Portal:Military history of Australia/Units/October 8

No. 16 Air Observation Post Flight RAAF was an artillery spotting unit which saw action in World War II. The Flight was formed at Lae in New Guinea on 20 October 1944 and was equipped with four Auster light aircraft. No. 16 AOP Flight first saw action supporting Australian Army units in New Guinea and later flew in support of the Australian I Corps during the Borneo campaign (1945). Following the war No. 16 AOP Flight was based in Canberra until its disbandment in mid-1947. The Flight was reformed in 1958 as a training formation but was disbanded again in 1960 following the formation of the joint RAAF-Army [Australian 16th Army Light Aircraft Squadron].