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No. 455 Squadron was a Royal Australian Air Force squadron during World War II. The Squadron was formed in May 1941 and was equipped with Hampden bombers upon arrival in Britain in June. The Squadron served with RAF Coastal Command from April 1942 and made a deployment to the Soviet Union in September. No. 455 Squadron was reequipped with Beaufighters in October 1943 and operated against German shipping off Norway and in the Baltic Sea until the end of the war. No. 455 Squadron was disbanded in May 1945.