No. 71 Wing RAAF
No. 71 Wing was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) wing of World War II. It was formed in February 1943 at Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, as part of No. 9 Operational Group. The wing initially comprised two squadrons of P-40 Kittyhawks, one of Lockheed Hudsons, and one of Bristol Beauforts. The wing's mainstay soon became the Beaufort, which eventually equipped five squadrons attached to the formation. No. 71 Wing took part in the New Guinea campaign under the auspices of No. 9 Group, before transferring to No. 10 Operational Group for the Western New Guinea campaign during 1944. It then returned to the control of Northern Command (formerly No. 9 Group) to support Australian ground forces in the Aitape–Wewak campaign, and completed its final combat mission only hours before the Japanese sur
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Aitape–Wewak campaignAllan WaltersAustralian First Tactical Air ForceBattle of Driniumor RiverBattle of the Bismarck Sea order of battleColin_HannahDick CresswellFrederick SchergerGordon SteegeIan Dougald McLachlanJoe Hewitt (RAAF officer)List of Royal Australian Air Force wingsNo. 114 Mobile Control and Reporting Unit RAAFNo. 15 Squadron RAAFNo. 6 Squadron RAAFNo. 73 Wing RAAFNo. 75 Wing RAAFNo. 77 Squadron RAAFNo. 9 Operational Group RAAFNorthern Command (RAAF)Valston HancockWilfred Arthur
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No. 71 Wing RAAF
No. 71 Wing was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) wing of World War II. It was formed in February 1943 at Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, as part of No. 9 Operational Group. The wing initially comprised two squadrons of P-40 Kittyhawks, one of Lockheed Hudsons, and one of Bristol Beauforts. The wing's mainstay soon became the Beaufort, which eventually equipped five squadrons attached to the formation. No. 71 Wing took part in the New Guinea campaign under the auspices of No. 9 Group, before transferring to No. 10 Operational Group for the Western New Guinea campaign during 1944. It then returned to the control of Northern Command (formerly No. 9 Group) to support Australian ground forces in the Aitape–Wewak campaign, and completed its final combat mission only hours before the Japanese sur
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A Asa N.º 71 foi uma asa da Re ...... dissolvida em Janeiro de 1946.
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No. 71 Wing was a Royal Austra ...... was disbanded in January 1946.
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* New Guinea camp ...... Aitape
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Tactical reconnaissance crews ...... strip in New Guinea, June 1945
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No. 71 Wing RAAF
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A Asa N.º 71 foi uma asa da Re ...... a de Aitape-Wewak, e realizou
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No. 71 Wing was a Royal Austra ...... hours before the Japanese sur
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Asa N.º 71 da RAAF
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