page_title: No. 30 Squadron RAAF
hierarchical_section_title: No. 30 Squadron RAAF
caption_attribution_description: Australian War Memorial (AWM) catalog number OG0001 Sourced from: http://www.awm.gov.au/database/collection.asp Copyright: The AWM record for this photo states that the copyright status is 'clear'. The photo was taken in 1942. Higher resolution images may be ordered through the AWM (Source: email from the AWM to Nick Dowling 6 January 2006). AWM Caption: NEW GUINEA. C. 1942. BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 30 SQUADRON RAAF (PILOT FLYING OFFICER R. J. BRAZENOR; OBSERVER SERGEANT F. B. ANDERSON) IN FLIGHT CLOSE TO A ROCKY OUTCROP IN A VALLEY IN THE OWEN STANLEY RANGE DURING AN OPERATION IN LATE 1942. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN BY SERGEANT W. B. BALL IN AN ACCOMPANYING BEAUFIGHTER. The copyright has expired on this image. Higher resolution versions of this image may be ordered through the AWM Website at [1]
context_page_description: No. 30 Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force. Raised in 1942 as a long-range fighter unit, the squadron saw action in the Second World War, serving in the South West Pacific Area against the Japanese and operating mainly in the ground attack and anti-shipping roles from bases in New Guinea and the Netherlands East Indies. After the war, the squadron was disbanded, however, it was re-raised a short time later as a unit of the part-time Citizen Air Force, operating in the target towing and air defence role in New South Wales. In 1960s the squadron ceased flying aircraft and operated surface-to-air missiles, providing for the defence of Sydney and Darwin before disbanding in 1968. The squadron was re-raised again in 2010 and since then it has served as an airbase support squadron located at RAAF Base East Sale.
context_section_description: No. 30 (City of Sale) Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Raised in 1942 as a long-range fighter unit, the squadron saw action in the Second World War, serving in the South West Pacific Area against the Japanese and operating mainly in the ground attack and anti-shipping roles from bases in New Guinea and the Netherlands East Indies. After the war, the squadron was disbanded, however, it was re-raised a short time later as a unit of the part-time Citizen Air Force, operating in the target towing and air defence role in New South Wales.  In 1960s the squadron ceased flying aircraft and operated surface-to-air missiles, providing for the defence of Sydney and Darwin before disbanding in 1968. The squadron was re-raised again in 2010 and since then it has served as an airbase support squadron located at RAAF Base East Sale.
caption: A No. 30 Squadron Beaufighter flying through the Owen Stanley Range in 1942 (AWM OG0001)
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