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	List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It includes Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service squadrons incorporated into the RAF when it was formed in 1918, during World War I.
		However, the list excludes squadrons which were later transferred to the Army Air Corps or the Fleet Air Arm.
		Squadrons with Roman numerals instead of Arabic numerals are identified in that fashion traditionally.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_aircraft_squadrons (292 words)

	History of Air-Sea Rescue 194-1952
		It was agreed that sea rescue of RAF personnel had become of such importance that it required the full-time attention of an air commodore (a rank equivalent to that of an American brigadier general) as director and a naval officer as deputy director.
		No other moves were made by this until it was transferred to Japan in the autumn of 1945.(6) Besides this geographical separation, the flights were sometimes under different operational control.
		The first ones brought their own problems, since the rescue squadrons had no mechanics who were familiar with them, and parts were scarce.(14) Helicopters made their appearance in the Pacific in the last months of the war, but they were confined chiefly to land rescue and evacuation duties.
	nobadlie.tripod.com /asr.htm (16178 words)

	Chapter XIX: Establishing the Iceland Base Command
		Only the 33d Pursuit Squadron was under the control of the Commanding General, Iceland Base Command; and the only planes available for medium-range reconnaissance in support of ground troops were those of the Norwegian squadron, whose primary mission, like that of the other bombers and reconnaissance planes, was offshore patrol.
		No attempt was made by the British to place a value on the goods and services received by the Americans and nothing more than an informal receipt was required for the goods that were turned over.
		At the time it was written no definite decision had been made, but a radio message from GHQ which had been received a day or two after the Chief of Staff's letter should have made it clear that the situation had crystallized in the meantime.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/wwii/Guard-US/ch19.htm (11936 words)

	history
		No 254 Squadron was formed in May 1918 from Nos.492, 517 and 518 Flights at the coastal reconnaissance station at Prawle Point and flew anti-submarine patrols until the end of the war, disbanding on 22 February 1919.
		No surface vessels or enemy aircraft were sighted.
		The Blenheim was pretty well outclassed by this time and all squadrons using it took pretty high casualties I stayed with the squadron until the Fall of '41 and we returned to Sumburgh sometime after that visit in '40.
	www2.bc.edu /~emerypa/254/history.html (3513 words)

	VPNAVY - VP-11 History Summary Page - VP Patrol Squadron
		This squadron was in relatively poor material condition because of its extended operations at advance bases with inadequate facilities for normal repair and upkeep.
		No trace was found of the seaplane The other dove into the ocean near a line ofbattleships on naval maneuvers.
		Two squadrons of this wing were retained on the East Coast, the remaining two returning to San Diego by way of Guantanamo, Coco Solo and the Gulf of Fonseca, leaving Norfolk on May I and arriving San Diego May 10.
	www.vpnavy.com /vp11_1941.html (8393 words)

	The Hawker Hurricane
		The RAF used the breathing space to rebuild their squadrons, and when the Luftwaffe began to pound Britain in earnest in August, beginning the "Battle of Britain", the RAF had 32 squadrons of Hurricanes and 19 squadrons of Spitfires.
		This still left the RAF outnumbered, and the defense was weakened further by the transfer of Hurricane squadron Number 261 to Malta, and Numbers 73 and 274 to North Africa.
		Two RAF squadrons, Numbers 81 and 134, were built up in the summer of 1941 and sent to Murmansk on the HMS Argus, along with 200 Hurricanes in crates.
	www.faqs.org /docs/air/avhurr.html (7563 words)

	Sqn Histories 276-280_P
		The squadron was disbanded on 15 February 1945 at Hawkinge but remained on standby until 26 February when its duties were transferred to No 278 Squadron.
		At the same toime Spitfires were added to the squadron strength and a month later Warwicks arrived, but in February 1945 all types except the Walrus left leaving the squadron operating a single type.
		In September 1945 the squadron had moved to Beccles and as well as its normal area of operations around the UK it also provided a detachment in Burma from December 1945 until disbanding on 10 March 1946.
	www.rafweb.org /Sqn276-280.htm (703 words)

	The Royal Air Force - History Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Badge:In front of a fountain, a hand holding a pole flying therefrom two flags representing the International distress signal N.C. No 280 Squadron was formed on 10 December 1941 at Thorney Island for air-sea rescue duties.
		Originally intended to have Hudsons the squadron moved to Delting with Ansons in February 1942 as the Hudsons were required for other units.
		The squadron continued its rescue role after the end of the war, sending detachments to Cornwall, Northern Ireland, the North of Scotland and Iceland, being disbanded on 21 June 1946.
	www.raf.mod.uk /history/h280.html (147 words)

	The Royal Air Force
		The RAF had this story under wraps for 30 years, I was one of those survivors and was officially warned off on at least 3 separate occasions in making representations to my superiors during the remainder of my RAF career under the Queens Regulations 'Conduct Prejudice' Act.
		The fact that no serious accident occurred during the occupation of Gan by the RAF is a great tribute not only to the efficiency of the services provided by the station, but also to the standards of flying by the RAF crews who passed through.
		RAF Gan in 1960 was replacing the base at Katunayake as a staging post from the UK to the Far East and although operational was not complete in all its buildings and facilities.
	splashdown2.tripod.com (10734 words)

	A Spitfire Chronology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		280 aircraft are destroyed, but the attackers suffer crippling losses.
		They are Fireflies of No.1771 squadron, from HMS Implacable.
		The three former RAF Spitfire squadrons, flown by Czech pilots, are incorporated in the Czech airforce.
	www.csd.uwo.ca /~pettypi/elevon/gustin_military/spit/spit1945.html (375 words)

	Code One Magazine Fourth Quarter 2004: TriStars Bearing Gifts
		Since then, 216 Squadron has frequently been sent from its base at RAF Brize Norton, near Oxford, England, to at least three of the four corners of the world, most recently to Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
		Because 216 Squadron is both a tanker squadron and essentially an airline, it also has sixty-four air stewards assigned in groups of two or three on the personnel flights.
		Despite the fact squadron aircraft are all between twenty and twenty-five years old, the airframes have experienced no major maintenance issues.
	www.codeonemagazine.com /archives/2004/articles/oct_04/tristars (2537 words)

	uboat.net - Fighting the U-boats - Aircraft - The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
		On this clear summer's day, U-200 was spotted by the crew of Liberator 'H' of 120 RAF Squadron, which was flying from Iceland towards a convoy escort rendezvous.
		Sunderland 'B' of 10 Squadron RAAF was co-operating with the Royal Navy 2nd Support Group in the Bay of Biscay when it spotted U-454 in very rough seas only six miles from the British ships.
		South of Iceland, Liberator 'R' of 86 Squadron RAF was patrolling around a convoy when its Australian wireless operator, Warrant Officer A. Craine, on lookout with binoculars, spotted U-419's wake from 6 miles away.
	uboat.net /allies/aircraft/raaf.htm (5676 words)

	USAAF Chronology: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In France, HQ 98th Combat Bombardment Wing (Medium) moves from Chartres to Laon/Athies; the 23d Fighter Squadron, 36th Fighter Group, moves from Athis to Juvincourt with P-47s; and the 405th Fighter Squadron, 371st Fighter Group, moves from Perthes to Dole/Tavaux with P-47s.
		The 859th Squadron is sent to Italy in Dec 44 and did not return; the 857th and 858th started night bombing sorties on a limited scale in Dec 44.
		In Belgium, the 153d Liaison Squadron, IX Tactical Air Command (attached to First Army), moves from Verviers to Spa with L-5s; the 410th and 411th Fighter Squadrons, 373d Fighter Group, moves from Reims, France to Le Culot with P-47s.
	hometown.aol.com /jlowry3402/oct44.html (5982 words)

	Military, Defence, Canadian Foreign Affairs History - TWR
		Itself a significant and encouraging -- but no means risk-free -- development in arms control diplomacy, the INF treaty would eliminate an entire category of nuclear weapons, including the American Pershing 2 ballistic missile and the BGM-109G ground-launched cruise missile (GLCM), and the Soviet SS-20 ballistic missile.
		The rationale for an increase in the dedicated home defence fleet was not predicated on a desire to recreate the massive RAF interceptor force of the 1950's.
		Another irony of the continued tasking of both CF-18 squadrons in the flyover role was that it would mean sending Canadian fighter reinforcements to Europe at the very time -- during a crisis -- when the United States would be seeking to deploy USAF fighter reinforcements in Canada.
	www.thewednesdayreport.com /twr/twr.htm (11811 words)

	Hawker Fury -- Sea Fury (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		With the end of the Second World War, the RAF canceled all production contracts for the Fury, deciding to concentrate all of its future efforts on jet fighters.
		The first unit to receive the Sea Fury F.B.11 (as the aircraft had been redesignated) was No. 802 Squadron in May 1948.
		They were used primarily as conversion trainers with reserve squadrons, serving alongside their single-seat counterparts.
	www.csd.uwo.ca /~pettypi/elevon/baugher_other/fury-02.html (1303 words)

	Panavia Tornado (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Differences include wing-root gloves with an acute sweep, and there are no Krüger flaps on the F.3.
		It has recently been decided to keep the F.3 alive until the arrival of the Eurofighter in the next century, and not to lease American F.16s to plug the gap.
		RAF ordered 100 modification kits in 1983 to upgrade Mk 101 engined aircraft to Mk 103 standard.
	www.danshistory.com /tornado.html (1111 words)

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		Early versions of the B-24 were heavily armed by pre-war standards, the B-24A having two.30 caliber machine guns in the tail and six.50 caliber weapons (one in the nose, one in a ventral position, two in an upper turret, and one on each side at the waist positions).
		Early in the war, both the RAF and the USAAF found this armament inadequate, and additional machine guns were added in subsequent versions.
		Some of No. 311 Squadron's Liberators were equipped with four 5-inch rockets on airfoil-shaped mounts forward of the bomb bays, and such rockets were used in sinking one U-boat.
	uboat.net /allies/aircraft/b24.htm (2073 words)

	Washington Times Newsletter - Issue 1
		The Washington was only in RAF service for a short time and as such did not have time to develop a large loyal following in the way that other aircraft, that had longer histories, have managed to do.
		Here the records get a bit confused with 'The Washington File' and 'Roundel' stating that she was assigned to the Washington Conversion Unit at RAF Marham and given the code FB-Q. She remained with the WCU until 5th July 1951 when she was transferred to Scottish Aviation at Prestwick for Maintenance and Storage.
		No further use was made of 42-93976 and she languished in the great desert storage yard of Davis Monthan AFB until scrapped in September 1954.
	home.att.net /~sallyann6/b29/wash-times1.html (4916 words)

	Supermarine Spitfire - Great Britain
		No 312 Czechoslovak Squadron RAF, formed at Duxford with Hurricanes on the 29th of August 1940 with Czechoslovak personnel as a fighter unit.
		Spitfire MK I, 14 Sqd RAF, Flt Lt. Adolf Malan.
		The first squadron to fly the Spitfire V was the No.
	www.aviation-history.com /supermarine/spitfire.html (1498 words)

	[1.0] Mosquito Origins & Variants
		Wilfrid Freeman was no longer in the Ministry of Air Production, having left to become Vice Chief of the Air Staff at the beginning of November, but it still had to be gratifying to know that his "Folly" was flying.
		The RAF decided to use the pressurized PR.XVI as the basis for a specialized high-altitude reconnaissance variant, and modified one to serve as the prototype "PR.32", the RAF having decided to give up on classy but slightly confusing Roman numerals and adopt Arabic numbers instead.
		The TR.33 entered service with FAA Number 811 Squadron in August 1946, but the Sea Mosquito's service life was very short, with the squadron disbanded in July 1947 and the aircraft put to second-line duties.
	www.faqs.org /docs/air/avmoss1.html (7695 words)

	Aerospace World News--January 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		No one has made the effort to come down and educate me, but I'd be happy to be educated.
		Thus, they were disappointed by the mixed picture presented by the surveys, but they vowed that they would try to act on the less positive aspects of the survey results.
		The two studies-one a survey of active duty members of the services, the other an examination of the career progression of minority and female active duty officers-did find that large majorities of service members believe racial and ethnic relations in the military are better today than they were even five years ago.
	www.afa.org /magazine/world/0100world.html (6988 words)

	HALIFAX HP-57 BOMBERS IN RPAF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In 1949 the RPAF bought six additional ex-RAF Halifax B-VIs from UK to equip No 12 Squadron which was raised in March, 1950 as RPAF's first Heavy Bomber Squadron.
		In September, 1953, No 12 Squadron was converted into a Composite Squadron comprising four flights, only one of which was equipped with the Halifaxes.
		Later on, in 1954 the aircraft were transferred to long-term storage, from where they were disposed of as salvage.
	www.defencejournal.com /apr99/halifax.htm (383 words)

	North American P-51A Mustang
		These aircraft had the same external stores capability as the A-36A Invader, but had no dive brakes and no fuselage guns, the armament being limited to four 0.50-inch machine guns mounted in the wings.
		The RAF serials of the Mustang IIs were FR890/FR939.
		On November 25, 1943, the 530th Fighter-Bomber Squadron of the 311th Fighter Bomber Group flew the first of the Mustang's long-range escort missions, using drop tanks to escort B-24 Liberators in an attack on Rangoon, Burma, a round trip of nearly 900 miles.
	home.att.net /~jbaugher1/p51_7.html (804 words)

	Reserve pilots not reserved when protecting ground troops (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Major Charlie is a pilot with the 81st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, and he is from Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans.
		Today, Captain Brian, Major Charlie and about 100 other 706th Fighter Squadron Airmen of Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans have joined forces with 81st Fighter Squadron Airmen from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, who served here in June 2003.
		The 81st EFS ârainbowâ flight -- joint active-duty and Reserve units working together as one squadron -- provides aerial cover for the ground troops, whether it is scheduled or called in during a specific situation, such as the convoy ambush.
	www.af.mil /news/story.asp?storyID=123008837 (932 words)

	Aerospace World - June 2006
		Walter M. Moss Jr., of Houston, died March 29 in Baghdad when an improvised explosive device detonated while he was working to clear the area of such bombs.
		At a Capitol Hill seminar in April, he said that the original plan for the B-52 SOJ called for about a $1 billion project, but by December, it had ballooned to $7 billion and was no longer affordable.
		Of those fatalities, 144 were killed in action by enemy attack, and 137 died in nonhostile incidents such as accidents.
	www.afa.org /magazine/June2006/0606world.asp (5513 words)

	RAF Buccaneer Squadron Print featuring XX900 208 Sqn RAF Lossiemouth
		The final flight was on the 6th April 1994 and was from R.A.F. Lossiemouth Scotland, to R.A.F. St Athan in Wales.
		Leaving in their wake only the sound of vortices 'whipping' across the airfield, along with the smiles and a long lasting memory for the many people gathered to watch the final departures.
		A very memorable moment for Squadron Ldr Mike Scarffe, as this was his last ever flight in a Buccaneer.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/andrewbrooks1/280xx900.htm (1000 words)

	CanadianAircraft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		This Dutch NF-5A sports the markings of No.316 Squadron, based at Gilze-Rijen until disbandment in 1991.
		Two CF-100 Mk 4A Canucks of the Royal Canadian Air Force's No.419 Squadron show off the intercepter's side and underside configurations.
		During the early 1950s the Chipmunk T.Mk 10 replaced Tiger Moths in the RAF's university air squadrons and reserve flying school.
	www.highgallery.com /CanadianAircraft.html (325 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » DFID CHAD OT Situation Report No. 29 - South Asia earthquake
		These helicopters will follow on from the RAF Chinooks and will operate from 26 November until end March 2006.
		A limited number of civilians have crossed over from India; no civilians have been allowed to cross over from Pakistan.
		The total outbreak resulted in 738 cases and no fatalities.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LSGZ-6JFKFD?OpenDocument (1209 words)

	AVIATION BOOKS AEROPLANE BOOKS - WW 2 AIRCRAFT WW II AIRPLANES
		JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CODE NAMES & DESIGNATIONS, Mikesh, Robert, Schiffer, 1992, new, soft cover, see photo, covers all Allied designations for Japanese Navy/Army aircraft of WWII, each aircraft is presented alphabetically according to its code name & is also cross-referenced to its official (long) designations and project (short) designations, photos & drawings, 181 pgs.
		JAPANESE NAVY BOMBERS, Francillion, Rene, Doubleday & Co., 1969, vg (issued with pictorial cover), see photo, No. 5 in Combat Planes of the World Series, many photos & color plates, 64 pgs.
		JOLLY ROGERS, Blackburn, Tom, Orion, 1989, f/f, as new, see photo, one of the Navy's foremost Fighter Squadrons, VF-17, Blackburn as Commander, Fighter Ace, flew the Vought F47 Corsair during their tour of the Pacific, shot down 154 enemy warplanes, roster of officers, photos, 270 pgs.
	www.aeroplanebooks.com /ww2_pg10.htm (792 words)

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