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No. 459 Squadron RAAF was a Royal Australian Air Force squadron during World War II. It was formed in early 1942 and served as a maritime patrol and bomber unit in the Mediterranean theatre of war until early 1945, operating mainly Lockheed Hudson aircraft.

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  • No. 459 Squadron RAAF was a Royal Australian Air Force squadron during World War II. It was formed in early 1942 and served as a maritime patrol and bomber unit in the Mediterranean theatre of war until early 1945, operating mainly Lockheed Hudson aircraft.
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  • No. 459 Squadron RAAF
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aircraft bomber
aircraft patrol
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  • *Mediterranean, 1940–1943
  • *South-East Europe, 1942–1945
  • *Egypt and Libya, 1940–1943
  • *El Alamein
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disbanded
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  • A Scorpion (unofficial)
  • BP (1943–1945?)
  • GK (Feb 1942–1943)
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  • Death to the invaders
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  • Bomber
  • Maritime patrol
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