Territory Stories

54 Squadron

Details:

Title

54 Squadron,

Collection

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

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Darwin, Livingstone, Nightcliff,

Nation of service

United Kingdom,

Service

Air Force,

Service branch

Fighter,

Unit

54 Squadron,

Parent unit

1 Fighter Wing RAAF,

Date arrived in NT

1943-01-25,

Date left the NT

1945-10-30,

History

The Squadron was reformed in 1930. It took part in the Battle of Britain flying Spitfires from Hornchurch in Essex. It moved to Darwin in Janury 1943 and left for Melbourne in October 1945 where it was disbanded.,

Notes

Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, Dates: -- Darwin, 25 January 1943 to 9 May 1944 -- Potshot, Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia, 9 May 1944 to 19 May 1944 -- Livingstone, 19 May 1944 to 23 October 1945 -- Darwin, 23 October 1945 to 30 October 1945,

Language

English,

Subject

Second World War, 1939-1945, Royal Air Force, Air Force, United Kingdom, 1 Fighter Wing RAAF, Spitfires, Wirraway, 54 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/10070/238926 [PictureNT : PH0858/0065, Don Theatre building, Robert Monteith Collection], https://www.spitfireassociation.com/ [Spitfire Association], https://trove.nla.gov.au/list/33314 [54 Fighter Squadron (Royal Air Force)],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844689,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844855