No. 75 Wing RAAF
No. 75 Wing was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) wing that operated during World War II. It was formed in October 1943 at Townsville, Queensland, under North-Eastern Area Command. The wing soon deployed to Horn Island to take control of RAAF units based there and at Thursday Island and Cape York Peninsula. Responsible for air defence and maritime patrol in the Torres Strait, No. 75 Wing's flying units operated P-40 Kittyhawk fighters, Bristol Beaufort reconnaissance bombers, and A-31 Vengeance dive bombers. The wing was disbanded in August 1944.
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No. 75 Wing RAAF
No. 75 Wing was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) wing that operated during World War II. It was formed in October 1943 at Townsville, Queensland, under North-Eastern Area Command. The wing soon deployed to Horn Island to take control of RAAF units based there and at Thursday Island and Cape York Peninsula. Responsible for air defence and maritime patrol in the Torres Strait, No. 75 Wing's flying units operated P-40 Kittyhawk fighters, Bristol Beaufort reconnaissance bombers, and A-31 Vengeance dive bombers. The wing was disbanded in August 1944.
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No. 75 Wing was a Royal Austra ...... was disbanded in August 1944.
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aircraft bomber
aircraft fighter
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Two–three flying squadrons
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Air defence; anti-shipping
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Four men in summer military un ...... t of a Bristol Beaufort bomber
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* South West Pacific theatre
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Beaufort crew of No. 7 Squadro ...... trol of No. 75 Wing in 1943–44
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Australia
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Air defence; anti-shipping
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Two–three flying squadrons
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No. 75 Wing RAAF
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No. 75 Wing was a Royal Austra ...... was disbanded in August 1944.
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