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No. 1 Wing was an Australian Flying Corps (AFC) and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) wing active during World War I and World War II. The wing was established on 1 September 1917 as the 1st Training Wing and commanded the AFC's pilot training squadrons in England until April 1919, when it was disbanded. It was reformed on 7 October 1942 as a fighter unit comprising two Australian and one British flying squadrons equipped with Supermarine Spitfire aircraft, and a mobile fighter sector headquarters. The wing provided air defence to Darwin and several other key Allied bases in northern Australia until the end of the war, and was again disbanded in October 1945.

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  • No. 1 Wing was an Australian Flying Corps (AFC) and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) wing active during World War I and World War II. The wing was established on 1 September 1917 as the 1st Training Wing and commanded the AFC's pilot training squadrons in England until April 1919, when it was disbanded. It was reformed on 7 October 1942 as a fighter unit comprising two Australian and one British flying squadrons equipped with Supermarine Spitfire aircraft, and a mobile fighter sector headquarters. The wing provided air defence to Darwin and several other key Allied bases in northern Australia until the end of the war, and was again disbanded in October 1945. During its first months at Darwin, No. 1 Wing intercepted several of the air raids conducted against Northern Australia by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force and Imperial Japanese Navy. Although the wing was hampered by mechanical problems with its Spitfires and suffered heavy losses in some engagements, it eventually downed more Japanese aircraft than it lost in combat. After the final Japanese air raid on northern Australia in November 1943, No. 1 Wing saw little combat, which led to its personnel suffering from low morale. The wing's two Australian flying squadrons were replaced with British units in July 1944, and subsequent proposals to move these squadrons to more active areas were not successful. (en)
  • A Asa N.º 1 foi uma formação do Australian Flying Corps (AFC) e, mais tarde, da Real Força Aérea Australiana (RAAF), durante a Primeira Guerra Mundial e a Segunda Guerra Mundial, respectivamente. Estabelecida no dia 1 de Setembro de 1917 como uma formação de esquadrões de treino de pilotagem, na Inglaterra, foi dissolvida em Abril de 1919. No dia 7 de Outubro de 1942 voltou a ser formada, desta vez como uma formação de caças. Até ser dissolvida em Outubro de 1945, prestou serviço até ao final da Segunda Guerra Mundial. (pt)
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  • 1919-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • 1917-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • Four flying squadrons (World War I)
  • Three flying squadrons, one mobile fighter sector headquarters (World War II)
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  • Air defence (World War II)
  • Training (World War I)
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  • Australia (en)
  • United Kingdom (en)
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  • 1917 (xsd:integer)
  • 1942 (xsd:integer)
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  • "Churchill Wing" (en)
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  • Training (en)
  • Air defence (en)
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  • Four flying squadrons (en)
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  • No. 1 Wing RAAF (en)
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  • A Asa N.º 1 foi uma formação do Australian Flying Corps (AFC) e, mais tarde, da Real Força Aérea Australiana (RAAF), durante a Primeira Guerra Mundial e a Segunda Guerra Mundial, respectivamente. Estabelecida no dia 1 de Setembro de 1917 como uma formação de esquadrões de treino de pilotagem, na Inglaterra, foi dissolvida em Abril de 1919. No dia 7 de Outubro de 1942 voltou a ser formada, desta vez como uma formação de caças. Até ser dissolvida em Outubro de 1945, prestou serviço até ao final da Segunda Guerra Mundial. (pt)
  • No. 1 Wing was an Australian Flying Corps (AFC) and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) wing active during World War I and World War II. The wing was established on 1 September 1917 as the 1st Training Wing and commanded the AFC's pilot training squadrons in England until April 1919, when it was disbanded. It was reformed on 7 October 1942 as a fighter unit comprising two Australian and one British flying squadrons equipped with Supermarine Spitfire aircraft, and a mobile fighter sector headquarters. The wing provided air defence to Darwin and several other key Allied bases in northern Australia until the end of the war, and was again disbanded in October 1945. (en)
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  • No. 1 Wing RAAF (en)
  • Asa N.º 1 da RAAF (pt)
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