No. 101 Flight RAAF

No. 101 (Fleet Co-Operation) Flight RAAF
Two Supermarine Seagull III seaplanes of No. 101 Flight being hoisted onto HMAS Albatross
Two Supermarine Seagull III seaplanes of No. 101 Flight being hoisted onto HMAS Albatross
Active1925–1936
BranchRoyal Australian Air Force
RoleMaritime patrol, survey, artillery spotting
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Joe Hewitt (1932–1933)[1]
Aircraft flown
PatrolFairey III (1925–1926)
Supermarine Seagull III (1926–1936)

No. 101 Flight RAAF was a Royal Australian Air Force fleet co-operation flight equipped with amphibian aircraft. The flight was formed on 1 July 1925, and operated from the Royal Australian Navy seaplane tender HMAS Albatross between 1929 and 1933. After Albatross paid off the flight's aircraft operated from the RAN's heavy cruisers HMAS Australia and HMAS Canberra. No. 101 Flight was expanded to form No. 5 Squadron on 20 April 1936.

  1. ^ RAAF Historical Section (1995), p. 6

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