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Australian, New Zealand & Papua New Guinea Military Aircraft Serials & History
Aircraft operated by WWII RNZAF units within the RAF
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Under Article XV of the Empire Air Training Scheme, participating Commonwealth Nations raised squadrons for service within the RAF during WWII. These squadrons were intended to be crewed by nationals from the participating nations and equipped by the RAF, but in practice, they tended to be staffed by crews from across the Commonwealth.
The RNZAF Article XV squadrons were:
- 485 (NZ) Sqn (Fighter, Fighter-bomber)
- 486 (NZ) Sqn (Fighter-bomber, fighter)
- 487 (NZ) Sqn (Fighter-bomber)
- 488 (NZ) Sqn (Fighter/night Fighter)
- 489 (NZ) Sqn (Coastal Command: torpedo, anti-shipping)
- 490 (NZ) Sqn (Coastal Command: flying boat)
Also 75 Sqn (NZ) Sqn (although not an Article XV squadron) was made up of RNZAF aircrews and operated as a heavy bomber unit under RAF operational command.
Aircraft Operated (RNZAF)
(It is possible that a type could have NZ allocations and RAF Serials on the same page)
| Aircraft History Page | Image Gallery | Operaters | Aircraft History Page | Image Gallery | Operaters |
| Avro 683 Lancaster |
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75(NZ) Sqn, RNZAF | Avro 694 Lincoln |
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75(NZ) Sqn, RNZAF |
| Brewster Buffalo |
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488 Sqn, RNZAF. | Bristol 149 Blenheim |
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488 Sqn & 489 Sqn, RNZAF. |
| Bristol 152 Beaufort | 489 Sqn, RNZAF. | Bristol
156 Beaufighter (Aircraft Page to be added) |
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488 Sqn & 489 Sqn, RNZAF. | |
| Consolidated
Catalina (Aircraft Page to be added) |
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490 Sqn, RNZAF. | De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito |
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487 Sqn, 488 Sqn & 489 Sqn, RNZAF. |
| Handley
Page HP.52 Hampden (Aircraft Page to be added) |
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489 Sqn, RNZAF. | Hawker Hurricane |
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486 Sqn & 488 Sqn, RNZAF. |
| Hawker
Typhoon (Aircraft Page to be added) |
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485 Sqn & 486 Sqn, RNZAF. | Hawker
Tempest (Aircraft Page to be added) |
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486 Sqn, RNZAF. |
| Lockheed
Ventura (Aircraft Page to be added) |
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487 Sqn, RNZAF. | Short
S.25 Sunderland (Aircraft Page to be added) |
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490 Sqn, RNZAF. |
| Short S.29 Stirling |
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75(NZ) Sqn, RNZAF | Supermarine Spitfire |
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485 Sqn, RNZAF. |
| Vickers Wellington |
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75(NZ) Sqn, RNZAF |
Page Authors: Darren Crick, Brendan Cowan, Martin Edwards & Tony McDonald
Page Updated 14 May 2021
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