No. 9 Operational Group RAAF
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No. 9 Operational Group was a major Royal Australian Air Force formation providing fighter, ground-attack and anti-shipping support to the Allies in the South West Pacific theatre during World War II.
Personnel of No. 30 Squadron, part of No. 73 Wing, No. 9 Operational Group, with a Beaufighter in New Guinea, 1943
Air Commodore Hewitt, right, with Major General Whitehead, New Guinea, 1943
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. 9 Operational Group RAAF
…Command on 11 April 1944, to better reflect its new function. Its mobile strike role was taken over by No. 10 Operational Group (later renamed the Australian First Tactical Air Force), which had been formed on 13 November 1943. Upon its establishment in September 1942, No. 9 OG consisted of the following units…
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