History
No. 22 Squadron was formed on 20 April 1936 at Richmond, New South Wales, as part of the Citizen Air Force (CAF). Equipped with Hawker Demons and de Haviland Gipsy Moths, two thirds of its personnel were part time CAF members and one third belonged to the Permanent Air Force (PAF). Its first commanding officer was Squadron Leader D.E.L. Wilson. Allan Walters commanded the squadron in 1937–38, during which time it received a number of Avro Ansons.
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