No. 456 Squadron RAAF
No. 456 Squadron RAAF was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) night fighter squadron, operational over Europe during World War II. Formed in mid-1941, the squadron was the RAAF's only night fighter squadron. It was also the first RAAF unit to use a roundel featuring a red kangaroo in a blue circle, on some parts of its aircraft. While this insignia was unofficial and the squadron's main markings conformed to the RAF roundels used by British and other Commonwealth units, it inspired the post-war roundel used by the RAAF.
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456 (RAAF) Sqn456 Sqn RAAFArticle XV squadronsAustralian contribution to the Battle of NormandyEdward Wolfe (RAF officer)Gordon OliveKeith Hampshire (RAAF officer)List of Boulton Paul Defiant operatorsList of Bristol Beaufighter operatorsList of RAF squadron codesList of Royal Air Force aircraft squadronsList of Royal Australian Air Force aircraft squadronsList of aircraft of the Royal Australian Air ForceList of de Havilland Mosquito operatorsNo. 454 Squadron RAAFNo. 456 Squadron RAFNo 456 Squadron RAFOperation SteinbockSeptember 1914
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No. 456 Squadron RAAF
No. 456 Squadron RAAF was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) night fighter squadron, operational over Europe during World War II. Formed in mid-1941, the squadron was the RAAF's only night fighter squadron. It was also the first RAAF unit to use a roundel featuring a red kangaroo in a blue circle, on some parts of its aircraft. While this insignia was unofficial and the squadron's main markings conformed to the RAF roundels used by British and other Commonwealth units, it inspired the post-war roundel used by the RAAF.
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No. 456 Squadron RAAF was a Ro ...... -war roundel used by the RAAF.
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Biscay, 1940–1945
Fortress Europe, 1940–1944
France and Germany, 1944–1945
Normandy, 1944
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PZ (Jun 1941 – Sep 1941)
RX (Dec 1941 – Jun 1945)
SA (Sep 1941 – Dec 1941)
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Night fighter
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Biscay, 1940–1945
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France and Germany, 1944–1945
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Normandy, 1944
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Members of No. 456 Squadron RA ...... Mosquito night fighter in 1943
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Australia
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PZ
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