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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
References1. ^Silver p 240 2. ^http://www.ozatwar.com/200flight.htm
- {{cite book|last=Silver|first=Lynette Ramsay|title=The Heroes of Rimau: Unravelling the Mystery of One of World War II's Most Daring Raids Hardcover|year=1990|publisher=Sally Milner Publishing|location=Birchgrove, New South Wales|isbn=9781863510530}}
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