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The RAAF sent 4 squadrons to New Guinea. The first strike was conducted against a bridge at Bogadjim on 7 Sep 43 (24 sqn) and the last against Japanese positions at Rempi village on 8 Mar 44. They were only used briefly before being ordered out of the theatre by USAAF high command.I didn't know they used the Vengeance on New Guinea, that's interesting. When was that? I'm a big fan of dive bombers so always interested in that plane as well...
HiSome of the details I found interesting were related to the fiendish cleverness of the war-fighters, all around. Such as how the Germans would shoot colored smoke all over when they were trying to mark targets, or the way the A-36 pilots dropped bombs on the top of a hill to roll down onto German troops climbing up.
HiI didn't know they used the Vengeance on New Guinea, that's interesting. When was that? I'm a big fan of dive bombers so always interested in that plane as well...
Probably the squadron hack. The 27th Bomb Group (Light), after being reconstituted in the US after the original unit had been lost in the Phillippines, was equipped with A-20s before being reorganized as an FB group in North Africa with A-36s.