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23 Squadron

Details:

Title

23 Squadron,

Collection

WWII Military Units, HistoryNT, Second World War, 1939-1945,

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Long Airfield, Hayes creek, Darwin,

Nation of service

Australia,

Service

Air Force,

Service branch

Bomber,

Unit

23 Squadron,

Parent unit

82 Bomber Wing,

Date arrived in NT

1945-03,

Date left the NT

1945-06,

History

The Squadron reformed as a heavy bomber unit at Leyburn in Queensland November 1944; it was equipped with B-24 Liberator bombers. They moved to Long airfield March 1945. They moved to Darwin RAAF Base June 1945 and then on to Morotai.,

Notes

Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, Dates: -- Long, March 1945 to June 1945 -- Darwin, June 1945,

Language

English,

Subject

Second World War, 1939-1945, Royal Australian Air Force, Conter intelligence, Liberators, Vultee Vengeance, 82 Bomber Wing, Air Force, Australia, 23 Squadron, 82 Bomber Wing,

File type

image/tiff,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm,

Related links

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/13478 [PictureNT : PH0004/0002, Flight Lieutenant Dan McKernan and Crew, Tom Gunn Collection], https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/U59386 [23 Squadron RAAF], https://www.b24australia.org.au/hangar-happenings/newsletters [B-24 Liberator Australia Newsletter], https://trove.nla.gov.au/list/33304 [23 Squadron],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844583,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844583

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844785,