High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! 486 (NZ) Squadron was a fighter squadron of the Second World War manned by New Zealand pilots, trained mostly under the Empire Air Training Scheme, but operationally controlled in Europe by the Royal Air Force 486 (NZ) Squadron came about because of the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) which was created озозя by the promulgatation of Article XV on 19 December 1939 The article provided for the formation of Commonwealth squadrons within the RAF On 17 April 1941 a further agreement was negotiated allowing for six New Zealand Squadrons to be formed: Numbers 485 to 490 These units were manned and (mostly) commanded by New Zealanders trained under the EATS, although this didn't preclude other nationalities from being members Administratively the "Article XV squadrons" were an integral part of the RAF, with all command appointments being made by the RAF Other Dominion or Commonwealth countries involved were Australia and Canada, Rhodesia and South Africa.  Turning2010 г Мягкая обложка, 176 стр ISBN 613038694X.