No. 19 Squadron RNZAF

No. 19 Squadron RNZAF
No. 19 Squadron
Active 1941–1945
Country New Zealand New Zealand
Branch Royal New Zealand Air Force
Type Fighter bomber
Engagements Pacific theatre, World War II

No. 19 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Formed on 10 December 1941, during World War II 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.

The squadron served at airfields in Espiritu Santo, Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Emirau, Los Negros and Jacquinot Bay. The unit is disbanded in October 1945.

Commanding officers

  • Squadron Leader H. R. Wigley
  • Squadron Leader M. T. Vanderpump
  • Squadron Leader J. R. C. Kilian
  • Squadron Leader H. A. Eaton

References

  • Owen, R.E. Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–45, Government Printer, Wellington, New Zealand 1955



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