Description After the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor the Pacific based squadrons of RNZAF began to receive modern US warplanes.
Revised edition 2015 which includes a page on the British SBD-5s..
However, due to the outdated nature of the Dauntless, the Squadron was disbanded at the end of May and surviving pilots transferred to RNZAF Corsair squadrons.
In eight weeks 530 sorties were flown for the loss of only five aircraft. 25 began operations on Guadalcanal; objective Rabaul.
In March 1944, No. 25 Squadron was created on 31 July 1943, as the RNZAF\'s sole SBD Dauntless dive bomber squadron.
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Description After the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor the Pacific based squadrons of RNZAF began to receive modern US warplanes
