Fred Brooks Collection: Rob Richter
86SQN Curtiss Kittyhawk
No. 86 Squadron was formed on the 4th of March 1943 operating Curtiss Kittyhawk P-40M aircraft. The squadron departed on the 1st of May 1943 for Ross River near Townsville en-route to Merauke New Guinea.
Paraphrased from History Group South Austalian Museum 2020: Peter Ingman
Air Force’s ISREW specialists: Australian Defence Magazine
21SQN Vultee Vengeance
No. 21 Squadron was reformed at Gawler on the 13th of September 1943 as a dive-bomber unit operating Vultee Vengeance aircraft. On the 24th and th25 November, the squadron departed for Lowood in Queensland, as did the ground personnel who left by train. From Lowood No. 21 Squadron would eventually deploy to New Guinea.
Note: The images of 21SQN's Vultee Vengeance aircraft is from their deployment in New Guinea
Paraphrased from History Group South Austalian Museum 2020: Peter Ingman
Paraphrased from History Group South Austalian Museum 2020: Peter Ingman