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| motto = ''[[Per Ardua ad Astra]]''
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| march = [[Royal New Zealand Air Force March Past]]
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* [[Gulf War]]
* [[Somali Civil War|War in Somalia]]
* [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)]]
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As the war progressed the older types were replaced with more powerful modern aircraft; Kittyhawks gave way to [[Vought F4U Corsair]]s, while Hudsons were replaced by Venturas. At the close of war the RNZAF was planning to bring 320 [[North American P-51 Mustang]]s into service as part replacement for the F4U.
At its peak, in the Pacific, the RNZAF had 34 squadrons – 25 of which were based outside New Zealand and in action against Japanese forces.{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}} Thirteen of these squadrons were equipped with Corsairs six with Venturas, two with Catalinas, two with Avengers and two with [[Douglas C-47 Skytrain|Douglas Dakota]] transport aircraft. The RNZAF also had a squadron of Dauntless dive bombers, several mixed transport and communications squadrons, a flight of Short Sunderlands and almost 1,000 training machines.{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}} To administer units in the South Pacific, [[No. 1 (Islands) Group RNZAF]] was formed, with Air Commodore [[Sidney Wallingford]] as its commander, on 10 March 1943.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2AirF-c12-1.html|title=Formation of No. 1 (Islands) Group Headquarters|last=Ross|first=Squadron Leader J. M. S.|year=1955|work=The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945|publisher=Historical Publications Branch|access-date=26 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916212857/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2AirF-c12-1.html|archive-date=16 September 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition to this, several hundred RNZAF personnel saw action with RAF squadrons or the FAA in Burma, Singapore and the South Pacific.
By 1945 the RNZAF had over 41,000 personnel, including just over 10,000 aircrew who served with the RAF in Europe and Africa.{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}
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