Territory Stories

84 Squadron

Details:

Title

84 Squadron,

Collection

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

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Livingstone,

Nation of service

Australia,

Service

Air Force,

Service branch

Fighter,

Unit

84 Squadron,

Date arrived in NT

1944-03-12,

Date left the NT

1944-05-17,

History

The Squadron was formed at Richmond in New South Wales, February 1943 and equipped with Boomerang fighters. They served at Horn Island before a brief two month deployment to Livingstone. Prior to moving to the Northern Territory they were re-equipped with Kittyhawks. They moved to Aitkenvale in Queensland May 1944 and were disbanded 29 January 1946.,

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, Boomerang, P-40 Kittyhawk, Air Force, Australia, 84 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/10070/29073 [PictureNT : PH0440/0049, Aeroplane, Frank Jorges Collection], https://trove.nla.gov.au/list/33317 [84 Squadron],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844662,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844909