Corporate Body

Special Duties Performance Flight (1941 - 1947)

Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)

From
1941
Australia
To
1947
Functions
Defence Industries and Air Force

Summary

The Special Duties Performance Flight was established in 1941, and was expanded at the end of the Second World War, becoming the Aircraft Research and Development Unit in 1947.

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Timeline

 1941 - 1947 Special Duties Performance Flight
       1947 - Aircraft Research and Development Unit

Published resources

Conference Papers

  • Noble, R., 'Sixty years of engineering in the RAAF', in The Royal Aeronautical Society, Australian Division, Melbourne Branch, Sir Lawrence Wackett Lecture (1980).. Details

Resources

See also

Ailie Smith

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