No. 457 Squadron RAAF
From To Base
16 June 1941 7 August 1941 RAF Baginton , Warwickshire
7 August 1941 3 October 1941 RAF Jurby , Isle of Man
3 October 1941 23 March 1942 RAF Andreas , Isle of Man
23 March 1942 31 May 1942 RAF Redhill , Surrey
31 May 1942 18 June 1942 RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey , Lincolnshire
18 June 1942 13 August 1942 en route to Australia
13 August 1942 6 September 1942 Melbourne , Victoria
6 September 1942 7 November 1942 RAAF Station Richmond , New South Wales
7 November 1942 18 January 1943 Camden Airfield , New South Wales
18 January 1943 31 January 1943 Batchelor Airfield , Northern Territory
31 January 1943 10 January 1944 Livingstone Airfield , Northern Territory
10 January 1944 19 January 1944 Sattler Airfield , Northern Territory
19 January 1944 11 March 1944 Livingstone Airfield , Northern Territory
11 March 1944 25 March 1944 RAAF Station Guildford , Western Australia
25 March 1944 10 May 1944 Livingstone Airfield , Northern Territory
10 May 1944 24 May 1944 en route to Exmouth Gulf , Western Australia
24 May 1944 6 February 1945 Sattler , Northern Territory
8 February 1945 5 June 1945 Morotai Island , Netherlands East Indies
5 June 1945 7 November 1945 Labuan , Malaysia
Squadron bases
No . 457 Squadron operated from the following bases and airfields : [ 36 ] [ 37 ] [ 38 ]
No. 457 Squadron was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) fighter squadron of World War II. Equipped with Supermarine Spitfire fighters, it was formed in England during June 1941 under Article XV of the Empire Air Training Scheme. The squadron was transferred to Australia in June 1942 and saw combat in the South West Pacific Area before being disbanded in November 1945. The squadron saw combat against both Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan during the war. From March to May 1942 it was based in southern England and flew missions over German-occupied France during which it shot down at least five Luftwaffe aircraft. After being deployed to Australia, No. 457 Squadron was based near Darwin as part of No. 1 Wing RAAF and intercepted several Japanese raids on Allied bases in northern Australia between March and November 1943. The squadron remained at Darwin and saw almost no combat during 1944, but moved to Morotai and later Labuan in 1945 from where it attacked Japanese positions in the Netherlands East Indies and Borneo as part of Allied offensives in these areas.