Royal New Zealand Air Force
no. 2 bomber reconnaissance squadron
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no. 2 bomber reconnaissance squadron
Formed (as No. 2 General Reconnaissance Squadron) January 1941. Reformed after the war and in October 1946 renamed 75 Squadron to commemorate the New Zealand Bomber Squadron which served with the RAF. Present role: fighter ground-attack.
Aircraft: Vildebeestes and Vincents to 1941; Hudsons, 1941–43; Venturas, 1943–46.
| Squadron Leader R. J. Cohen | January 1941–May 1942 |
| Squadron Leader J. J. Busch | May–December 1942 |
| Squadron Leader E. A. Moen | December 1942–April 1943 |
| Squadron Leader R. H. A. Hogg | April–August 1943 |
| Squadron Leader A. B. Greenaway | August 1943–June 1944 |
| Wing Commander W. A. Cameron | June 1944–May 1945 |
| Wing Commander K. G. King | May–September 1945 |
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| New Zealand | January 1941–November 1943 |
| Santo | November 1943–February 1944 |
| Guadalcanal | February 1944 and November 1944–January 1945 |
| New Georgia | February–April 1944 |
| Bougainville | April–May 1944 |
| Green Island | January–March 1945 |
| Jacquinot Bay | June–September 1945 |
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