squadron raaf squadron raaf royal_australian_air_force fighter squadron operated world war immediate aftermath formed june flying initially bell bases queensland new_guinea squadron operational september undertook ground attack missions japanese targets pacific theatre following end hostilities squadron equipped north american deployed japan formed remained october disbanded history world war royal_australian_air_force raaf received fighter aircraft arrival allowed service expand combat force forming new equipped squadrons join squadrons operated type area squadron formed new south wales june new squadrons established following squadron february squadron march squadron formed july squadron september commanded squadron leader squadron original complement including officers equipped wholly initially included flight bell squadron conducted training april personnel briefly moved queensland training squadron transferred port new_guinea end august mid september joined nos squadrons wing later australian tactical air force squadron crashed engine trouble staging operating strip squadron flew combat mission september bombing aircraft squadron october aircraft lost ground fire attack reported missing squadron found difficult remain operational ground crew remained moving forward following month meantime pilots took responsibility aircraft november dive bombed japanese airfields aircraft squadron squadron continued conduct ground attack missions new_guinea march relocated squadron conducted ground attack missions escorted allied convoys carrying troops bound liberation borneo areas operation bypassed main allied thrust philippines japan led poor morale culminating called mutiny april squadron leader commanding officer squadron senior pilots tended protest saw waste resources targets dubious military value officers persuaded continue operations grace oversaw squadron island june operation invasion flew support australian_army units end war mission august squadron mile round trip attack targets strike japanese aircraft destroyed taking transport destroyed damaged fighters attacked barges near fourteen members squadron killed operations war occupation japan shortly end war squadron selected join japan equipped north american fighters september january losing aircraft accidents process squadron deployed base march wing nos squadrons nos squadrons provided logistics maintenance support respectively squadron lost escorting bad weather route killing crew members april squadron conducted surveillance patrols japan participating routine exercises australians found far offering resistance japanese went way squadron commanding officer squadron leader remarked following dinner mayor felt treated visitors occupying force wing transferred april month federal government determined reduce australia contribution reduction nos squadrons slated disbandment leaving squadron sole raaf fighter unit country squadron conducted training exercises september disbanded october
No. 82 Squadron RAAF