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Last RAAF Nurses Leave Japan Korea Aerial Evacuation Story
Two Australian nursing sisters Betty Washington and Betty Edwards, both Flight Officers in the RAAF Nursing Service, are among the last to supervise casevac flights from Iwakuni to Korea and Japan. They have cared for about 14,900 medical cases since January 1951, flying Dakotas in weekly missions between Korea and Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Australia.
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Kintai
Raaf
Batty
Derriga
N.S.W
Betty Edwards
New Farm
Brisbane
Betty Washington
Dormigo
Bris
Japan
Balmain
Sying
District Hospital
Brisbane Women's Hospital
Brisbane Mater
St. Vincent's Hospital
Melbourne
Hong Kong
Singapore
Australia
Korea
R.A. F
R.A.A.P
R.A.A.F
Iwakuni
Dakota