List of Royal Australian Air Force aircraft squadrons explained

This is a list of Royal Australian Air Force aircraft squadrons. The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) was formed in 1921 and traces its lineage to the previous Australian Flying Corps that served during World War I. The list also includes those squadrons that were under Australian and British operational control during World War II, and squadrons that were operated jointly by the RAAF and the Netherlands East Indies.

Squadrons

RAAF units formed under Australian operational control

• No. 1 Squadron RAAF
• No. 2 Squadron RAAF
• No. 3 Squadron RAAF
• No. 4 Squadron RAAF
• No. 5 Squadron RAAF
• No. 6 Squadron RAAF
• No. 7 Squadron RAAF
• No. 8 Squadron RAAF
• No. 9 Squadron RAAF
• No. 10 Squadron RAAF
• No. 11 Squadron RAAF
• No. 12 Squadron RAAF
• No. 13 Squadron RAAF
• No. 14 Squadron RAAF
• No. 15 Squadron RAAF
• No. 17 Squadron RAAF
• No. 20 Squadron RAAF
• No. 21 Squadron RAAF
• No. 22 Squadron RAAF
• No. 23 Squadron RAAF
• No. 24 Squadron RAAF
• No. 25 Squadron RAAF
• No. 26 Squadron RAAF
• No. 27 Squadron RAAF
• No. 28 Squadron RAAF
• No. 29 Squadron RAAF
• No. 30 Squadron RAAF
• No. 31 Squadron RAAF
• No. 32 Squadron RAAF
• No. 33 Squadron RAAF
• No. 34 Squadron RAAF
• No. 35 Squadron RAAF
• No. 36 Squadron RAAF
• No. 37 Squadron RAAF
• No. 38 Squadron RAAF
• No. 40 Squadron RAAF
• No. 41 Squadron RAAF
• No. 42 Squadron RAAF
• No. 43 Squadron RAAF
• No. 60 Squadron RAAF
• No. 66 Squadron RAAF
• No. 67 Squadron RAAF
• No. 68 Squadron RAAF –Reconnaissance based at Kojarena, WA – flew Avro Ansons^[1]
• No. 69 Squadron RAAF – Reconnaissance based at Georgina, WA – flew Avro Ansons
• No. 71 Squadron RAAF
• No. 73 Squadron RAAF
• No. 75 Squadron RAAF
• No. 76 Squadron RAAF
• No. 77 Squadron RAAF
• No. 78 Squadron RAAF
• No. 79 Squadron RAAF
• No. 80 Squadron RAAF
• No. 82 Squadron RAAF
• No. 83 Squadron RAAF
• No. 84 Squadron RAAF
• No. 85 Squadron RAAF
• No. 86 Squadron RAAF
• No. 87 Squadron RAAF
• No. 88 Squadron RAAF
• No. 92 Squadron RAAF
• No. 93 Squadron RAAF
• No. 94 Squadron RAAF
• No. 99 Squadron RAAF
• No. 100 Squadron RAAF
• No. 102 Squadron RAAF
• No. 107 Squadron RAAF
• No. 292 Squadron RAAF
• RAAF Squadron Berlin Air Lift
• Fighter Squadron RAAF
• Rescue and Communication Squadron RAAF
• Seaplane Squadron RAAF
• RAAF University Squadrons

RAAF Empire Air Training Scheme Squadrons

See also: Article XV squadrons.

• No. 450 Squadron RAAF
• No. 451 Squadron RAAF
• No. 452 Squadron RAAF
• No. 453 Squadron RAAF
• No. 454 Squadron RAAF
• No. 455 Squadron RAAF
• No. 456 Squadron RAAF
• No. 457 Squadron RAAF
• No. 458 Squadron RAAF
• No. 459 Squadron RAAF
• No. 460 Squadron RAAF
• No. 461 Squadron RAAF
• No. 462 Squadron RAAF
• No. 463 Squadron RAAF
• No. 464 Squadron RAAF
• No. 466 Squadron RAAF
• No. 467 Squadron RAAF

Joint RAAF-Netherlands East Indies Squadrons

• No. 18 (NEI) Squadron (bomber)
• No. 19 (NEI) Squadron (transport/communications)
• No. 119 (NEI) Squadron (bomber)
• No. 120 (NEI) Squadron (fighter)

See also

• List of Australian Fleet Air Arm flying squadrons
• List of Australian Army aviation units
• List of Royal Australian Air Force independent aircraft flights
• List of Royal Australian Air Force wings

Further reading

• Book: Barnes, Norman. The RAAF and the Flying Squadrons. 2000. St Leonards, New South Wales. Allen & Unwin. 1-86508-130-2.
• Book: Eather, Steve. Flying Squadrons of the Australian Defence Force. Aerospace Publications. Weston Creek, Australian Capital Territory. 1995. 1-875671-15-3.

External links

• RAAF Museum: Brief histories of all RAAF Squadrons

Notes and References

1. No. 4 Service Flying Training School, Geraldton, Western Australia, Pilot Training Base, 1941–1945, a personal memoir, Leslie R Jubbs, Oct 2005, Kingsley, Western Australia, page 47