Territory Stories

34 Squadron

Details:

Title

34 Squadron,

Collection

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

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Darwin, Daly Waters, Batchelor, Hughes, Manbulloo,

Nation of service

Australia,

Service

Air Force,

Service branch

Transport,

Unit

34 Squadron,

Date arrived in NT

1942-02-23,

Date left the NT

1942-12-13,

History

34 Squadron was formed at Darwin 23 February 1942 as a transport unit flying DH-84 Dehavilland Dragon aircraft. Its aircraft were reallocated to 6 Communications Flight 13 December 1942 and it was reformed at Parafield in South Australia. It later served in Morotai.,

Notes

Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, Dates: -- Darwin, 23 February 1942 to 5 March 1942 -- Daly Waters, 5 March 1942 to 13 May 1942 -- Batchelor, 13 May 1942 to 15 July 1942 -- Hughes, 15 July 1942 to 27 August 1942 -- Manbulloo 27 August 1942 to 13 December 1942,

Language

English,

Subject

Second World War, 1939-1945, Royal Australian Air Force, Avro Anson, de Havilland dh 84 - Dragon, Air Force, Australia, 34 Squadron,

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/10070/62328 [PictureNT : PH0670/0053, Men in front of aircraft, Pearce-Bullman Collection], https://trove.nla.gov.au/list/33293 [34 Squadron],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844607,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844832