No. 466 Squadron RAAF
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No. 466 Squadron RAAF was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) bomber squadron during World War II. Formed in the United Kingdom in late 1942, the squadron undertook combat operations in Europe until the end of the war, flying heavy bomber aircraft. Following the conclusion of hostilities with Germany, the squadron began retraining to undertake operations in the Pacific against the Japanese, but the war came to an end before it left the UK. In late 1945, the squadron was disbanded.
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![]() A No. 466 Squadron Halifax B.III with its crew after their return from a raid on Germany in January 1944 | |
Active | 15 October 1942 – 26 October 1945 |
Country | Australia |
Branch | Royal Australian Air Force |
Type | Inactive |
Role | Bomber squadron |
Part of | No. 4 Group RAF, Bomber Command (Oct 42 – May 45)[1] No. 4 Group RAF, Transport Command (May 45 – Oct 45) |
Motto(s) | "Brave and true"[2] |
Battle honours | Fortress Europe, 1940–1944 France and Germany, 1944–1945 Ruhr, 1940–1945 Berlin, 1940–1945 German Ports, 1940–1945 Normandy, 1944 Walcheren |
Commanders | |
Commanding Officers | Reginald Edward Bailey; Dudley Thomas Forsyth; Hamilton Wesley Connolly; Alan Wharton; Albert Hollings |
Insignia | |
Squadron codes | HD (Oct 1942 – Oct 1945)[3][4] |
Tail markings | Three horizontal yellow stripes |
Aircraft flown | |
Bomber | Vickers Wellington Handley Page Halifax |
Transport | Handley Page Halifax Consolidated Liberator |
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