North-Western Area Command
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North-Western Area Command was one of several geographically based commands raised by the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II. Its wartime sphere of operations included the Northern Territo
Explosion of an oil storage tank during the first air raid on Darwin, 19 February 1942
Air Commodore Bladin (right) as AOC NWA, with a Dutch officer, 1943
Air Vice Marshal Cole (left) as AOC NWA, at Adelaide River, Northern Territory, September 1943
Air Vice Marshal Charlesworth (centre) as AOC NWA and Group Captain Headlam (second right) welcome repatriated POWs to Darwin, September 1945
Western Area Command (RAAF)
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Western Area Command was one of several geographically based commands raised by the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II. It was formed in January 1941, and controlled RAAF units located in
North-Western Area Command
…Staff, Air Vice Marshal George Jones, proposed reducing the five extant mainland area commands (North-Western, North-Eastern, Eastern, Southern, and Western Areas) to three: Northern Area, covering Queensland and the Northern Territory; Eastern Area, covering New South Wales; and Southern Area, covering Western…
Air Commodore De La Rue (braided cap), inaugural AOC Western Area, inspecting pilot trainees, c. 1941