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No. 464 Squadron Mosquito aircraft setting out on a mission over France in August 1944

No. 464 Squadron was a Royal Australian Air Force squadron during World War II. The Squadron was formed in September 1942 in the United Kingdom and was equipped with Lockheed Ventura light bombers. The Squadron conducted raids over France during 1943 and 1944 and was reequipped with superior de Havilland Mosquito aircraft in July 1943. The Squadron's reputation for highly accurate bombing led it to be selected for Operation Jericho in February 1944 and a number of other precision attacks on Gestapo targets. The Squadron continued bombing missions over Europe until the end of the war. No. 464 Squadron was disbanded in Belgium in September 1945.