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No. 485 Squadron RNZAF
No. 485 (NZ) Squadron RAF was a Spitfire squadron during the Second World War. It was the first New Zealand squadron formed under Article XV of the Empire Air Training Scheme. It served in Europe under the operational and administrative command of the Royal Air Force (RAF).
==History==
Manned primarily by pilots of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, but controlled operationally and administered by the RAF, 485 (NZ) Squadron was formed on 1 March 1941 at RAF Driffield, in Yorkshire by CO Marcus W B Knight. No 485 Sqn was equipped with old Spitfire Mk Is for its "working up" period in No. 13 Group RAF, which was carried out with no recorded fatalities. The Spitfire Mk Is were exchanged for Spitfire Mk IIs on 1 June 1941.〔Sortehaug & Listemann. ''No. 485 (N.Z.) Squadron 1941–1945.'' Morris, Gerard S. ''Spitfire, the New Zealand Story.''〕
By July 1941 the squadron had scored its first victories, suffered its first combat fatalities and had moved to RAF Redhill, a frontline No. 11 Group RAF base to take part in offensive operations. One type of operation was fighter escort for "Circus" raids, in which a small number of RAF bombers (originally Bristol Blenheims and later Short Stirlings) were used as bait to draw up enemy fighters.
〔1103 sorties were flown on Spitfire Mk I and IIs, with seven E/A (Enemy/Aircraft) shot down and eleven Spitfires lost to all causes All causes includes accidents (air and ground) and aircraft shot down. Four pilots were killed. Sortehaug & Listemann. ''No. 485 (N.Z.) Squadron 1941–1945.'' Morris, Gerard S. ''Spitfire, the New Zealand Story.''〕
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