no. 16 fighter squadron

Formed June 1942; disbanded October 1945.

Aircraft: Kittyhawks, 1942–44; Corsairs, 1944–45.

Commanding Officers

Squadron Leader A. N. Jones	June 1942–May 1943
Squadron Leader J. S. Nelson	May–September 1943
Squadron Leader J. H. Arkwright	October 1943–January 1944
Squadron Leader A. G. Sievers	January–June 1944
Squadron Leader M. C. P. Jones	June–September 1944
Squadron Leader P. S. Green	October 1944–June 1945
Squadron Leader J. H. Mills	July–October 1945

Tours of Duty

New Zealand	June 1942–June 1943
Santo	June–July 1943
	November 1943–July 1944
	April 1945
Guadalcanal	July–September 1943
	March 1944
	July–August 1944
	November–December 1944
New Georgia	November 1943–January 1944
Bougainville	March–May 1944
	August–September 1944
	April–June 1945
Green Island	December 1944–February 1945
Jacquinot Bay	August–October 1945