Royal New Zealand Air Force
no. 17 fighter squadron
no. 17 fighter squadron
Formed October 1942; disbanded September 1945.
Aircraft: Kittyhawks, 1942–44; Corsairs, 1944–45.
page 327Squadron 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 |