West Pacific Theatre during World War II. When some Article XV squadrons and RAF units were transferred to RAAF operational control, from 1943 onwards, they retained their original numbers. All the Australian Article XV squadrons were disbanded after the end of the war. Since 2005 four of the squadrons have been re-formed by re-designating RAAF intelligence and air traffic control units. The RAAF Article XV squadrons were: No. 450 Squadron RAAF No. 451 Squadron RAAF No. 452 Squadron RAAF No. 453 Squadron RAAF No. 454 Squadron RAAF No. 455 Squadron RAAF No. 456 Squadron RAAF No. 457 Squadron RAAF No. 458 Squadron RAAF No. 459 Squadron RAAF No. 460 Squadron RAAF No. 461 Squadron RAAF No. 462 Squadron RAAF No. 463 Squadron RAAF No. 464 Squadron RAAF No. 466 Squadron RAAF No. 467 Squadron RAAF Five other RAAF squadrons were also under RAF operational control for the whole or part of the war: Coastal Command No. 10 Squadron RAAF Far East Air Force No. 1 Squadron RAAF No. 8 Squadron RAAF No. 21 Squadron RAAF Desert Air Force No. 3 Squadron RAAF Royal New Zealand Air Force On 17 April 1941, a secondary agreement was signed by the British and New Zealand governments, to form a total of six Article XV squadrons for service with the RAF, from RNZAF personnel. The New Zealand Article XV squadrons and individual RNZAF personnel in RAF units (like their RAAF and RCAF counterparts) were equipped, supplied and funded by the UK government (see above). However, as a rule, the New Zealand government and RNZAF allowed the UK government and RAF to exercise operational command and administration control of the New Zealand Article XV squadrons. As a consequence, these units have become widely regarded in New Zealand as "RAF" squadrons and are usually referred to by names following the style "4__ (NZ) Squadron RAF". Nevertheless, the official emblems of the six New Zealand Article XV squadrons refer to them as "4__ Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force", and some historians, such as Bill Gunston have referred to them similarly. As Gerard S. Morris explains: "although the squadron badges carried the name Royal New Zealand Air Force ... 485 Squadron was referred to informally as 485 (New Zealand) or 485 (NZ) and never as 485 Squadron, RNZAF (italics added)." In New Zealand, only units controlled directly by the New Zealand government and operating entirely in the