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4 unusual facts about No. 34 Squadron RAAF


No. 34 Squadron RAAF

It lost one of the Tiger Moths to a bushfire on 1 July, a few days after the plane crashlanded south of Katherine.

Another Dragon was lost in a fire after it crashlanded near Tennant Creek in April.

October 1944 saw a detachment of the squadron operating from Cape York in Far North Queensland to bases in the Dutch East Indies.

Oodnadatta Airport

It was utilised by the Royal Australian Air Force's No. 34 Squadron to courier equipment and stores, transport troops and utilised by RAAF and United States Army Air Force fighter and bomber aircraft en route to Darwin, Northern Territory.


Operation Astute

12:30 (Darwin) A RAAF 34SQN Challenger 604 (VIP jet) was tasked to fly the Australian Vice Chief of Defence Force from Canberra to Dili via Darwin, to negotiate the rules of engagement of the Australian operation, and other conditions of deployment.


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