High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! No. 485(NZ) Squadron was a New Zealand Spitfire squadron of the Royal Air Force during World War II. It was the second New Zealand squadron to be formed in the European theatre, (after No. 75 Squadron RAF), and the first to be formed pursuant to Article XV of the "Riverdale Agreement". 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 Spitfire Mk Is were exchanged for Spitfire Mk IIs on 1 June 1941.

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