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A No. 76 Squadron P-40 Kittyhawk undergoing maintenance at Kiriwina in January 1944. No. 76 Squadron continued to support Allied operations around New Guinea during 1944. On 17 January it took part in an attack on a Japanese camp near Lindenhafen, New Britain which involved 73 aircraft and was the largest RAAF operation to that point in the war ...
No. 76 Wing headquarters was established at Townsville, Queensland, on 3 January 1944, and moved to Cairns mid-month. [1] Led by Wing Commander Reginald Burrage, [2] [3] it transferred to Darwin, Northern Territory, in September to coordinate and control minelaying operations in the North-Western Area by Nos. 20, 42, and 43 Squadrons.
Truscott was promoted to Commanding Officer in June 1942 before being posted back to the RAAF in Australia after the Bombing of Darwin, and he joined No. 76 Squadron, flying Kittyhawks. [ 1 ] It was RAAF policy that all pilots returning from campaigns abroad must relinquish their ranks. [ 30 ]
Three Kittyhawks from No. 76 Squadron RAAF landed on the airstrip on 22 July, while additional aircraft from No. 76 and also No. 75 Squadron RAAF arrived on 25 July. [25] They found that only 4,950 by 80 feet (1,509 by 24 m) of the 6,000-by-100-foot (1,829 by 30 m) runway was covered with Marston Matting, and that water was frequently over it ...
76 Squadron, 76th Squadron or No. 76 Squadron may refer to: No. 76 Squadron RAAF, a unit of the Royal Australian Air Force; No. 76 Squadron RAF, a unit of the United Kingdom Royal Air Force; 76th Fighter Squadron, a unit of the United States Air Force; 76th Air Refueling Squadron, a unit of the United States Air Force; 76th Space Control ...
No. 76 Squadron Handley Page Halifax B.I at RAF Middleton St. George The squadron reformed shortly on 30 April 1940 at RAF West Raynham as a Hampden unit before being disbanded on 2 May 1940. [ 4 ] On 1 May 1941, the squadron reformed properly at RAF Linton-on-Ouse as the second Handley Page Halifax bomber squadron, part of the newly created No ...
2d Lt. Lawrence R. Casey, on a fighter sweep on D-Day + 5 in Republic P-47D-11-RE Thunderbolt, 42-75610, of the 83d Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, out of USAAF Station 357, RAF Duxford, suffers prop failure due to lack of oil, but suffers no fire, and bails out, coming down ~10 miles N of Evreux, France. Hidden by the Resistance, he ...
Keith MacDermott Hampshire, DSO & Bar, DFC [1] (10 September 1914 – c. 17 November 1982) was a pilot and ace of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during the Second World War. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He saw action in twin-engine propeller-driven aircraft, flying intruder , ground attack and night fighter missions.