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Morotai Mutiny

The "Morotai Mutiny" was an incident in April 1945 involving members of the Australian First Tactical Air Force based on the island of Morotai, in the Dutch East Indies. Eight senior pilots, including Australia's leading flying ace, Group Captain Clive Caldwell, tendered their resignations to protest what they perceived as the relegation of Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) fighter squadrons to strategically unimportant ground attack missions. A government investigation vindicated the "mutineers", and three high-ranking officers at First Tactical Air Force Headquarters including the commander, Air Commodore Harry Cobby, were relieved of their posts. George Odgers summed up the cause of the incident in the official history of the RAAF in World War II as "the conviction of a group of young leaders that they were engaging in operations that were not militarily justifiable—a conviction widely shared also by many Australian soldiers and political leaders." Odgers concluded that the ensuing inquiry "made it clear that almost everyone concerned acted from the highest motives, and was convinced that, in the crisis, he acted wisely". (Full article...)

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Reasons for nomination: Morotai Mutiny incident was happened in April 1945 before 66 years in the same month
Support as nominator. Glowadz (talk) 17:12, 4 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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-The "'''[[Morotai Mutiny]]'''" was an incident in April 1945 involving members of the '''[[Australian First Tactical Air Force]]''' based on the island of '''[[Morotai]]''', in the '''[[Dutch East Indies]]'''. Eight senior pilots, including Australia's leading [[flying ace]], [[Group Captain]] '''[[Clive Caldwell]]''', tendered their resignations to protest what they perceived as the relegation of '''[[Royal Australian Air Force]]''' (RAAF) [[fighter aircraft|fighter]] squadrons to strategically unimportant [[close air support|ground attack]] missions. A government investigation vindicated the "mutineers", and three high-ranking officers at First Tactical Air Force Headquarters including the commander, [[Air Commodore]] '''[[Arthur Henry Cobby|Harry Cobby]]''',  were relieved of their posts. '''[[George Odgers]]''' summed up the cause of the incident in [[Australia in the War of 1939–1945|the official history]] of the RAAF in World War&nbsp;II as "the conviction of a group of young leaders that they were engaging in operations that were not militarily justifiable&mdash;a conviction widely shared also by many Australian soldiers and political leaders."  Odgers concluded that the ensuing inquiry "made it clear that almost everyone concerned acted from the highest motives, and was convinced that, in the crisis, he acted wisely". {{TFAFULL|Morotai Mutiny}}
+The "'''[[Morotai Mutiny]]'''" was an incident in April 1945 involving members of the [[Australian First Tactical Air Force]] based on the island of [[Morotai]], in the [[Dutch East Indies]]. Eight senior pilots, including Australia's leading [[flying ace]], [[Group Captain]] [[Clive Caldwell]], tendered their resignations to protest what they perceived as the relegation of [[Royal Australian Air Force]] (RAAF) [[fighter aircraft|fighter]] squadrons to strategically unimportant [[close air support|ground attack]] missions. A government investigation vindicated the "mutineers", and three high-ranking officers at First Tactical Air Force Headquarters including the commander, [[Air Commodore]] [[Arthur Henry Cobby|Harry Cobby]],  were relieved of their posts. [[George Odgers]] summed up the cause of the incident in [[Australia in the War of 1939–1945|the official history]] of the RAAF in World War&nbsp;II as "the conviction of a group of young leaders that they were engaging in operations that were not militarily justifiable&mdash;a conviction widely shared also by many Australian soldiers and political leaders."  Odgers concluded that the ensuing inquiry "made it clear that almost everyone concerned acted from the highest motives, and was convinced that, in the crisis, he acted wisely". {{TFAFULL|Morotai Mutiny}}
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