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
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