Talk:No. 79 Wing RAAF/GA1

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Reviewer: Nick-D (talk · contribs) 22:51, 3 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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To my slight surprise, I've never edited this article, so I think that I can review it neutrally. My comments on it are:

  • "Its combat units included" - this makes it sound like there might have been more than just the four squadrons.
    • The word 'included' is the problem here: it's often used as a dodge to signal imprecision (I use it all the time at work!), but here you know exactly which combat units were in the wing. Nick-D (talk) 10:16, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • "the Beaufighters attacked enemy shipping" - replace 'enemy' with 'Japanese'
  • "On 19 April, Eaton organised a large raid against Su, Dutch Timor," - did he plan the raid on this day, or was it conducted on this day? This sentence should also be split into two sentences
  • "On the day of the Allied landings, 22 April, the Mitchells and Beaufighters made a daylight raid on Dili, Portuguese Timor. The ground assault met little opposition, credited in part to the air bombardment in the days leading up to it." - this is a bit confusing, as it implies that Dili was the target of the ground assault. I'd suggest tweaking this.
  • If possible, you might also want to mention whether the raids on Timor were conducted as a diversionary operation or whether they aimed to destroy Japanese forces on the island that could have interfered with the Allied landings (or both)
  • "attacked enemy positions in Timor" - see above
  • You might want to note that No. 2 and No. 18 Squadrons were the only RAAF units which operated Mitchells.
    • Sounds plausible, will check for a source explicitly mentioning that. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 01:35, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
      • The RAAF Museum says this. Nick-D (talk) 10:16, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
        • Yep, first thing I checked too -- great minds (I say that a lot to you I know -- scary!). I realise it only mentioned 2 and 18 but I'd prefer it was explicit about them being the only ones, I've been burnt by assumptions before. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:55, 4 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
          • Page 154 of Wilson, Stewart (1994). Military Aircraft of Australia. Weston Creek: Aerospace Publications. ISBN 1875671080. states it explicitly. Nick-D (talk) 00:12, 5 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Was the wing actually deployed to New Britain? The attack on the Isuzu took place well within the NEI, well out of range of this island.

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    Nick-D (talk) 00:12, 5 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    Tks mate! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:21, 5 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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