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16 Bombardment Squadron

Details:

Title

16 Bombardment Squadron,

Collection

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

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Batchelor,

Nation of service

United States of America,

Service

Air Force,

Service branch

Bomber,

Unit

16 Bombardment Squadron,

Parent unit

27 Bombardment Group,

Date arrived in NT

1941-12-24,

Date left the NT

1942-03-04,

History

The 16 Bombardment Squadron was a part of the 27 Bombardment Group which sailed for the Philippines arriving in Manila on 20 November 1941. The pilots were evacuated to Australia and took part in the Java campaign. The group transferred back to the United States in May 1942.,

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, United States Army Air Force, Air Force, United States of America, 27 Bombardment Group, a24 banshee, 16 Bombardment Squadron,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Australian War Memorial,

License

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

Related links

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C34237 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 014987, Second World War, 1939-1945], https://trove.nla.gov.au/list/32357 [16 Bombardment Squadron],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844695,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844695

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844760,