Operation Sunbaker
Operation Sunbaker was a military operation by the Services Reconnaissance Department of Australian Army in Timor in May 1945. The aim was to insert a team of operatives behind enemy lines. A B-24 Liberator A72-159 of 200 Flight RAAF taking the team was shot down on 17 May near Dili with the loss of all on board.[1]
The dead were:[2] AIRCRAFT CREW
- F/O T.T. Biltoft
- F/Lt. H.R. Campbell
- F/O H.J. Clark
- F/O H.A.J. Jones
- F/Lt. J.W. Rice
- F/O L.J. Brown
- F/O A. McL. Clark, DFM (captain)
- F/Sgt. C.A.R. Gamble
- F/O G.M. Manning, DFM
- Sgt. H. Riley
"Z" SPECIAL OPERATION MEMBERS
- Lt. A.F. Wilkins
- Sgt. K.H. Bell
- Cpl A.L. Lilya
- Cpl J.A. Nicol
- Sgt. K.M. Marshall
References
Notes
- Silver, Lynette Ramsay (1990). The Heroes of Rimau: Unravelling the Mystery of One of World War II's Most Daring Raids Hardcover. Birchgrove, New South Wales: Sally Milner Publishing. ISBN 9781863510530.
- "The Official History of the Operations and Administration of] Special Operations - Australia [(SOA), also known as the Inter-Allied Services Department (ISD) and Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD)] Volume 2 - Part 1 page 53". National Archives of Australia. p. 131.
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Australian special operations of the Second World War
Sundas
and Java
- Operation Mackerel (1942)
- Operation Tiger (Java) (1942)
- Operation Lion (1942)
- Operation Flounder (1942)
- Operation Ambon (1942, abandoned)
- Operation Walnut (1942-43)
- Operation Lancer (1942)
- Operation Lizard (1942–43)
- Operation Lagarto (1943)
- Operation Cobra (1943)
- Operation Adder (1944)
- Operation Mugger (1944, incomplete)
- Operation Hornet (1944)
- Operation Bat & Apache (1944)
- Operation Wasp (1944)
- Operation Gnat (1944)
- Operation Flea (1944, abandoned)
- Operation Louse (1944, abandoned)
- Operation Sounder (1944, abandoned)
- Operation Sunfish (1945)
- Operation Sunable (1945)
- Operation Sunbaker (1945)
- Operation Suncharlie (April 1945)
- Operation Sundog (1945)
- Operation Blackfish (1945, abandoned)
- Operation Blackbird (1945, abandoned)
- Operation Sunlag (1945)
- Operation Lagartout (1945)
- Operation Brim (1945)
- Operation Pigeon (1945, abandoned)
- Operation Suncob (1945)
- Operation Salmon (1945)
- Operation Carp (1945, abandoned)
- Operation Cod (1945, abandoned)
- Operation Starfish (1945)
- Operation Binatang (1945)
- Operation Anchovy (1945, abandoned)
- Operation Groper (1945)
- Operation Demo (1945)
- Salamaua Raid (1942)
- Heath's Farm Raid (1942)
- Mubo Raid (1942)
- Operation Cockroach (1942, abandoned)
- Operation Beetle (1942)
- Operation Ladybird (1942)
- Operation Spider (1942, abandoned)
- Operation Wasp (1942, abandoned)
- Operation Tick (1942)
- Operation Bug (1942)
- Operation Locust (1943)
- Operation Oaktree (1942–44)
- Operation Whiting (1943)
- Operation Scorpion (1943)
- Operation Mosstroops (1943)
- Operation Menzies (1944)
- Operation Perch (1944)
- Operation Reaper (1944)
- Operation Silver (1944)
- Operation Gold (1944)
- Operation Copper (1944)
- Operation Vokeo (1944)
- Operation Crayfish (1944)
- Operation Falcon (1944)
- Operation Phoenix (1944)
- Operation Rose
- Operation Dodo
- Operation Moa
- Operation Lennon
- Operation Socrates
- Operation Flathead
- Operation Python 1 (1943)
- Operation Python 2 (1944)
- Operation Agas (1945)
- Operation Semut (1945)
- Operation Squirrel (1945)
- Operation Platypus (1945)
- Operation Toad
- Operation Vulture
Moluccas
- Operation Giraffe
- Operation Crane
- Operation Shril
- Operation Magpie
- Operation Raven
- Operation Garnish
- Operation Opossum (1945)
- Operation Swallow
- Operation Swift
- Operation Finch (1945)
China Seas
- Operation Jaywick (1943)
- Operation Rimau (1944–45)
- Operation Politician-Optican
- Operation Gunard
- Operation Crocodile
- Operation Carpenter
- Operation Period
- Operation Oblivion
- Operation Sabre (1945)
- Operation Apple (1945)
- Operation Turnip
- Operation Potato
- Operation Goldfish
- Operation Pine Needle
- Operation Trout
- Operation Shark
- Operation Carrot
- Operation Radish
- Operation Asparagus
- Operation Bream
- Operation Robin
- Operation Stallion
- Mission 204 (or 'Tulip Force') (1942–43)
- Operation Source (1943)
- Operation Guidance (1944)
- Operation Hornbill (1944)
- Operation Kingfisher (1944–45)
East Indies
- Operation Prawn (1944)
- Dace Raid (1944)
- Operation Apricot (1945)
- Operation Firetree (1945)
- Operation Poppy (1945)
- Operation Parsnip (1945)
- Operation Inco I (1945)