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No. 78 Squadron, RAAF

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Personnel Rolls

Commanding Officers

Squadron Leader
WALKER, GRANT FORSYTH
Royal Australian Air Force
From 14 August 1943
Squadron Leader
BRYDON, ADAM HOWIE
RAAF, RAN
From 28 June 1944
Squadron Leader
COWAN, RAIFE JAMES
Royal Australian Air Force
From 25 August 1944
Squadron Leader
KINNINMONT, JACK ROYSTON
Royal Australian Air Force
From 12 February 1947

Roll of Honour

Honours & Awards

Nominal Roll

Archival Material

National Archives of Australia

Series No. Control Symbol Item Title Digitised Item Item ID
A9186 107 RAAF - No 78 [Fighter] Squadron - Unit history sheets [Covers operations in Dutch New Guinea. Aircraft flown: Kittyhawks] 1338124

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References

Clarke, G. 2021, This Smuttee Squadron (3rd ed). n.p.: Gordon Clarke.

Eather, S. 1995, Flying Squadrons of the Australian Defence Force. Weston Creek: Aerospace Publications.

RAAF Historical Section 1995, Fighter Units. Units of the Royal Australian Air Force: A Concise History, v. 2. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service.

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