Territory Stories

11 Squadron

Details:

Title

11 Squadron,

Collection

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

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Doctor's Gully,

Nation of service

Australia,

Service

Air Force,

Service branch

Maritime,

Unit

11 Squadron,

Date arrived in NT

1944-12,

History

11 Squadron was formed at Richmond in New South Wales September 1939. It served in Port Moresby - Bowen - Cairns and Rathmines. In July 1943 they mined harbours and shipping routes in the Netherlands East Indies. In December they mined Manila Harbour.,

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, Royal Australian Air Force, Air Force, Catalina flying boats, Maritime, Australia, 11 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/10070/7445 [PictureNT : PH0546/0006, Aeroplane, Alexander Fleetwood Collection], https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/U60962 [11 squadron RAAF], https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/stories-service/australians-war-stories/beer-bottle-barrage-and-stealing-timor [A Beer bottle barrage and stealing into Timor], https://trove.nla.gov.au/list/31512 [11 Squadron],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844552,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844751