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No. 460 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force intelligence unit active within the Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation (DIGO). It was first formed as a heavy bomber squadron during World War II on 15 November 1941 and disbanded on 10 October 1945 after seeing extensive combat over Europe. The squadron was a multinational unit, but most personnel were Australian. No. 460 Squadron was reformed on 2 July 2010 and is currently located in Canberra.

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  • No. 460 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force intelligence unit active within the Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation (DIGO). It was first formed as a heavy bomber squadron during World War II on 15 November 1941 and disbanded on 10 October 1945 after seeing extensive combat over Europe. The squadron was a multinational unit, but most personnel were Australian. No. 460 Squadron was reformed on 2 July 2010 and is currently located in Canberra.
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  • No. 460 Squadron RAAF
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aircraft bomber
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  • *Berlin, 1940–1945
  • *Fortress Europe, 1940–1944
  • *France and Germany, 1944–1945
  • *German Ports, 1940–1945
  • *Italy, 1943–1945.
  • *Normandy, 1944
  • *Ruhr, 1940–1945
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  • (The kangaroo is a fast and powerful animal indigenous to Australia, and the boomerang is a weapon peculiar to that country.)
  • AR (Nov 1943 – Oct 1945)
  • In front of aboomerangin base akangaroosalient.
  • UV (Nov 1941 – Nov 1943)
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  • "Strike and Return"
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  • Bomber squadron (1941–45)
  • Imagery and geographic intelligence (2010–current)
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