4 (Army Co-operation) Squadron
[redesignated Tactical Reconnaissance in 1943] | 11/42 to 03/45 | Wirraway,
Boomerang,
Piper Cub | Port Moresby, Lae; detachments Buna, Milne Bay, Wau, Tsili Tsili, Nadzab, Cape Gloucester, Finschhafen, Madang |
5 (Tactical Reconnaissance) Squadron | 11/44 to 02/46 | Boomerang,
Wirraway | Bougainville; detachments Tadji and Jacquinot Bay |
6 (General Reconnaissance/Bomber) Squadron | 08/42 to 10/45 | Hudson,
Beaufort | Milne Bay, Port Moresby, Goodenough Island, Horanda |
7 (Bomber) Squadron | 10/44 to 12/45 | Beaufort | Tadji |
8 (Bomber) Squadron | 08/43 to 02/46 | Beaufort | Goodenough Island, Nadzab, Tadji |
11 (Flying Boat) Squadron | 09/39 to 05/42 | Catalina | Port Moresby |
15 (Bomber) Squadron | 03/to 10/45 | Beaufort | Middleburg Island |
20 (Flying Boat) Squadron | 08/41 to 05/42 | Empire | Port Moresby |
22 (Bomber) Squadron | 09/42 to 08/44 | Boston | Port Moresby, Goodenough Island, Kiriwina Island |
23 (Dive Bomber) Squadron | 12/43 to 03/44 | Vengeance | Nadzab |
24 [i] (General Purpose) and [ii] (Dive Bomber) Squadron | [i] 12/41 to 02/42; [ii] 08/43 to 03/44 | [i] Wirraway, Hudson; [ii] Vengeance | [i] Rabaul; [ii] Dobodura, Nadzab |
30 (Attack) Squadron | 09/42 to 08/44 | Beaufighter | Port Moresby,
Goodenough Island, Tadji |
32 (General Reconnaissance) Squadron | 02/to 04/42; 08/42 to 09/42 | Hudson | Port Moresby |
33 (Transport) Squadron | 12/42 to 03/46 | Anson, Dakota | Port Moresby, Milne Bay, Lae |
36 (Transport) Squadron | 06/43 to late 43 | Dakota | Based in Australia, detachments in New Guinea |
40 (Transport) Squadron | 07/44 to 03/46 | Sunderland | Port Moresby |
41 (Transport) Squadron | 43 to 45 | Mariner | Based in Australia, with regular flights to New Guinea |
75 (Fighter) Squadron | 03/42 to 05/42; 07/42 to 08/44 | Kittyhawk | Port Moresby, Milne Bay, Goodenough Island, Nadzab, Cape Gloucester (New Britain), Aitape |
76 (Fighter) Squadron | 07/42 to 09/42; 06/43 to ?? | Kittyhawk | Milne Bay, Goodenough Island, Kiriwina Island |
77 (Fighter) Squadron | 11/43 to 09/44 | Kittyhawk | Milne Bay, Goodenough Island, Los Negros |
78 (Fighter) Squadron | 11/43 to 07/44 | Kittyhawk | Kiriwina Island, Nadzab, Cape Gloucester (New Britain), Tadji |
79 (Fighter) Squadron | 06/43 to 01/45 | Spitfire | Goodenough Island, Kiriwina Island, Momote |
80 (Fighter) Squadron | 02/to 05/44 | Kittyhawk | Nadzab, Cape Gloucester, Tadji |
82 (Fighter) Squadron | 08/to 09/44 | Kittyhawk | Port Moresby |
100 (Bomber) Squadron | 09/42 to 08/46 | Beaufort | Milne Bay, Vivigani, Nadzab, Tadji, Finschhafen |
Rescue and Communication Squadron | 10/42 to 11/43 | Tiger Moth | Port Moresby |
8 Communication Unit | 11/43 to 03/46 | Tiger Moth, Boomerang, Dornier Do 24, Vengeance, Walrus, Catalina, Beaufort, Beaufreighter, Beaufighter | Goodenough Island, Madang |
9 Communication Unit | 11/43 to 03/45 | Tiger Moth, Anson, Dragon, Wirraway | Port Moresby – and various other forward locations |
10 Communication Unit | 11/44 to 02/46 | Anson, Beaufort, Beaufreighter, Dakota | Torokina |
111 Air-Sea Rescue Flight | 12/44 to 01/47 | Catalina | Madang, Port Moresby |
2 Air Ambulance Unit | 43 to 45 | Anson | Based in Australia, with detachments to New Guinea |
12 Local Air Supply Unit | 04/45 to 03/46 | Anson, Tiger Moth, Beaufreighter | Tadji, Finschhafen |
16 (Air Observation Post) Flight | 10/44 to 03/45 | Auster | Lae; detachment at Tadji |
17 (Air Observation Post) Flight | 12/44 to 12/45 | Auster | Torokina; detachment at Tadji |
Special Transport Flight (formed by 1 Operational Training Unit) | 12/42 to 01/43 | Hudson | Port Moresby |