Royal New Zealand Air Force
no. 16 fighter squadron
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no. 16 fighter squadron
Formed June 1942; disbanded October 1945.
Aircraft: Kittyhawks, 1942–44; Corsairs, 1944–45.
| 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 |
| 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 |
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