Territory Stories
18 Squadron (NEI)
Details:
Title
18 Squadron (NEI),
Collection
WWII Military Units,
HistoryNT,
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Date
0000-00-00,
Location
MacDonald,
Batchelor,
Nation of service
Netherlands,
Service
Air Force,
Service branch
Bomber,
Unit
18 Squadron (NEI),
Parent unit
79 Wing RAAF,
Date arrived in NT
1942-12-05,
Date left the NT
1945-07-17,
History
This Squadron was formed in Canberra in April 1942 from Dutch airmen who had escaped the fall of the East Indies. They were equipped with B-25 Mitchell bombers.They served in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. They left the Northern Territory on 17 July 1945 bound for Balikpapan on the east coast of the island of Borneo, in the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan. The Australian part of the Squadron was disbanded on 25 November 1945. The Dutch part of the Squadron continued to serve in Java until it was disbanded in July 1950.,
Notes
Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 ,
Dates: -- MacDonald, 5 December 1942 to 13 April 1943 -- Batchelor, 13 April 1943 to 10 March 1944 -- Potshot, Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia, 10 March 1944 to 23 March 1944 -- Batchelor, 23 March 1944 to 17 July 1945,
Language
English,
Subject
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Royal Netherlands Air Force,
Air Force,
Netherlands,
Bomber,
18 Squadron (NEI),
File type
image/jpeg,
Use
No known copyright,
Copyright owner
Australian War Memorial,
License
https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm ,
Related links
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1240230 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph P08418.005, Second World War, 1939-1945] ,
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/U59381 [18 (NEI) Squadron RAAF] ,
https://lant.on.worldcat.org/oclc/951520605 [Tom Lewis Manuscript Collection 1989-1993. MS26/9/1-4] ,
https://trove.nla.gov.au/list/33302 [18 Squadron (NEI)] ,
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844687 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844764
Territory Stories
18 Squadron (NEI)
Details:
Title
18 Squadron (NEI),
Collection
WWII Military Units,
HistoryNT,
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Date
0000-00-00,
Location
MacDonald,
Batchelor,
Nation of service
Netherlands,
Service
Air Force,
Service branch
Bomber,
Unit
18 Squadron (NEI),
Parent unit
79 Wing RAAF,
Date arrived in NT
1942-12-05,
Date left the NT
1945-07-17,
History
This Squadron was formed in Canberra in April 1942 from Dutch airmen who had escaped the fall of the East Indies. They were equipped with B-25 Mitchell bombers.They served in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. They left the Northern Territory on 17 July 1945 bound for Balikpapan on the east coast of the island of Borneo, in the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan. The Australian part of the Squadron was disbanded on 25 November 1945. The Dutch part of the Squadron continued to serve in Java until it was disbanded in July 1950.,
Notes
Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 ,
Dates: -- MacDonald, 5 December 1942 to 13 April 1943 -- Batchelor, 13 April 1943 to 10 March 1944 -- Potshot, Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia, 10 March 1944 to 23 March 1944 -- Batchelor, 23 March 1944 to 17 July 1945,
Language
English,
Subject
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Royal Netherlands Air Force,
Air Force,
Netherlands,
Bomber,
18 Squadron (NEI),
File type
image/jpeg,
Use
No known copyright,
Copyright owner
Australian War Memorial,
License
https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm ,
Related links
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1240230 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph P08418.005, Second World War, 1939-1945] ,
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/U59381 [18 (NEI) Squadron RAAF] ,
https://lant.on.worldcat.org/oclc/951520605 [Tom Lewis Manuscript Collection 1989-1993. MS26/9/1-4] ,
https://trove.nla.gov.au/list/33302 [18 Squadron (NEI)] ,
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844687 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844764