The weather was bad on 3 October and Bill Millington did not carry out any operational sorties but could not fully relax as the squadron was entertaining the top brass. The Under Secretary of State for Air, Captain Balfour, visited and took tea with the pilots in the Officers’ Mess.
Meanwhile, back in Adelaide, news of Bill’s achievements had spread far and wide and his sister Eileen received a letter from the president of the Streaky Bay Branch of the South Australian Country Women’s Association:
'At the monthly meeting of the CWA today a suggestion was carried unanimously that our branch send you congratulations on the wonderful achievements of your famous brother Pilot Officer Millington. We are proud and grateful for what the Air Force are doing and you must indeed be proud of your distinguished brother. May he be long spared to enjoy the laurels he has earned is the sincere wish of us all.’
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