Search and Rescue Wing was a seaplane-equipped unit of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
Following the end of World War II, the RAAF's four squadrons equipped with Consolidated PBY Catalina were disbanded.
[2] In addition, pilots, aircraft and ground crew from Search and Rescue Wing were assigned to work with the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition in 1948.
[1] The operations of the Search and Rescue Wing were hampered by insufficient manning, especially among pilots and skilled technicians.
In order to meet its operational requirements the wing was unable to conduct training, and its pilots did not take their full leave entitlements.