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No. 71 Wing was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) wing of World War II. It was formed in February 1943 at Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, as part of No. 9 Operational Group. The wing initially comprised two squadrons of P-40 Kittyhawks, one of Lockheed Hudsons, and one of Bristol Beauforts. The wing's mainstay soon became the Beaufort, which eventually equipped five squadrons attached to the formation. No. 71 Wing took part in the New Guinea campaign under the auspices of No. 9 Group, before transferring to No. 10 Operational Group for the Western New Guinea campaign during 1944. It then returned to the control of Northern Command (formerly No. 9 Group) to support Australian ground forces in the Aitape–Wewak campaign, and completed its final combat mission only hours before the Japanese sur

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rdfs:label	No. 71 Wing RAAF (en) Asa N.º 71 da RAAF (pt)
rdfs:comment	No. 71 Wing was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) wing of World War II. It was formed in February 1943 at Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, as part of No. 9 Operational Group. The wing initially comprised two squadrons of P-40 Kittyhawks, one of Lockheed Hudsons, and one of Bristol Beauforts. The wing's mainstay soon became the Beaufort, which eventually equipped five squadrons attached to the formation. No. 71 Wing took part in the New Guinea campaign under the auspices of No. 9 Group, before transferring to No. 10 Operational Group for the Western New Guinea campaign during 1944. It then returned to the control of Northern Command (formerly No. 9 Group) to support Australian ground forces in the Aitape–Wewak campaign, and completed its final combat mission only hours before the Japanese sur (en) A Asa N.º 71 foi uma asa da Real Força Aérea Australiana durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Foi formada em Fevereiro de 1943 em Milne Bay, na Papua-Nova Guiné, como parte do Grupo Operacional N.º 9. Inicialmente a asa era composta por dois esquadrões equipados com aviões P-40 Kittyhawk, um com Lockheed Hudson, e um com Bristol Beaufort. A aeronave principal da asa rapidamente tornou-se o Beaufort, que acabou por equipar os cinco esquadrões da asa. A Asa N.º 71 participou na campanha da Nova Guiné como parte do Grupo N.º 9, antes de ser transferida para o Grupo Operacional N.º 10 para a campanha da Nova Guiné ocidental, durante 1944. Posteriormente, regressou ao controlo do Comando do Norte (anteriormente Grupo N.º 9) para prestar apoio às forças terrestres da Austrália na campanha de Aitape (pt)
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