DOUGLAS BOSTON (A-20) AIRCRAFT OF NO. 22 SQUADRON RAAF IN SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA. NO. 22 WAS THE ...

Place Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Halmahera Island, Morotai Island
Accession Number AC0031
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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DOUGLAS BOSTON (A-20) AIRCRAFT OF NO. 22 SQUADRON RAAF IN SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA. NO. 22 WAS THE ONLY AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON WHICH WAS EQUIPPED WITH THIS TYPE. IT WAS LATER REEQUIPPED WITH BEAUFIGHTERS AFTER MOST OF ITS BOSTONS WERE CAUGHT ON GROUND, AT NIGHT, BY JAPANESE BOMBING AT MOROTAI.