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1 Photo Reconnaissance Unit

Details:

Title

1 Photo Reconnaissance Unit,

Collection

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

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Hughes, Coomalie Creek,

Nation of service

Australia,

Service

Air Force,

Service branch

Reconnaissance,

Unit

1 Photo Reconnaissance Unit,

Alternative unit name

87 Squadron,

Date arrived in NT

1942-08-23,

Date left the NT

1942-12-06,

History

The Unit was formed at Laverton in Victoria June 1942. Initially it was issued with 6 Brewster Buffalos but these were replaced with 2 F4 Lockheed Lightnings in October 1942. The Unit was renamed 87 Squadron 9 September 1944.,

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, Air force, Brewster buffalo, Lancer Lightning, Lancer Mosquito, Photo reconnaissance, Wirraway, 87 Squadron, Australia, 1 Photo Reconnaissance Unit, 87 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/C286075 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph NWA0466, Second World War, 1939-1945], http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/164996848 [Members of No. 1 (Photo-Reconnaissance) Unit RAAF], http://www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum/research/units/87sqn.htm [87 Squadron History RAAF Museum],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844544,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844740