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RAF aircraft were operated by 486 (NZ) Squadron. The RAF variant was the Tempest Mk V. Hawker Tomtit: 4 United Kingdom: Two-seat elementary, intermediate pilot trainer biplane 1931 1939 50 - 53 Hawker Typhoon United Kingdom: Single-seat fighter bomber, ground attack aircraft 1942 1944 RAF aircraft were operated by 486 (NZ) Squadron. The RAF ...
The aircraft were completed, and RNZAF crews were training on them in the UK in 1939; but with the outbreak of war in Europe increasingly likely, the New Zealand government offered the aircraft with their crews to the United Kingdom in August 1939. [14] They became No. 75 (New Zealand) Squadron RAF within No 3 Group.
The crews were to fly the aircraft to New Zealand in batches of six. RAF official records name this group of airman as "The New Zealand Squadron", and as a result of Britain declaring war against Germany, the New Zealand Government made the airman and the aircraft available to the RAF to help with the new war effort. A decision by the British ...
The 75 Squadron Association of New Zealand, was created in 1955 to maintain the comradeship and associations that have been made through membership of 75 Squadron RAF, 75(NZ) Squadron RAF, and 75 Squadron RNZAF. It also was to maintain a link with between all former members of "75 Squadrons" and "75 Squadron Associations", both in NZ and overseas.
Squadron(s) Role(s) Aircraft Type(s) No. 1 Squadron RNZAF: Reconnaissance: Vickers Vincent, Vickers Vildebeest, Airspeed Oxford, Lockheed Hudson, Lockheed Ventura: No. 2 Squadron RNZAF
In the mid-1930s, the Royal Air Force (RAF) was in the process of expanding and required an increasing number of suitable flying personnel. A number of schemes were implemented for New Zealanders to obtain short-service commissions in the RAF with the intention of then transferring to the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) in the future. This ...
A No. 41 Squadron Hastings was the only New Zealand aircraft to participate in the 1953 London to Christchurch air race, but it failed to complete the race after making an emergency landing at RAF Negombo in Ceylon. [17]
The RNZAF purchased the three first ever, H model Hercules (NZ 7001, NZ 7002, NZ 7003) from the US in April 1965 and then another two aircraft (NZ 7004, and NZ 7005) in 1968. Since 2024 three Hercules aircraft have been withdrawn from service and replaced by the new C-130J-30 Super Hercules. [2] A 40 Squadron Hercules on a visit to Australia in ...