No._21_Squadron_RNZAF

No. 21 Squadron RNZAF

No. 21 Squadron RNZAF

Military unit

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.

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History

21 Squadron was deployed to Kukum Field on Guadalcanal from June–July 1944, to Piva Airfield on Bougainville from July–September 1944 and then returned to Guadalcanal from November–December 1944.[1] 21 Squadron deployed to Green Island from April–May 1945 and then to Jacquinot Bay from May–July 1945. The squadron was disbanded in September 1945.[1]

Commanding officers

  • Squadron Leader L. R. Bush May (1944–February 1945);
  • Squadron Leader W. J. MacLeod (March–September 1945).[1]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Ross 1955, p. 328

References

  • Ross, John (1993) [1955]. Royal New Zealand Air Force. Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–45. Nashville: Battery Press. ISBN 0898391873.


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