32 Squadron, RAAF - History

 

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32 Squadron was present at the following bases:

  Place
Arrival Date
 
  Formed at 7 Mile Strip, Port Moresby
(from the remnants of 24Sqn)
21 February 1942
 
  Horn Island, Papua New Guinea
April 1942
 
  Milne Bay Fall River Strip, Papua New Guinea
 
  Camden, New South Wales
 
  Detachments at:
Bundaberg, Queensland
Amberley, Queensland
Lowood, Queensland
Mallacoota, Victoria
Moruya, Victoria
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
Mascot, New South Wales
6 March 1943
 
  Bundaberg, Queensland
1 July 1944
 
 

The following aircraft were assigned to this Squadron:

Serial Number
Squadron Code

Picture/Description - Location/Reference Source - Date/Source

A9-251
JM-W
No Proof - Just Reference (From "The Beaufort Files" by Roger Hayward)
A9-267
JM-X
In Flight - Bundaberg, Queensland (No Date)
In Flight - Lowood, Queensland - 1944
Lined Up - Bundaberg, Queensland (No Date)
A9-274
JM-Q
No Proof - Just Reference (From "The Beaufort Files" by Roger Hayward)
A9-276
JM-R
No Proof - Just Reference (From "The Beaufort Files" by Roger Hayward)
A9-279
JM-B
No Proof - Just Reference (From "The Beaufort Files" by Roger Hayward)
A9-287
JM-S
Lined Up - Bundaberg, Queensland (No Date)
No Proof - Just Reference (From "The Beaufort Files" by Roger Hayward)
A9-291
JM-E
No Proof - Just Reference (From "The Beaufort Files" by Roger Hayward)
A9-312
JM-B
No Proof - Just Reference (From "The Beaufort Files" by Roger Hayward)
A9-322
JM-F
In Flight - Location Unknown - Mid-1943
A9-324
JM-G
No Proof - Just Reference (From "The Beaufort Files" by Roger Hayward)
A9-326
JM-L
No Proof - Just Reference (From "The Beaufort Files" by Roger Hayward)
A9-332
JM-K
In Flight Over Bundaberg, Queensland (No Date)
A9-336
JM-C
No Proof - Just Reference (From "The Beaufort Files" by Roger Hayward)
A9-351
JM-H
Crashed - Bundaberg, Queensland (No Date)
Crashed - Bundaberg, Queendland (No Date)
A9-372
JM-P
In Flight - Location Unknown - Mid-1943
A9-432
JM-T
Crew Standing Beside Aircraft - Bundaberg, Queensland (No Date)
A9-436
JM-U
No Proof - Just Reference (From "The Beaufort Files" by Roger Hayward)
A9-440
JM-T
Crashed (Flt. Off. Ron Grieves) - Bundaberg, Queensland - 21 December 1943
A9-457
JM-X
No Proof - Just Reference (From "The Beaufort Files" by Roger Hayward)
A9-476
JM-M
No Proof - Just Reference (From "The Beaufort Files" by Roger Hayward)
A9-490
JM-J
Taking Off - Camden, New South Wales (No Date)
In Flight - Location Unknown (No Date)
In Flight - Location Unknown (No Date)
A9-492
JM-T
Crew - Bundaberg, Queensland (No Date)
No Proof - Just Reference (From "The Beaufort Files" by Roger Hayward)
A9-494
JM-F
In Flight - Location Unknown (No Date)
A9-545
JM-F
Crashed Rear Fuselage - Lowood, Queensland - 1944
Crashed Front Fuselage (Different View) - Lowood, Queensland - 1944
A9-552
JM-A
No Proof - Just Reference (From "The Beaufort Files" by Roger Hayward)
A9-563
JM-M
No Proof - Just Reference (From "The Beaufort Files" by Roger Hayward)
A9-609
JM-S
Lined Up - Bundaberg, Queensland (No Date)
In Flight - Bundaberg, Queensland (No Date)
in Flight - Lowood, Queensland - 1944
A9-629
JM-T
No Proof - Just Reference (From "The Beaufort Files" by Roger Hayward)
A9-662
JM-N
Crew Pictured On Account Standing - Lowood, Queensland - 1944
A9-638
JM-H
No Proof - Just Reference (From "The Beaufort Files" by Roger Hayward)