145:U-boats
991:Merauke
934:Captain
804:Koepang
709:in the
625:in the
472:Lambeth
142:1925–45
139:1914–20
64:Lambeth
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1805:, p. 5
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1244:Karama
1220:Metung
1190:consul
1095:Aitape
957:, and
870:flight
852:Darwin
725:. The
703:Qantas
567:Nieppe
523:Oxford
510:, and
365:London
307:Awards
258:(1945)
246:(1943)
181:(1918)
107:branch
46:"Moth"
2358:(PDF)
2203:(PDF)
1662:Lax,
1297:Notes
1248:Eaton
1136:U-862
969:near
800:Ambon
796:Timor
777:with
531:wings
2430:ISBN
2404:ISBN
2385:ISBN
2362:ISBN
2338:ISBN
2321:OCLC
2297:ISBN
2276:ISBN
2259:OCLC
2234:ISBN
2211:ISBN
2185:OCLC
2160:2019
2134:2019
2061:2016
1621:2016
1576:2016
1490:2016
1460:2016
1404:2016
1393:OCLC
1385:ISSN
1375:ISBN
1290:Navy
1286:P-3s
1280:and
1111:Dili
1093:and
1085:and
1076:and
1044:and
900:and
865:NCOs
798:and
678:and
508:Loos
160:Unit
150:Rank
71:Died
51:Born
637:at
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