This is a list of past and present squadrons of the
Royal New Zealand Air Force
The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) ( mi, Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa, "The Warriors of the Sky of New Zealand"; previously ', "War Party of the Blue") is the aerial service branch of the New Zealand Defence Force. It was formed from New Zeala ...
Current RNZAF flying squadrons and units
Former RNZAF squadrons
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No. 1 Squadron RNZAF
No. 1 Squadron RNZAF was a New Zealand reconnaissance and patrol bomber squadron operating in the Pacific War, Pacific Theatre during World War II. After the war the squadron served in the transport and VIP role.
History
It was formed as the New ...
Code "SJ" reconnaissance / patrol bomber / Transport
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No. 2 Squadron RNZAF
No. 2 Squadron RNZAF was a squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF). It was formed in 1930 as part of the Territorial Air Force with the main headquarters at Wellington and shadow flights at New Plymouth and Wanganui. Squadron pers ...
Code "UH" reconnaissance /patrol bomber / Territorial Fighter Bomber
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No. 4 Squadron RNZAF
No. 4 Squadron RNZAF was a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) patrol bomber unit that served in the South Pacific during World War II.
In the 1950s it also served as a Territorial Air Force unit flying Harvards and Mustangs from Taieri in Ot ...
Code "YZ" reconnaissance / patrol bomber
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No. 7 Squadron RNZAF
No. 7 Squadron Royal New Zealand Air Force was a New Zealand based reconnaissance squadron of the RNZAF in World War II.
Number 7 Squadron formed under Squadron Leader A. J. Turner at RNZAF Station Waipapakauri in February 1942, in reaction ...
Code "UW" reconnaissance / patrol bomber
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No. 8 Squadron RNZAF
No. 8 Squadron RNZAF was a New Zealand Bomber Reconnaissance squadron in the South Pacific during World War II.
History
In response to Japan's entry into World War II, the Squadron was formed in March 1942 for the defence of New Zealand usi ...
– reconnaissance / patrol bomber
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No. 9 Squadron RNZAF
No. 9 Squadron RNZAF was a New Zealand bomber reconnaissance squadron in the Pacific Theatre of World War II.
History
The squadron formed as No. 9 General Reconnaissance Squadron operating Lockheed Hudson aircraft at Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield ...
– reconnaissance / patrol bomber
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No. 10 Squadron RNZAF – reserve bomber reconnaissance / reconnaissance /patrol bomber / Operational Training Unit
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No. 11 Squadron RNZAF – reserve bomber reconnaissance
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No. 12 Squadron RNZAF – reserve bomber reconnaissance
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No. 13 Squadron RNZAF – reserve bomber reconnaissance
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No. 15 Squadron RNZAF
No. 15 Squadron was a fighter squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force that was formed in June 1942. It served in Tonga, Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Espiritu Santo, Bougainville Island, Bougainville and Green Island, Papua New Guinea, Green Isla ...
– Fighter
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No. 16 Squadron RNZAF
No. 16 Squadron was a fighter squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Formed in July 1942 at RNZAF Base Woodbourne, the squadron was equipped with Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawks and later F4U Corsairs. The squadron fought in the Southwest Pacifi ...
– Fighter
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No. 17 Squadron RNZAF
No. 17 Squadron was a fighter squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Formed in October 1942 at Ohakea, the squadron was initially equipped with Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawks, before converting to F4U-1 Corsairs in 1944. The squadron fought in ...
– Fighter
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No. 18 Squadron RNZAF
No. 18 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Formed in June 1943 at RNZAF Base Woodbourne, the squadron was initially equipped with Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawks, before converting to F4U-1 Corsair fighter bombers in 1944. The ...
– Fighter
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No. 19 Squadron RNZAF
No. 19 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Formed on 10 December 1941 at RNZAF Station Ohakea from members of No. 3 Squadron equipped with P-40 Kittyhawk and later with the Chance-Vought F4U-1 Corsair fighter bombers.
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– Code "ZG" Fighter
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No. 20 Squadron RNZAF
No. 20 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. It was first established at as an army co-operation unit, serving in this role between 1942 and 1943. In January 1944, the squadron was reformed as a fighter unit at equipped with ...
– Code "UY" Army Co-operation / Fighter
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No. 21 Squadron RNZAF
No. 21 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Formed in May 1944, it was equipped with F4U-1 Corsair fighter bombers.
History
21 Squadron was deployed to Kukum Field on Guadalcanal from June–July 1944, to Piva Airfield ...
– Code "TX" Army Co-operation / Fighter
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No. 22 Squadron RNZAF
No. 22 Squadron RNZAF was a squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Formed in August 1942, during World War II, at RNZAF Station Onerahi equipped with the Hawker Hind, co-ordinating with New Zealand Army units providing training for air li ...
– Code Army Co-operation/ Fighter
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No. 23 Squadron RNZAF – Fighter
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No. 24 Squadron RNZAF – Fighter
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No. 25 Squadron RNZAF - Dive Bomber / Fighter
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No. 26 Squadron RNZAF
No. 26 Squadron RNZAF was a squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Formed in October 1943, during World War II, from "C Flight", No. 25 Squadron at RNZAF Station Seagrove to be equipped with Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers, however wa ...
- Fighter
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No. 30 Squadron RNZAF
No. 30 Squadron RNZAF was a New Zealand light bomber squadron which saw service against the Japanese in the Pacific Theatre during the last two years of the Second World War.
History
No.30 Squadron formed on 28 May 1943, being stood up at RNZAF ...
- Reserve Fighter Bomber / Dive Bomber
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No. 31 Squadron RNZAF
No. 31 Squadron is a squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Formed in December 1943, it was equipped with Grumman TBF Avenger Torpedo bombers.
History
31 Squadron was stationed in New Zealand from December 1943 to May 1944. The squadron d ...
- Reserve Fighter Bomber / Dive Bomber
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No. 41 Squadron RNZAF
No. 41 Squadron was a transport unit of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF). The squadron was formed in 1944, and conducted transport flights in the south Pacific during World War II. It remained active after the war, and flew supplies to the ...
- Code "SG" Reserve Light Bomber / Transport
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No. 43 Squadron RNZAF
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– Reserve Light Bomber
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No 44 Squadron RNZAF - Reserve Light Bomber
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No. 51 Squadron RNZAF – postwar Light Anti-Aircraft (LAA) unit. Previous No. 1 LAA Squadron; change of title c.1954.
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No. 52 Squadron RNZAF – postwar Light Anti-Aircraft (LAA) unit. Previously No. 2 LAA Squadron.
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No. 60 Squadron RNZAF - Radar
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No. 61 Squadron RNZAF - Radar
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No. 62 Squadron RNZAF - Radar
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No. 75 Squadron RNZAF
No. 75 Squadron RNZAF was an air combat squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. It was formed from the RAF's World War II bomber squadron, No. 75 Squadron, which had been initially equipped by the New Zealand government and was largely mann ...
Code "AA", "JN" & "YZ" Fighter / Bomber / Heavy Bomber / Fighter Bomber
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Navigation and Air Electronics Training Squadron RNZAF
*Airframe Reconditioning Squadron RNZAF (
RNZAF Base Woodbourne
RNZAF Base Woodbourne is a base of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, located 8 km west of Blenheim.
Woodbourne was established in 1939 as the base for No. 2 Service Flying Training School (No.2 SFTS). Also located nearby during World War II ...
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Squadrons of the Royal Air Force staffed mainly by New Zealanders
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75 (NEW ZEALAND) Squadron RAF – heavy bomber; code "AA" & "JN"
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No. 243 Squadron RAF
No. 243 Squadron was a flying squadron of the Royal Air Force. Originally formed in August 1918 from two flights that had been part of the Royal Naval Air Service, the squadron conducted anti-submarine patrols during the final stages of World War ...
– fighter/transport; code "SN" & "VM"
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No. 258 Squadron RAF
No. 258 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron during the First and Second World Wars.
History First World War
No. 258 Squadron was first formed 25 July 1918 from 523, 525 and 529 Special Duties Flights at Luce Bay near Stranraer, Scotland und ...
– fighter; code "FH" & "ZT"
Article XV squadrons
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485 Squadron – fighter; code "OU"
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486 Squadron – night fighter & fighter bomber; code "SA"
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487 Squadron – bomber/fighter bomber; code "EG"
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488 Squadron – fighter/night fighter; code "NF" & "ME"
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489 Squadron – torpedo bomber; code "P6" & "XA"
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490 Squadron – flying boats; code/s unknown
Other RNZAF units
*Northern Group, Central Group, Southern Group (in New Zealand)
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No. 1 (Islands) Group RNZAF
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General Service Training School
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Command Training School
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Ground Training Wing
World War II
Wartime squadrons
New Zealand Embedded Squadrons in the Royal Air Force
See also
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Structure of the Royal New Zealand Air Force
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Squadrons Of The Rnzaf
New Zealand Air Force squadrons
New Zealand military-related lists