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Personnel Rolls

Commanding Officers

Squadron Leader
RICHARDS, ATHOL XAVIER
Royal Australian Air Force
From 16 June 1939
Squadron Leader
MCLACHLAN, IAN DOUGALD
Royal Australian Air Force
From 4 December 1939
Squadron Leader
JEFFREY, PETER
Royal Australian Air Force
From 13 February 1941
Squadron Leader
RAWLINSON, ALAN CHARLES
Royal Australian Air Force
From 10 November 1941
Squadron Leader
CHAPMAN, DIXIE ROBISON
Royal Australian Air Force
From 1 January 1942
Squadron Leader
GIBBES, ROBERT HENRY MAXWELL
Royal Australian Air Force
From 26 February 1942
Squadron Leader
EATON, BRIAN ALEXANDER
Royal Australian Air Force
From 19 April 1943
Squadron Leader
STEVENS, REGINALD NOEL BASIL
Royal Australian Air Force
From 19 June 1943
Squadron Leader
EATON, BRIAN ALEXANDER
Royal Australian Air Force
From 21 August 1943
Squadron Leader
NASH, MURRAY PERCIVAL
Royal Australian Air Force
From 22 February 1944
Squadron Leader
BAYLY, REX HOWARD
Royal Australian Air Force
From 18 April 1944
Squadron Leader
NASH, MURRAY PERCIVAL
Royal Australian Air Force
From 29 October 1944
Squadron Leader
RICHARDS, KENNETH ALBERT
Royal Australian Air Force
From 8 March 1945 (Temporary)
Squadron Leader
NASH, MURRAY PERCIVAL
Royal Australian Air Force
From 3 May 1945

Roll of Honour

Flight Lieutenant
HAYES, MAURICE CHARLES SUPPLE
Royal Australian Air Force
Missing 15 April 1944

Honours & Awards

Nominal Roll

Archival Material

National Archives of Australia

Series No. Control Symbol Item Title Digitised Item Item ID
A9186 10 RAAF Unit History sheets (Form A50) [Operations Record Book - Forms A50 and A51] Number 3 Squadron Mar 48 - Nov 61 1339857
A9186 11 RAAF Unit History sheets (Form A50) [Operations Record Book - Forms A50 and A51] Number 3 Squadron Dec 61 - Nov 87 [91 folios] 1339858
A9186 8 RAAF Unit History sheets (Form A50) [Operations Record Book - Forms A50 and A51] Number 3 Squadron Jul 25 - Aug 43 1158595
A9186 9 RAAF Unit History sheets (Form A50) [Operations Record Book - Forms A50 and A51] Number 3 Squadron Sep 43 - Jul 46 1339854

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References

Eather, S. 1995, Flying Squadrons of the Australian Defence Force. Weston Creek: Aerospace Publications.

RAAF Historical Section 1995, Fighter Units. Units of the Royal Australian Air Force: A Concise History, v. 2. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service.

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