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No. 79 Wing was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) wing of World War II. It was formed in December 1943 at Batchelor, Northern Territory, as part of North-Western Area Command. Led by Group Captain Charles Eaton, the wing comprised four squadrons on its establishment, flying Beaufort and B-25 Mitchell bombers and Beaufighter heavy fighters. No. 79 Wing took part in the New Guinea and North-Western Area Campaigns during 1944–45, eventually transferring to Balikpapan in the Dutch East Indies as the Allies advanced northward. By the end of the Pacific War, the wing was attached to the Australian First Tactical Air Force and was made up of Nos. 2 and 18 (Netherlands East Indies) Squadrons, both flying Mitchells. The latter transferred to the Netherlands Air Force in late 1945, while the forme

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  • No. 79 Wing was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) wing of World War II. It was formed in December 1943 at Batchelor, Northern Territory, as part of North-Western Area Command. Led by Group Captain Charles Eaton, the wing comprised four squadrons on its establishment, flying Beaufort and B-25 Mitchell bombers and Beaufighter heavy fighters. No. 79 Wing took part in the New Guinea and North-Western Area Campaigns during 1944–45, eventually transferring to Balikpapan in the Dutch East Indies as the Allies advanced northward. By the end of the Pacific War, the wing was attached to the Australian First Tactical Air Force and was made up of Nos. 2 and 18 (Netherlands East Indies) Squadrons, both flying Mitchells. The latter transferred to the Netherlands Air Force in late 1945, while the former returned to Australia where it disbanded the following year. No. 79 Headquarters itself disbanded in October 1945, soon after the end of hostilities. (en)
  • A Asa N.º 79 foi uma formação da Real Força Aérea Australiana (RAAF) durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Foi formada em Dezembro de 1943 em Batchelor, no Território do Norte, como parte do Comando da Área Noroeste. Liderada pelo Capitão de Grupo Charles Eaton, a asa era composta por quatro esquadrões à data da sua fundação, equipados com caças-pesados Bristol Beaufighter e bombardeiros Bristol Beaufort e B-25 Mitchell. Esta formação participou na Campanha da Nova Guiné e nas campanhas do Comando da Área Noroeste entre 1944 e 1945, sendo eventualmente transferida para Balikpapan, nas Índias Orientais Holandesas, à medida que os aliados avançavam para norte. Com o final da Guerra do Pacífico a asa ficou adida à Primeira Força Aérea Táctica Australiana e ficou constituída pelos esquadrões N.º 2 e 18, ambos equipados com bombardeiros Mitchell. O Esquadrão N.º 18 foi transferido para a Força Aérea Holandesa no final de 1945, enquanto o Esquadrão N.º 2 regressou à Austrália, onde foi dissolvido um ano depois. Em Outubro de 1945, o quartel-general da Asa N.º 79 foi dissolvido. (pt)
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  • Two–four flying squadrons
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  • Attack
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  • World War II * New Guinea Campaign * North-Western Area Campaign (en)
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  • Commanders of No. 18 Squadron and No. 79 Wing: Lieutenant Colonel Asjes and Group Captain Ryland at Batchelor, Northern Territory, 1944 (en)
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  • Australia (en)
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  • 1943 (xsd:integer)
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  • Attack (en)
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  • Two–four flying squadrons (en)
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  • No. 79 Wing was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) wing of World War II. It was formed in December 1943 at Batchelor, Northern Territory, as part of North-Western Area Command. Led by Group Captain Charles Eaton, the wing comprised four squadrons on its establishment, flying Beaufort and B-25 Mitchell bombers and Beaufighter heavy fighters. No. 79 Wing took part in the New Guinea and North-Western Area Campaigns during 1944–45, eventually transferring to Balikpapan in the Dutch East Indies as the Allies advanced northward. By the end of the Pacific War, the wing was attached to the Australian First Tactical Air Force and was made up of Nos. 2 and 18 (Netherlands East Indies) Squadrons, both flying Mitchells. The latter transferred to the Netherlands Air Force in late 1945, while the forme (en)
  • A Asa N.º 79 foi uma formação da Real Força Aérea Australiana (RAAF) durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Foi formada em Dezembro de 1943 em Batchelor, no Território do Norte, como parte do Comando da Área Noroeste. Liderada pelo Capitão de Grupo Charles Eaton, a asa era composta por quatro esquadrões à data da sua fundação, equipados com caças-pesados Bristol Beaufighter e bombardeiros Bristol Beaufort e B-25 Mitchell. Esta formação participou na Campanha da Nova Guiné e nas campanhas do Comando da Área Noroeste entre 1944 e 1945, sendo eventualmente transferida para Balikpapan, nas Índias Orientais Holandesas, à medida que os aliados avançavam para norte. Com o final da Guerra do Pacífico a asa ficou adida à Primeira Força Aérea Táctica Australiana e ficou constituída pelos esquadrões N.º 2 (pt)
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  • No. 79 Wing RAAF (en)
  • Asa N.º 79 da RAAF (pt)
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