Royal New Zealand Air Force
no. 15 fighter squadron
no. 15 fighter squadron
Formed June 1942; disbanded October 1945.
Aircraft: Kittyhawks, 1942–44; Corsairs, 1944–45.
Squadron Leader A. Crighton | June 1942–March 1943 |
Squadron Leader M. J. Herrick | March–December 1943 |
Squadron Leader J. A. A. Gibson | December 1943–July 1944 |
Squadron Leader D. P. Winstone | August–December 1944 |
Squadron Leader M. R. Clarke | January–September 1945 |
New Zealand | June–October 1942 |
Tonga | October 1942–March 1943 |
Guadalcanal | April–June 1943 |
September–October 1943 | |
May–June 1944 | |
New Georgia | October–November 1943 |
December 1943–January 1944 | |
Santo | September–October 1944 |
January–February 1945 | |
Bougainville | June–July 1944 |
November–December 1944 | |
June–September 1945 | |
Green Island | February–April 1945 |