Derby

MapLat 17° 18' 0S Long 123° 58' 0E

Japanese Air Raid
Suffered its only raid on March 20 1942.

Derby Airfield
Wartime airfield

Stan Gajda adds:
"I found a F2A Buffalo A51-5 near Derby which had NEI markings, orange black-bordered triangles, with code 'B3-174'. The Buffalo must have escaped from Batavia during the Japanese invasion and pressed into service with the RAAF. This wreckage is now in Sydney."


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