Territory Stories
64 Bombardment Squadron
Details:
Title
64 Bombardment Squadron,
Collection
WWII Military Units,
HistoryNT,
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Date
0000-00-00,
Location
Daly Waters,
Fenton,
Nation of service
United States of America,
Service
Air Force,
Service branch
Bomber,
Unit
64 Bombardment Squadron,
Parent unit
43 Bombardment Group (Heavy),
Date arrived in NT
1942-05-16,
Date left the NT
1942-09-25,
History
On 2 August the first of the bomber units to use Fenton airfield 64 Bombardment Group equipped with B17E Fortresses arrived. It moved to Darwin the following month the aircraft going to the 19 Bomb Group at Mareeba in Queensland.,
Notes
Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 ,
Dates: -- Daly Waters, 16 May 1942 to 2 August 1942 -- Fenton, 2 August 1942 to 25 September 1942,
Language
English,
Subject
Second World War, 1939-1945,
United States Army Air Force,
Air Force,
United States of America,
43 Bombardment Group (Heavy),
b17e fortress,
64 Bombardment Squadron,
File type
image/jpeg,
Use
No known copyright,
Copyright owner
Library & Archives NT,
License
https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm ,
Related links
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C258956 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph P00264.020, Second World War, 1939-1945] ,
https://www.armyaircorpsmuseum.org/43rd_Bombardment_Group.cfm [History of the 43rd Bomb Group] ,
https://trove.nla.gov.au/list/34645 [64 Bombardment Squadron] ,
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844729 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844876
Territory Stories
64 Bombardment Squadron
Details:
Title
64 Bombardment Squadron,
Collection
WWII Military Units,
HistoryNT,
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Date
0000-00-00,
Location
Daly Waters,
Fenton,
Nation of service
United States of America,
Service
Air Force,
Service branch
Bomber,
Unit
64 Bombardment Squadron,
Parent unit
43 Bombardment Group (Heavy),
Date arrived in NT
1942-05-16,
Date left the NT
1942-09-25,
History
On 2 August the first of the bomber units to use Fenton airfield 64 Bombardment Group equipped with B17E Fortresses arrived. It moved to Darwin the following month the aircraft going to the 19 Bomb Group at Mareeba in Queensland.,
Notes
Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 ,
Dates: -- Daly Waters, 16 May 1942 to 2 August 1942 -- Fenton, 2 August 1942 to 25 September 1942,
Language
English,
Subject
Second World War, 1939-1945,
United States Army Air Force,
Air Force,
United States of America,
43 Bombardment Group (Heavy),
b17e fortress,
64 Bombardment Squadron,
File type
image/jpeg,
Use
No known copyright,
Copyright owner
Library & Archives NT,
License
https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm ,
Related links
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C258956 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph P00264.020, Second World War, 1939-1945] ,
https://www.armyaircorpsmuseum.org/43rd_Bombardment_Group.cfm [History of the 43rd Bomb Group] ,
https://trove.nla.gov.au/list/34645 [64 Bombardment Squadron] ,
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844729 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844876