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pressed on with the mission alone. Over the target, one engine was hit by anti-aircraft fire, so they departed the area on only one engine, gradually losing altitude. Herron took refuge in a brewing storm, but struggled to stay airborne. The crew was instructed to jettison anything they could to bring stability to the aircraft. They then managed to fly almost three hundred miles towards friendly territory. As they approached the
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353:(in 1934). The first two pieces of air mail from Mogai Aerodrome (near Mount Hagen gold fields) were signed and dated by Bob Gurney (2 April 1934), who piloted the very first plane into the aerodrome on the previous day. Some of these envelopes are now considered to be collector's items due to their rarity.
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in Papua New Guinea. The boats were converted for war use in 5 days and on 25 September 1939 left for active service operations in the north of
Australia. Bob Gurney was one of the pilots and of the 4 officers in the contingent, 3 died in the first six months of the war in the Pacific. Captains Bob
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Gurney's skeleton was finally removed from the plane on 16 August 1943, close to
Okayaula Village. It was temporarily buried in grave no. 1A of the Allied Section at USAF Cemetery #1 on Kiriwina Island (in Milne Bay) at 2pm on 18 August 1943. Gurney was later reinterred in grave A3.D.14 of the Port
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was flown, having arrived at Lae by ship. Guinea
Airways owned one G 31 (VH-UOW) and operated two for Bulolo Gold Dredging Ltd. (VH-UOU and VH-UOV); a third was added in 1934 (VH-URQ). Guinea Airways was flying in the equipment needed for gold dredging and at this time was carrying more freight than
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British war commitments, in October 1941 Qantas took over responsibility for the Singapore-Karachi sector of the Empire route. Due to civilian crew shortages, Bob Gurney, Bill Purton and Eric Sims were seconded from the RAAF to operate the flying boats with Qantas. The outbreak of war in
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flying boats Qantas had purchased. Qantas operated the Sydney-Singapore sector of the
Australia-England Empire route, and Imperial Airways the Singapore-England sector. The journey from Sydney to Southampton took 9½ days. On 22 December 1938, Gurney and Denny piloted the Cordelia in the first
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Britain in this particular aircraft's first combat mission. Somehow, on the way to Rabaul, their aircraft became separated from the rest of the raid, so when they arrived over Simpson Harbour late, they were on their own and the Japanese were ready for them. Nonetheless, they
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Francine was the daughter of a French Missionary who had lived on Kiriwina. They headed off to the island to find the five survivors on 3 May, with confirmation that both Gurney and Herron were dead. The crew were transported to Port Moresby and returned to duty.
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solid ground on
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Air mail cover flown from Mogai Aerodrome (near Mount Hagen gold fields) to Salamaua. Endorsed, signed and dated by Bob Gurney, who had made the first landing at Mogai the previous day for Guinea Airways (2 Apr
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on 22 May 1906 to Raymond Gillies and Ida Winifred Sapphire (née Badham). His father died in 1912, so he was brought up as a Gurney after his mother married William Butler Gurney in 1914. His family moved to
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the rest of the world combined. By this time, Bob Gurney was Chief Pilot for Guinea Airways. Among the more unusual pieces of freight that Bob transported was a
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675:(north of New Guinea). Bob's intimate knowledge of the flying conditions and geography around New Guinea made him a natural choice to fly with the Americans.
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First Flight Cover from Mount Hagen to Salamaua endorsed "From Mt Hagen Landing Gnd Central New Guinea" and signed "CR Gurney Pilot 24/5/33" (24 May 1933)
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Eulogy to W/C Dick Atkinson, CO No. 11 Squadron, Catalinas circa 1942-3
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near Port Moresby, New Guinea, on a bombing mission against
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before and during the Second World War, and served with the
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Highways and Byways: The origins of Townsville Street Names
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based at Townsville on 8 March 1942. Japanese forces
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Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II
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Australian military personnel killed in World War II
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Charles Raymond Gurney (known as "Bob") was born in
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1197:"A Glimpse of the RAAF Meteorological Service"
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887:"Sqn Ldr Charles Raymond "Bob" Gurney"
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691:On 2 May 1942, Gurney was co-pilot in
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1632:. No. 35586. HMSO. 5 June 1942.
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1440:. The Pittsburgh Press. 9 May 1942
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1785:. Townsville Library Service
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164:Charles Raymond (Bob) Gurney
25:Charles Raymond "Bob" Gurney
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1696:(1748): 649. 25 June 1942.
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1399:. MBI Publishing Company.
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1076:"Air Mails 2013 (#414)"
944:"Sale 141 – New Guinea"
858:"RAAF Personnel Record"
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259:. During the 1920s the
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1626:"Second Supplement"
1195:Gibbs, W J (2001).
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1779:Mathew, J (1995).
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