Royal New Zealand Air Force
no. 18 fighter squadron
no. 18 fighter squadron
Formed June 1943; disbanded October 1945.
Aircraft: Kittyhawks, 1943–44; Corsairs, 1944–45.
Squadron Leader J. A. Oldfield | Jane 1943–March 1944 |
Squadron Leader R. H. Balfour | May–July 1944 |
Squadron Leader P. R. McNab | August–November 1944 |
Squadron Leader G. H. Corbet | November 1944–April 1945 |
Squadron Leader W. A. Hardman | May–September 1945 |
New Zealand | June–September 1943 |
Santo | September–October 1943 |
January 1944 | |
August–September 1944 | |
New Georgia | October–November 1943 |
Guadalcanal | May–June 1944 |
September–November 1944 | |
January–February 1945 | |
Bougainville | January–March 1944 |
June–July 1944 | |
February–April 1945 | |
June–October 1945 | |
Green Island | November–December 1944 |