It also delivered materials and stores to Australian and Commonwealth ground forces, and transported VIPs of the United Nations Command.

[1] Equipped primarily with North American P-51 Mustangs, the squadron also operated a communications flight of two Douglas C-47 Dakotas and two Austers.

[2][3] Personnel were preparing to return to Australia when they were placed on standby for action over Korea; the Mustangs began flying missions as part of United Nations Command (UNC) forces a week later.

91 (Composite) Wing was established at the base on 20 October and given administrative responsibility for all RAAF units operating during the conflict.

[8] It was initially commanded, unofficially, by Flight Lieutenant (later Air Commodore) Dave Hitchens.

"[10] The transport aircraft included the personal Dakota of the BCOF commander, Lieutenant General Sir Horace Robertson, operating under his direction.

[9] One of its key functions was medical evacuation, but it was also responsible for supply drops, search and rescue, reconnaissance, and mail delivery, as well as transporting cargo, troops, and VIPs.

77 Squadron, it was not tasked by the US Fifth Air Force but instead operated under Australian control, exercised through BCOF headquarters in Japan.

[11][13] The same month, a United States Air Force Mustang taking off from Suwon smashed into the cockpit of one of the Dakotas; none of the Australian crew was injured but the aircraft had to be written off and stripped for components by No.

[10][16] As of 31 March, the unit's strength was eight Dakotas and two Austers, and fifty-seven personnel including twelve officers.

[16][18] One of its aircraft dropped a wreath over Hiroshima on 6 August 1952, the seventh anniversary of the atomic bombing.

36 (Transport) Squadron, which had disbanded the previous day at RAAF Base Richmond, New South Wales.

[21][22] Between the armistice in July and the end of August 1953, the squadron repatriated over 900 Commonwealth prisoners of war.

36 Squadron began returning to Australia in January 1955, and by the end of the month its strength was four Dakotas and one Wirraway, and fifty-eight personnel including five officers.

A Wirraway came down in a river after striking telephone wires in June 1952; the pilot and passenger survived the impact but the latter subsequently died of his injuries.

[31] Reflecting on the nature of transport work in Korea, Hitchens stated:[32] Most of our flying was not very exciting; but there was a lot of it.