Royal New Zealand Air Force
no. 17 fighter squadron
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no. 17 fighter squadron
Formed October 1942; disbanded September 1945.
Aircraft: Kittyhawks, 1942–44; Corsairs, 1944–45.
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| Squadron Leader J. V. A. Reid | October 1942–July 1943 |
| Squadron Leader P. G. Newton | July 1943–January 1944 |
| Squadron Leader D. F. St. George | April–November 1944 |
| Squadron Leader B. V. Le Pine | November 1944–September 1945 |
| New Zealand | October 1942–July 1943 |
| Santo | July–September 1943 |
| December 1943 | |
| August 1944 | |
| January 1945 | |
| Guadalcanal | September–October 1943 |
| April 1944 | |
| August–September 1944 | |
| New Georgia | January 1943–January 1944 |
| Bougainville | January 1944 |
| April–June 1944 | |
| September–November 1944 | |
| Green Island | January–March 1945 |
| Los Negros | May–September 1945 |
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