On 23 February 1948 , No . 23 Squadron was redesignated No. 6 Squadron . The unit was based at RAAF Base Amberley in Queensland and equipped with Avro Lincoln heavy bombers . No 6 Squadron formed part of No . 82 Wing , and was primarily responsible for training aircrews to serve with the wing 's two front line units ; No . 1 and No . 2 Squadrons . Its training effort was increased from 1950 when No . 1 Squadron was deployed to Malaya as part of Australia 's contribution to the Malayan Emergency . During October that year three of No . 6 Squadron 's Lincolns were deliberately flown through the cloud which resulted from the first British atomic bomb test ( Operation Hurricane ) which took place in the Montebello Islands off Western Australian . These aircraft had the role of determining the level of radioactivity caused by the atomic blast , and No . 6 Squadron performed similar duties for the subsequent British atomic bomb tests at Maralinga , South Australia . Several Lincolns were so heavily contaminated with radioactivity during these flights that they could not be flown again . The squadron lost three Lincolns in one day on 8 April 1953 when one was written off after its undercarriage collapsed while landing at Amberley and a further two were destroyed when they collided on the ground at Cloncurry , Queensland ; no aircrew were injured in these accidents
Operation Hurricane
Operation Hurricane
No. 6 Squadron RAAF