After serving with the RAF Regiment in Palestine, India and Burma, Leading Aircraftman Wally Dubosky was posted to Hong Kong.
There he transferred to an Air-Sea Rescue unit and received additional training for an unusual assignment: countering piracy in the South China Sea. As one of six crew aboard an RAF high-speed launch, Dubosky patrolled the islands around Hong Kong and pursued pirates operating motorised junks.
His story reveals how RAF Marine Craft and their crews could be called upon to perform duties extending far beyond conventional air-sea rescue.
