page_title: Article XV squadrons
section_title: Royal Australian Air Force
hierarchical_section_title: Article XV squadrons / List of Article XV squadrons / Royal Australian Air Force
caption_attribution_description: AWM cation&#160;: England, Lincolnshire. Formal portrait of members of No. 460 Squadron RAAF, commanded by Wing Commander C. E. Martin, in front of and lined up on the wing of Lancaster Bomber 'G for George'. This aircraft carried out 90 operational missions over Germany and occupied Europe. 'G for George' is now on display at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
context_page_description: Article XV squadrons were Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand air force squadrons formed from graduates of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan during World War II.
  These units complemented another feature of the BCATP, under which personnel from the Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal New Zealand Air Force were placed in a common pool, and assigned to Article XV and RAF squadrons – in Europe, the Mediterranean Theatre, Africa and South-East Asia – according to operational needs.
  The RAAF, RCAF and RNZAF also formed non-Article XV squadrons, which performed home defence duties and saw active service in various parts of the Pacific Theatre.
context_section_description: Australia formed 17 Article XV squadrons, out of a total of 79 RAAF squadrons, during World War II. While 18 squadrons had been originally planned for service with the RAF, No. 465 Squadron was never formed.
  The remaining 57 RAAF squadrons served under the operational control of the RAAF or United States Army Air Forces, in the South West Pacific Theatre during World War II.
  When some Article XV squadrons and RAF units were transferred to RAAF operational control, from 1943 onwards, they retained their original numbers.
  All the Australian Article XV squadrons were disbanded after the end of the war. Since 2005 four of the squadrons have been re-formed by re-designating RAAF intelligence and air traffic control units.
  The RAAF Article XV squadrons were:
  
  
   
  No. 450 Squadron RAAF
  No. 451 Squadron RAAF
  No. 452 Squadron RAAF
  No. 453 Squadron RAAF
   
  No. 454 Squadron RAAF
  No. 455 Squadron RAAF
  No. 456 Squadron RAAF
  No. 457 Squadron RAAF
   
  No. 458 Squadron RAAF
  No. 459 Squadron RAAF
  No. 460 Squadron RAAF
  No. 461 Squadron RAAF
   
  No. 462 Squadron RAAF
  No. 463 Squadron RAAF
  No. 464 Squadron RAAF
  No. 466 Squadron RAAF
  No. 467 Squadron RAAF
   
  
  Five other RAAF squadrons were also under RAF operational control for the whole or part of the war: 
  
  
   
  Coastal Command
  No. 10 Squadron RAAF
   
  Far East Air Force
  No. 1 Squadron RAAF
  No. 8 Squadron RAAF
  No. 21 Squadron RAAF
   
  Desert Air Force
  No. 3 Squadron RAAF
caption: Members of No. 460 Squadron posing with the Lancaster bomber G for George at RAF Binbrook in August 1943
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