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20 Provisional Pursuit Squadron

Details:

Title

20 Provisional Pursuit Squadron,

Collection

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

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Darwin,

Nation of service

United States of America,

Service

Air Force,

Service branch

Fighter,

Unit

20 Provisional Pursuit Squadron,

Date arrived in NT

1942-01-30,

Date left the NT

1942-02-04,

History

The Squadron departed Brisbane 29 January 1942 with 25 P-40Es heading for Darwin via Charleville. With the loss of two planes on the way and only one replacement; the Squadron flew onto Timor on the 4 February 1942.,

Notes

Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0,

Language

English,

Subject

Second World War, 1939-1945, United States Army Air Force, Air Force, United States of America, p-40 warhawk fighter, 20 Provisional Pursuit 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/10070/38394 [PictureNT : PH0529/0012, Aeroplane, Dominic Nigro Collection], http://www.adf-serials.com.au/research/Part4-P40.pdf [P-40E/E-1 Operations in Australia Part Four Ver5],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844699,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844699

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844773,