Royal New Zealand Air Force
no. 1 bomber reconnaissance squadron
no. 1 bomber reconnaissance squadron
Formed (as the New Zealand General Reconnaissance Squadron) March 1940; disbanded September 1945.
Aircraft: Baffins, Vincents, Vildebeestes up to 1941; Hudsons, 1941–43; Venturas, 1943–45.
Squadron Leader G. N. Roberts | May 1940–August 1941 |
Squadron Leader G. H. Fisher | August 1941–July 1942 |
Squadron Leader F. J. Lucas | July–December 1942 |
Squadron Leader C. L. Monckton | December 1942–March 1943 |
Squadron Leader E. W. Tacon | March–May 1943 |
Squadron Leader H. C. Walker | May 1943–April 1944 |
Squadron Leader K. C. King | April–July 1944 |
Wing Commander A. N. Johnstone | August 1944–January 1945 |
Wing Commander A. A. N. Breckon | February–June 1945 |
New Zealand | March 1940–October 1943 |
Guadalcanal | October–November 1943 |
August–October 1944 | |
March–May 1945 | |
New Georgia | November 1943–February 1944 |
Green Island | October 1944–January 1945 |
Emirau | May–June 1945 |