RAAF units in Papua and New Guinea (Overview text)
Module name: Units (Australian perspective)
This page was contributed by Dr John Moremon (Australian War Memorial)

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

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