No. 462 Squadron RAAF

No. 462 Squadron RAAF
Active	1942–1944 1944–1945 2005–current
Country	Australia
Branch	Royal Australian Air Force
Role	Heavy bomber (1942–1944) Electronic warfare (1944–1945) Information operations (2005–current)
Part of	Information Warfare Directorate
Current location	RAAF Base Edinburgh
Battle honours	Fortress Europe, 1940–1944 France and Germany, 1944–1945 Ruhr, 1940–1945 Berlin, 1940–1945 German Ports, 1940–1945 South-East Europe, 1942–1945 Egypt and Libya, 1940–1943 North Africa, 1942–1943 Mediterranean, 1940–1943 Sicily, 1943 Italy, 1943–1945 El Alamein El Hamma[1]
Insignia
Squadron Codes	Z5 (Aug 1944 – Sep 1945)[2][3]
Tail markings	Three vertical yellow stripes
Aircraft flown
Bomber	Handley Page Halifax

No. 462 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) squadron which forms part of the Information Warfare Directorate in the RAAF's Air Warfare Centre. The squadron was first formed in 1942 as a heavy bomber unit and saw combat in this role in the Mediterranean area until it was disbanded in March 1944. It was reformed in the United Kingdom in August 1944 to participate in the bombing campaign against Germany, and in December that year converted to a specialist electronic warfare unit. No. 462 Squadron continued in this role until the end of the European war in May 1945 and was disbanded in September that year. The squadron was reformed in its current role during April 2005.