Article XV squadrons
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Article XV squadrons were Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand air force squadrons formed from graduates of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (1939) during World War II.
A bomber crew from No. 462 Squadron RAAF in September 1942. While the squadron was officially a unit of the Royal Australian Air Force, only the man third from the right was Australian; the others are from Britain, Newfoundland and New Zealand
Aircrew and groundcrew of a No. 428 Squadron RCAF Lancaster bomber.
Hurricane night fighter pilots from No. 486 Squadron at RAF Wittering in 1942
No. 75 Squadron RAF
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No. 75 Squadron was a unit of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force in World War I and the RAF in World War II. In 1940–1945, it was a bomber unit comprised mainly of New Zealand-born personnel. In October 1945, the squadron number – along with its heraldry and honours – was relinquished by the RAF and transferred to the Royal New Zealand Air Force, officially becoming No. 75 Squadron RNZAF. No other RAF squadron has been gifted in this way, to another Commonwealth air force.
75 Squadron aircrew with a Wellington Mk I in the background at RAF Feltwell before a night raid on Hamburg
Nose art on a 75 Squadron Wellington at RAF FeltwellThis nose art was on R1162: Y for Yorker and was painted by Pilot Officer Edward Thomas Wilcox RAFVR who was the aircraft’s rear gunner at the time.
Short Stirling AA-C