...Why was the RAF not involved in the Korean War...
Just a minute while I check my log book. Ah, I remember it now. It tells me on 22nd December 1950 I was a Flight Engineer on Sunderland ML 745 of 88 Squadron on a weather observation sortie gathering met information over the Sea of Japan for the next days strikes.
Three Sunderland Squadrons on monthly rotation to Japan attached to Fleet Air Wing 6 of the US Navy working along side the PBM Mariners from the start to the finish of the Korean War.
Tasks included weather recce, blockade of Korean coast, AS cover for the Task Force refuelling. I believe more than 1100 sorties were flown altogether involving 12500 hours.
This commitment to Korea by the three squadrons was over and above their involvement in the Malaya campaign
A total of 32 RAF pilots flew with 77 Squadron RAAF