The Australian First Tactical Air Force was formed on 25 October 1944 by the Royal Australian Air Force. Its purpose was to provide a mobile force of fighter and ground attack aircraft that could supp
No. 1 TAF Headquarters following the Japanese surrender; one further strike was flown after this picture was taken.
Air Commodore Scherger (left) with other Allied officers in April 1944, after the landings at Aitape
Air Commodore Cobby (left) and Group Captain Caldwell (right) pictured at Morotai in January 1945
No. 78 Squadron Kittyhawks, Noemfoor, 1944
No. 78 Squadron RAAF
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No. 78 Squadron was a Royal Australian Air Force fighter squadron of World War II. It was formed in July 1943 as part of expansion of the RAAF's fighter force, and was assigned to mobile striking forc
A No. 78 Squadron P-40 being towed by a jeep while at an airfield near Hollandia in July 1944
Len Waters in a Kittyhawk fighter during 1945