77th Squadron RAAF in Korea

The One's Who Set the Pace

Flight Lieutenant Keith Williamson in his Meteor at Kimpo airfield.

At the outbreak of the Korean War, the 77th Squadron were just packing up to leave Japan after five years with the occupation forces. Within a week they were flying their first combat mission of the war and would go on to forge a reputation as an effective fighting force, which the Commanding Officer of the US 5th Airforce said "set the pace".

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Wing Commander Spence in his Mustang

Ground crew re-arming a Mustang

A pilot and Meteor

Meteors flying over a Korean village.

Meteor on the tarmac at Kimpo.

A pilot and his Meteor after a mission.

Attack run in a Meteor.