No. 457 Squadron was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) fighter squadron of World War II. Equipped with Supermarine Spitfire fighters, it was formed in England during June 1941 under Article XV of the Empire Air Training Scheme. The squadron was transferred to Australia in June 1942 and saw combat in the South West Pacific Area before being disbanded in November 1945.
457 Squadron badge
Group photo of No. 457 Squadron's pilots at RAF Station Redhill in 1942
No. 457 Squadron ground crew push a Spitfire into its dispersal bay at Livingstone Airfield during February 1943
Flying Officer John Smithson demonstrating how he shot down two Japanese bombers on 12 November 1943
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
