{"id":30063,"date":"2017-02-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/the-painful-truth-about-the-bombing-of-darwin\/"},"modified":"2017-02-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T00:00:00","slug":"the-painful-truth-about-the-bombing-of-darwin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/the-painful-truth-about-the-bombing-of-darwin\/","title":{"rendered":"The painful truth about the bombing of Darwin"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>RAAF veteran and Darwin bombing survivor Brian Winspear says we need to do more to remember the attack that killed hundreds of Australians.<\/h3>\n<p>Brian arrived in Darwin on the day of the bombing and no one had any idea what was about to happen, he says.<\/p>\n<blockquote><h3>\u201cAt one stage I watched 12 mates burn to death in a crash on take-off.<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe first inkling we had was when a flock of what looked like bees descended on the aerodrome all dropping bombs and shooting up aeroplanes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe lost all but one of aircraft.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/308156071&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe nasty bits are etched on my brain and I think of them often,\u201d Brian told David and Will on FIVEAA breakfast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt one stage I watched 12 mates burn to death in a crash on take-off. Death is all around you and you\u2019re not far from it yourself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe four blokes that came from number nine corps &#8212; I was the only survivor, and also the squadron had lost three quarters of its air crew.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou got used to death. There\u2019s no mourning, no funerals &#8212; just stick your head down and keep doing what you had to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Australian squadrons received US presidential citations, according to Brian, \u201cbut the Australian government has never done anything\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe there should be a medal presented to the people that protected Australia at that stage &#8212; a Darwin defenders medal or something like that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the families of those 200 people that were killed protecting Darwin, they\u2019ve been through hell. 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