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76 Squadron

Details:

Title

76 Squadron,

Collection

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

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Batchelor, Strauss,

Nation of service

Australia,

Service

Air Force,

Service branch

Fighter,

Unit

76 Squadron,

Parent unit

73 Wing,

Date arrived in NT

1942-10-05,

Date left the NT

1943-01-29,

History

The Squadron was formed at Archerfield, Queensland, March 1942. It served with distinction at Milne Bay in Papua New Guinea before deploying to the Strauss airfield, October 1942. It took part in Operation Potshot. Keith William "Bluey" Truscott died when he crashed his Kittyhawk while serving with this Squadron. It was disbanded 29 October 1948.,

Notes

Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0,

Language

English,

Subject

Second World War, 1939-1945, Royal Australian Air Force, Fighter, p-40 kittyhawks, 73 Wing, Air Force, Australia, 76 Squadron, 73 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/10070/11909 [PictureNT : PH0226/0088, Restored P40, Bob Alford Collection], https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/U59414 [No. 76 Squadron], https://trove.nla.gov.au/list/32734 [76 Squadron],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844649,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844649

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844894,