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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)

	RAF History - Bomber Command 60th Anniversary
		619 Squadron was formed at Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, on 18th April 1943, as a heavy bomber squadron equipped with Lancasters, and during the period June 1943 to April 1945, took part in many major attacks on enemy targets.
		It is recorded that during a raid against the Dortmund-Ems Canal at Ladbergen on 3rd/4th March 1945, Lancaster I PD441 "B-Baker" (captain, Wing Commander SG Birch) destroyed a V1 in flight.
		From No. 619 Squadron it went to No. 5 Lancaster Finishing School (where it became coded "CE-O"), thence to Messrs.
	www.raf.mod.uk /bombercommand/h619.html (223 words)

	Sqn Histories 226-230_P
		No 226's last incarnation was as a Thor Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile unit at Catfoss from 1 August 1959 to 9 March 1963.
		In June 1961, the squadron began to receive Whirlwind HAR Mk 10 helicopters and by the end of the year was fully equipped and the last of the fixed wing aircraft had left.
		The squadron moved to Germany in January 1963 remaining there until January 1965, however, two months later the squadron was sent to Borneo remaining there for a further two years until finally retuning to the UK in January 1967.
	www.rafweb.org /Sqn226-230.htm (2344 words)

	The Wartime Memories Project - RAF Woodhall Spa
		No 97 moved to Bourne, Cambridgeshire, on 17 April 1943 leaving behind three crews as a nucleus for No 619 Squadron, which formed at Woodhall Spa on 18 April 1943.
		619 Squadron flew Avro Lancasters from the airfield until moving to RAF Coningsby on 1 January 1944 to be replaced at Woodhall Spa by No 617 Squadron.
		No 617 Squadron operated from Woodhall Spa until the end of hostilities, pioneering the use of ultra-heavy bombs; the 12,000lb "Tallboy" and the 22,000lb "Grand Slam", both of which were used on special targets in operations from the airfield.
	www.wartimememories.co.uk /airfields/woodhallspa.html (961 words)

	KEANE, Flight Sergeant Henry William (R55378) - Distinguished Flying Medal - No
		No citation other than "...completed...many successful operations against the enemy in which [he] displayed high skill, fortitude and devotion to duty." Public Records Office Air 2/8782 has recommendation dated 15 December 1943 when he had flown 56 sorties (323 hours 27 minutes), on which 19 sorties (125 hours 32 minutes) were flown after previous award.
		He sustained no injury to himself or crew but his aircraft was seriously damaged by ack-ack fire.
		No none knew just when or how the ampoule was broken and consequently the bomb dump area was immediately evacuated, except for the Base and Station Armament Officers and two Senior NCO Armourers.
	www.airforce.ca /wwii/ALPHA-KE.html (6391 words)

	The RAF at Woodhall Spa
		RAF Woodhall Spa became operational in February 1942 as a heavy bomber airfield within 5 Group.
		It was a satellite of RAF Coningsby and from January 1944 a substation of No.54 Base (Coningsby, Metheringham and Woodhall Spa).
		As the second unit to be equipped with the Lancaster, the squadron was heavily involved with early operations with this aircraft, including the low level mission to bomb the MAN diesel engine factory in Augsburg on 17 April 1942.
	home.freeuk.com /braunston/Thorpe/RAF.htm (481 words)

	uboat.net - Fighting the U-boats - Aircraft - Lockheed Hudson Patrol Bomber
		By September, No. 233 Squadron was similarly equipped, while No. 220 Squadron had begun to replace its Avro Ansons with the Hudson Mk III.
		Additional squadrons were formed during the war until the RAF saw a peak of 17 Hudson squadrons.
		Hudsons of No. 161 Squadron were used in clandestine operations, landing in open fields of occupied Europe at night to deliver or retrieve agents or to provide weapons or information to partisans.
	uboat.net /allies/aircraft/hudson.htm (1549 words)

	No Turning Back
		William Farquharson was a pilot with 115 Squadron and flew Lancasters with 195 Squadron.
		A wonderfull signed pencil drawing showing Hampden bombers of 49 Squadron dodging the searchlights as they approach the target during one of the early raids of World War II Each pencil print is individually signed by the artist and highly decorated Hampden pilot Sir Lewis Hodges.
		Squadron Hampden bomber attacking a viaduct on the Dortmund - Ems Canal on the night of August 12, 1940.
	www.milartgl.com /HTML_2/no_turning_back.htm (1445 words)

	Sqn Histories 611-620_P
		Although many squadrons were not formed until later in the war, the Air Ministry seems to have allocated code letters to many non-existent squadrons during the Munich Crisis in 1938, probably to confuse German Intelligence.
		No 135 Squadron, equipped with Thunderbolts was renumbered 615 on the same day and began training for the invasion of Malaya.
		Joining the peace time RAF, it was now equipped with Lincolns, retaining these until 1952 when it became the second squadron in the RAF to receive the Canberra jet bomber.
	www.rafweb.org /Sqn611-620.htm (2660 words)

	Lockheed Ventura for RAF
		The RAF was pleased with this proposal and ordered 300 examples in May of 1940 under the name Ventura.
		The RAF Ventura I and II bombers were replaced by deHavilland Mosquitos by the summer of 1943.
		519 and 521 Squadrons of RAF Coastal Command and with Nos 13 and 500 Squadrons in the Mediterranean.
	home.att.net /~jbaugher2/b34_1.html (1883 words)

	106 Squadron, Royal Air Force
		It was delivered to No.106 Squadron at RAF Conningsby 8th March 1942, with whom it completed several operational sorties.
		As the air war progressed the intensity of the RAF's nightly raids grew to epic proportions, and the Luftwaffe night-fighters became a critical last line of defence as their cities were pounded from above.
		But the RAF had in turn developed their own detection equipment, and the nightly aerial contests between fighters and bombers were desperate affairs.
	www.aviationartprints.com /106_squadron.htm (1611 words)

	61 Squadron
		A Lancaster of No. 61 Squadron, RAF, piloted by Flt.
		Tony Iveson's first tour of duty was with RAF Fighter Command, joining 616 sqn as a Sergeant pilot at Kenley on 2 September 1940 during the Battle of Britain.
		Commissioned in 1942, Tony did his second tour with RAF Bomber Command, flying Lancasters with the famous 617 sqn where he was to become one of that squadron's most prominent and well respected pilots.
	www.aviationartprints.com /61_squadron.htm (1459 words)

	No 77 Squadron Association Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		After the turmoil associated with confrontation involving frequent deployments to Singapore and the maintenance of armed aircraft on alert at the end of the runway, normal squadron routine was gradually restored during the period.
		During the period the squadron amalgamated with 2 OCU for the purpose of conducting basic Mirage conversion training whilst 2 OCU was preparing for the introduction of the Hornet.
		On 31 May the squadron held a special parade to plant two palm trees that had been left, anonymously, at the main gate with a note explaining that the trees were in memory of the two 77 pilots who had been killed in the High Range area the year before.
	no77.squadronassociation.org /win05news.php (5096 words)

	New Zealand Serials - Fairey Gordon MK I, II
		NZ 619 swung on landing to avoid a Union Airways Lockheed Electra and collided with K1161.
		To No.207 Squadron on 18 February 1932 at Bircham Newton and later in the Sudan.
		As the individual aircraft conversions from the RAF serials to the NZ serials are unknown except for a few exceptions, the aircraft histories are displayed in two complete parts.
	www.adf-serials.com /nz-serials/nz601.shtml (4732 words)

	WW2 History. The "Communications Flight", RAF Habbaniya, Iraq, Origins and Brief History.
		On the 9th of October 1939 the main bulk of "C" Flight flew to RAF Helwan to rejoin No. 70 Squadron for Combat duty in Egypt and North Africa.
		Unfortunately no details as to the activities of this Detachment during the period September 1939 to August 1940 are presently available, however Pilot Officer M.R.Skeet was recorded as being at Bahrein on the 13th of October 1939 for duty in Iraq.
		On the 2nd of June the Flight proceeded to Baghdad to collect released British Prisoners of War held by the Iraqi's during the Battle, and on the 3rd and 4th in liaison with 31 Squadron transported 2/4th Gurkha Rifles to Mosul to occupy the Airfield for RAF Squadron use.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /mikeskeetsww2website/origins.html (1113 words)

	Captain Kurt's EAW Collection
		This Squadron flew this aircraft type from 1940 to April 1945 and was one of only 4 RAF Squadrons to do so.
		Although obsolescent, the brave RAF crews flew unstintingly against German columns and captured bridges and in the process were slaughtered.
		This particular aircraft was probably from No.803 squadron, serving with HMS Formidable during 1941 and used for Mediterranean convoys escorts.
	www.cds1.net /~linkman993/CK/comm.html (1945 words)

	619 Squadron RAF Bomber Command
		History of 619 Squadron Bomber Command in aviation art prints of the Avro Lancaster by Adrian Rigby.
		Aviation art print of the Avro Lancasters from 619 Squadron RAF Coningsby, available from aviation art prints.
		Lancasters of 619 Squadron forming up over the Lincolnshire coast and gaining altitude after leaving their base in Coningsby.
	www.aviationprints.co.uk /619_squadron.htm (512 words)

	Robert Taylor - Greycap Leader
		Leading 433 (Canadian) Squadron, Johnnie Johnson swings his twelve Spitfires to the south-east, following the course of the river at 12,000 feet.
		The Luftwaffe had staged a remarkable recovery after their defeat at Normandy and by September 1944 were operating in strength from airfields east of the Rhine.
		Big formations of Fw190 and Me109 fighters were pitting themselves against the RAF's ground-attack Typhoons, and it was the Canadians' task to get to the Luftwaffe fighters first.
	www.aviatorart.com /taylor/t-grey.htm (286 words)

	help
		Lee is particularly keen to hear from you if you have any details of what his Grandfather did once he left 619 Squadron and went to the Middle East, as at this point the story of his Grandfathers time in the RCAF becomes a little vague.
		Adjacent to RAF Cranage was a Vickers-armstrong factory, producing the venerable Wellington, and many are thought to have been test-flown from Cranage, but details of this facet of the base are very sketchy, and further details are sought of this part of station life in particular.
		Andy and Sarah are looking for details of RAF North Creake, and in particular 199 Squadron when they were operating from there.
	www.hellzapoppin.demon.co.uk /help.htm (2274 words)

	Aerospace World
		Approximately 300 airmen with the 93rd Bomb Squadron, Barksdale AFB, La., deployed in January to Guam to fulfill an Air and Space Expeditionary Force (AEF) rotation of heavy bombers to the region.
		An F-15E at RAF Lakenheath, UK, was recently the first Strike Eagle to fly with the 500-pound Joint Direct Attack Munition.
		The 27th Fighter Squadron, Langley AFB, Va., in mid-January received a flight-worthy F/A-22 Raptor on a six-month loan from Tyndall AFB, Fla., to begin conducting operational training.
	www.afa.org /magazine/march2005/0305world.asp (5309 words)

	The Royal Air Force - History Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		No.619 Squadron was formed at Woodhall Spa on 18 April 1943, a nucleus of three crews being supplied by No.97 Squadron.
		Before the end of the month Lancasters began to arrive and the squadron's first bombing operation took place on 11 June.
		For the rest of the war, it took part in the bomber offensive and disbanded on 18 July 1945.
	www.raf.mod.uk /history/h619.html (81 words)

	619 SQUADRON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Here is our current member listing for 619 SQUADRON RAF This website is one of the largest resources for ex forces personnel, veterans, comrades and colleagues on the net and aims to help you find out about old friends or family who served in 619 SQUADRON RAF.
		Tim Birch served in 619 SQUADRON RAF between 1945 and 1945
		Peter Marshall served in 619 SQUADRON RAF between 1945 and 1945
	www.comradesandcolleagues.com /ROYAL_AIR_FORCE/619_SQUADRON_RAF.asp (190 words)

	bksrefs
		No. 91 - Boeing B-17 FLYING FORTRESS Vol.
		RAF and RCAF Aircraft Nose Art in World War II
		FTL 10 No. 4/2001 - PRELUDE TO "BARBAROSSA"
	www.ss-sms.com /bksrefs.html (2571 words)

	Strike and Return - V.C.
		True to their squadron motto “Strike and Return”, Lancasters of 460 Squadron RAAF, return to RAF Binbrook in Lincolnshire following a daylight raid over Germany in the late winter of 1944.
		In 1942 he was released for operations, joining 15 Squadron at Mildenhall for his first tour, flying Lancasters.
		Joining the RAF in 1939, he was posted as a wireless operator firstly to 149 Squadron, and then 99 Squadron on Wellingtons.
	www.brooksart.com /Strikereturn4.html (1504 words)

	O'BEIRN, F/L Bernard Theodore (C20520) - Mention in Despatches - No
		One night in April 1943, Flight Sergeant O'Connor and Sergeant Gaylor (RAF) were captain and mid-upper gunner of an aircraft which attacked a target in Germany.
		This officer's ability, devotion to duty and loyalty are outstanding, and his conduct and example have founded and maintained a high standard of efficiency, morale, and esprit de corps amongst those with whom he has served.
		This officer, a former elementary instructor, is one of the original members of the Transport Conversion Squadron.
	www.airforce.ca /wwii/ALPHA-O.html (5818 words)

	RAF History
		The lost history of this WW2 Bomber Command squadron is revealed for the first time
		Chronicle of the elite RAF unit responsible for the air transport of the Royal Family form 1936-1995
		The history of 78 Squadron RAF Bomber Command in WW2
	www.woodfieldpublishing.com /contents/en-uk/d77.html (342 words)

	207 Sqn RAF Association - Wesseling Raid Roll of Honour
		Crew: 4 KIA 3 NKG, 4 bodies washed in by the tides and are buried in various Dutch cemeteries
		Crew: F/L DC Saunders POW, rest of the crew were all killed and are buried in Rheinberg War Cemetery
		GA Baker was ex 207 and was the pilot on the air test of Bill Baker's a/c, which caught fire in the air.
	www.207squadron.rafinfo.org.uk /wesseling/wesseling_roh.htm (1427 words)

	RAFRA - Squadrons
		The first edition of Wing Commander C G Jefford's book 'RAF Squadrons, a comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912' (Airlife 1988, ISBN 85310 053 6) was a useful source of information about the aircraft and stations which RAF squadrons have used.
		If a squadron is missing, either it never actually formed or I have made a mistake (if so, please contact the editor,
		Free Squadrons of the RAF - Airmen in Exile
	www.associations.rafinfo.org.uk /squadron.htm (7175 words)

	EAW - Tally Ho
		New 3DZ/skin of an Avro Lancaster B Mk.1 and B Mk.III of No.106 and 619 Squadrons, RAF.
		Patrick Grand-Chavin's Yak-1b of the 897 IAP, flown by Capt. Pavel Karavai.
		Nico I'As Grumman Martlett Mk.III from the No.805 FAA Squadron, Western Desert during 1941.
	www.sandbaggereaw.com /july2002.html (1172 words)

	MILITARY AIRCRAFT BOOKS from Chaldon Books & Records, Surrey, England
		The autobiography of Lord Cameron of Balhousie, Marshall of the RAF.
		The author has done extensive research in RAF and local records in both England and Germany and has also interviwed or corresponded with many of the officers who planned and took part in the raid.
		Illustrates the designs of some of the official badges assigned to distinguished Squadrons and gives the full story not only of the badge but also of the relevant motto : a fine condition hardback with very good jacket
	www.chaldonbooks.co.uk /Lists/military_aircraft.htm (3449 words)

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