What the records say
- When
- Apr 1945
- Kind
- Rebellion
- Coordinates
- 2.33° N, 128.42° E
- Description
- 1945 incident involving Royal Australian Air Force pilots
Placed at the island its title names, Morotai.
Morotai Mutiny
1945 incident involving Royal Australian Air Force pilots
The "Morotai Mutiny" was an incident in April 1945 involving members of the Australian First Tactical Air Force based on the island of Morotai, in the Dutch East Indies. Eight senior pilots, including Australia's leading flying ace, Group Captain Clive Caldwell, tendered their resignations to protest what they perceived as the relegation of Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) fighter squadrons to strategically unimport…
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