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No. 77 Wing was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) wing of World War II. It formed part of No. 10 Operational Group (later the Australian First Tactical Air Force) at its establishment in November 1943, when it comprised three squadrons equipped with Vultee Vengeance dive bombers. No. 77 Wing commenced operations in early 1944, flying out of Nadzab, Papua New Guinea. Soon afterwards, however, the Vengeance units were withdrawn from combat and replaced with squadrons flying Douglas Bostons, Bristol Beaufighters and Bristol Beauforts. The wing saw action in the assaults on Noemfoor, Tarakan, and North Borneo, by which time it was an all-Beaufighter formation made up of Nos. 22, 30 and 31 Squadrons. It was to have taken part in the Battle of Balikpapan in June 1945, but unsuitable landing gr

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rdfs:label	No. 77 Wing RAAF (en) Asa N.º 77 da RAAF (pt)
rdfs:comment	No. 77 Wing was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) wing of World War II. It formed part of No. 10 Operational Group (later the Australian First Tactical Air Force) at its establishment in November 1943, when it comprised three squadrons equipped with Vultee Vengeance dive bombers. No. 77 Wing commenced operations in early 1944, flying out of Nadzab, Papua New Guinea. Soon afterwards, however, the Vengeance units were withdrawn from combat and replaced with squadrons flying Douglas Bostons, Bristol Beaufighters and Bristol Beauforts. The wing saw action in the assaults on Noemfoor, Tarakan, and North Borneo, by which time it was an all-Beaufighter formation made up of Nos. 22, 30 and 31 Squadrons. It was to have taken part in the Battle of Balikpapan in June 1945, but unsuitable landing gr (en) A Asa N.º 77 foi uma formação da Real Força Aérea Australiana (RAAF) durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Fez parte do Grupo Operacional N.º 10 (mais tarde Primeira Força Aérea Táctica Australiana) quando foi formada em Novembro de 1943, sendo composta por três esquadrões equipados com bombardeiros de mergulho Vultee Vengeance. A Asa N.º 77 começou a realizar operações no início de 1944, voando a partir de Nadzab, Papua-Nova Guiné. Contudo, pouco tempo depois as unidades que operavam os Vengeance foram retiradas da linha da frente e foram substituídas por esquadrões que operavam aviões Douglas Boston, Bristol Beaufighter e Bristol Beaufort. A asa combateu durante os ataques a Noemfoor, Tarakan e no norte de Bornéu, altura pela qual era uma formação que operava exclusivamente aviões Beaufort, (pt)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Royal Australian Air Force North-Western Area Command (RAAF) Noemfoor Island 20th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) Battle of Balikpapan (1945) Battle of Leyte Battle of Noemfoor Battle of North Borneo Battle of Tarakan (1945) Borneo campaign (1945) Deniliquin Airport Allen & Unwin RAAF area commands Close air support Empire of Japan Morotai Nadzab Lowood, Queensland Madang Province Sulawesi South West Pacific theatre of World War II Australian War Memorial Bristol Beaufighter Bristol Beaufort Vultee A-31 Vengeance Wing (military aviation unit) No. 21 Squadron RAAF No. 22 Squadron RAAF No. 23 Squadron RAAF No. 30 Squadron RAAF No. 31 Squadron RAAF No. 78 Wing RAAF No. 9 Operational Group RAAF RAAF wings Darwin, Northern Territory Fighter aircraft No. 24 Squadron RAAF Oxford University Press Halmahera Charles Read (RAAF officer) Labuan Douglas A-20 Havoc Australian First Tactical Air Force Squadron (aviation) Wing Commander (rank) RAAF Base Williamtown Shaggy Ridge Tarakan Island Australian 7th Division Curtis P-40 Warhawk
Link from a Wikipage to an external page	https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/RCDIG1070210/ https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/RCDIG1070209/
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aircraft attack	Bristol Beaufighter Vultee A-31 Vengeance

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