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30 Bombardment Squadron

Details:

Title

30 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

30 Bombardment Squadron,

Parent unit

19 Bombardment Group,

Date arrived in NT

1941-12-17,

History

This Squadron was based in the Philippines prior to the attack on Clarke field. They fought in the Java Campaign before relocating to Australia in March. Planes from this Squadron evacuated General Douglas MacArthur to Australia. By August 1942 they were operating out of Queensland against Rabaul and New Britain.,

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, 19 Bombardment Group, b17 fortress, 30 Bombardment Squadron,

File type

image/jpeg,

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/C258956 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph P00264.020, Second World War, 1939-1945], https://trove.nla.gov.au/list/35096 [30 Bombardment Squadron],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844707,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844707

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844792,