No. 15 Squadron RNZAF

It served in Tonga, Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Espiritu Santo, Bougainville and Green Island.

15 Squadron was sent to Tonga later that year where it began operating the P-40 Kittyhawk.

[1] It deployed to Kukum Field on Guadalcanal in April 1943,[2] under the command of Squadron Leader Michael Herrick.

[3] In October 1943, the squadron formed part of a New Zealand fighter wing along with No.

18 Squadron RNZAF; in November 1943 the wing flew over 1,000 sorties in support of operations on Bougainville Island, beginning with the Landings at Cape Torokina.

Two Kittyhawks of No. 15 Squadron, viewed from a No. 3 Squadron Hudson, while on patrol over the central Solomon Islands. The Kittyhawk pilots are believed to be Squadron Leader M. J. Herrick and Flight Lieutenant S. R. Duncan