no. 3 bomber reconnaissance squadron

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no. 3 bomber reconnaissance squadron

Formed (as No. 3 General Reconnaissance Squadron) April 1941; disbanded June 1945.

Aircraft: Baffins and Vincents, 1941–42; Hudsons, 1942–44; Venturas, 1944–45.

Commanding Officers
Squadron Leader C. L. Monckton April 1941–April 1942
Squadron Leader J. W. H. Bray May–September 1942
Squadron Leader G. H. Fisher September 1942–July 1943
Squadron Leader J. J. Busch July–November 1943
Squadron Leader A. B. Greenaway December 1943–January 1944
Wing Commander I. G. Morrison February 1944–June 1945
Tours of Duty
New Zealand April 1941–September 1942
Santo October–November 1942
October 1943–January 1944
May–July 1944
Guadalcanal December 1942–October 1943
July–August 1944
February–March 1945
Bougainville August–October 1944
Emirau October–November 1944
Green Island March–June 1945

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Title: Royal New Zealand Air Force

Author: Ross, Squadron Leader J. M. S.

Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1955, Wellington

Part of: The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945

This text is the subject of: ‘Something of Them Is Here Recorded’: Official History in New Zealand

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