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No. 82 Squadron was a Royal Australian Air Force fighter squadron. The Squadron was formed in June 1943 and was equipped with P-40 Kittyhawk fighters. After a lengthy period of training the Squadron deployed to New Guinea in August 1944. No. 82 Squadron conducted ground attack missions in New Guinea until March 1945 when it moved to Morotai in the Netherlands East Indies. From Morotai the Squadron supported the liberation of Borneo. The Squadron moved to Labuan island in June and supported the Australian Army until the end of the war. Following the war No. 82 Squadron formed part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force and arrived in Japan in March 1946. No. 82 Squadron performed surveillance patrols over Japan until it was disbanded in October 1948.