No. 466 Squadron RAAF
No. 466 Squadron RAAF was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) bomber squadron during World War II. Formed in the United Kingdom in late 1942, the squadron undertook combat operations in Europe until the end of the war, flying heavy bomber aircraft. Following the conclusion of hostilities with Germany, the squadron began retraining to undertake operations in the Pacific against the Japanese, but the war came to an end before it left the UK. In late 1945, the squadron was disbanded.
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No. 466 Squadron RAAF
No. 466 Squadron RAAF was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) bomber squadron during World War II. Formed in the United Kingdom in late 1942, the squadron undertook combat operations in Europe until the end of the war, flying heavy bomber aircraft. Following the conclusion of hostilities with Germany, the squadron began retraining to undertake operations in the Pacific against the Japanese, but the war came to an end before it left the UK. In late 1945, the squadron was disbanded.
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No. 466 Squadron RAAF was a Ro ...... 5, the squadron was disbanded.
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aircraft bomber
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Berlin, 1940–1945
Fortress Europe, 1940–1944
France and Germany, 1944–1945
German Ports, 1940–1945
Normandy, 1944
Ruhr, 1940–1945
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HD (Oct 1942 – Oct 1945)
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"Brave and true"
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Bomber squadron
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A No. 466 Squadron Halifax B.I ...... aid on Germany in January 1944
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Reginald Edward Bailey; Dudley ...... Alan Wharton; Albert Hollings
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Joint Citation, 14 May 1943
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No. 466 Squadron RAAF was a Ro ...... 5, the squadron was disbanded.
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