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Manned by New Zealand pilots of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, but controlled by the Royal Air Force, 485(NZ) Squadron was formed on 1 March 1941 at RAF Driffield, in Yorkshire. Initially No 485 Sqn was equipped with old Spitfire Mk Is for its working up period in 13 Group, which was carried out with no recorded fatalities.

The Martin B-26 Marauder was a World War II twin-engine medium bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company. The first medium bomber in the Pacific Theatre in early 1942, it was also used in the Mediterranean Theatre and North West Europe. The plane distinguished itself as the chief bombardment weapon on the Western Front according to an U.S.