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	Royal Air Force Waddington Station Website
		As part of the draw-down of the RAF from Germany, the Sqn relocated to RAF Waddington in December 1998.
		No 26 Squadron was formed in August 1951 at RAF Yatesbury, near Devizes as a Low-Level Air Defence Squadron.
		As part of the draw-down of the RAF from Germany, No 26 Squadron relocated to RAF Waddington in December 1998.
	www.raf.mod.uk /rafwaddington/26squadron.html (502 words)

	No. 2 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		II (AC) Squadron of the Royal Air Force is one of two RAF squadrons in the reconnaissance role with the Tornado GR4A and is based at RAF Marham, Norfolk.
		The squadron gained the AC in its title in the inter-war years, firstly by flying Army Co-operation sorties during the troubles around the partition of Ireland in the early 1920s.
		No 2 Sqn became the first RFC Squadron to cross the Channel to France, at the outbreak of World War I
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/No._2_Squadron_RAF (380 words)

	No 46 Squadron RFC & RAF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		No 46 Squadron was formed at Wyton on 19 April 1916 from a nucleus trained in No 2 Reserve Squadron and, after a brief period of training, went to France in October 1916 equipped with Nieuport 2-seaters.
		In November 1917, the Squadron was re-equipped with Sopwith Camels and gave valuable assistance to the infantry in the Cambrai attack.
		No 46 Squadron assembled at Bardufoss and began operation on 26 May; patrols were maintained over the land and naval forces at Narvik without respite, some of the pilots going without sleep for more than 2 days.
	www.btinternet.com /~stephen.robson10/46sqn/46histry.htm (697 words)

	115 Squadron RAF
		The Harrow, however, would have been no use had war come and at the end of March 1939 the squadron began to re-equip with Vickers Wellingtons, with which it trained at great intensity because war was imminent.
		In March 1950 No. 115's crews were sent to the USA to train on the American Boeing B-29 Super-fortress, of which 87 were to be supplied to the RAF to serve until the British jet bombers were in service.
		The squadron was fully represented in the RAF Review for Her Majesty the Queen at Odiham in 1953, with one aircraft in the static line-up and the rest of the squadron in the massed flypast.
	freespace.virgin.net /paul.hunt3/units/115Sq.html (1800 words)

	No 46 Squadron RFC & RAF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The Squadron embarked for the UK at the end of December and arrived at Stoney Cross at the beginning of January 1945 and began operation under Transport Command.
		From July 1948, the Squadron was almost exclusively engaged on the Berlin Airlift; to begin with, it operated from Wunsdorf carrying food and later from Fassberg and Lubekc carrying coal.
		By March 1955 when Wing Commander Birchfield took over as CO from Squadron Leader Ross, the manpower situation was improving, but MT shortages caused problems for the Squadron, whose dispersal was on the opposite side of the airfield to the rest of the station.
	www.btinternet.com /~stephen.robson10/46sqn/46h-4466.htm (645 words)

	Armed Forces - Royal Air Force - r9a1 - RAF Regiment & RAF Reserves - RAF Regiment
		Consequently, the RAF Regiment was raised on 1 February 1942 by a Royal Warrant of King George VI.
		RAF Regiment units are under the operational command of No 2 Group.
		Note: Joint CBRN Regiment: No 27 Squadron RAF Regiment provides some of the 244 personnel of the Joint CBRN Regiment alongside two squadrons of the Royal Tank Regiment all of whom are stationed at Honington.
	www.armedforces.co.uk /raf/listings/l0041.html (643 words)

	Sqn Histories 266-270_P
		The squadron was disbanded on 1 November 1958 by being renumbered No 209 Squadron.
		The Squadron was declared operational in June 1942, and commenced a range of reconnaissance and intruder operations, again primarily along the coast of northern France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
		In April 1945 the Squadron moved from Mill to Twenthe and commenced re-equipment with the Supermarine Spitfire FR XIVS, a dedicated reconnaissance version of the Roll-Royce Griffon engined variant of the Spitfire, which was used alongside the remaining Mustangs.
	www.rafweb.org /Sqn266-270.htm (2762 words)

	Sqn Histories 26-30_P
		The squadron formed a strike wing with No 47 Squadron but the lack of coastal targets forced it to revert to ground attack in November 1944 which it continued until April 1945 when it took on the role of air-jungle rescue.
		However, in June 2001, the squadron was revived, still in the support helicopter role, but now equipped with the Merlin HC Mk 1, the first RAF squadron to be equipped with the type.
		In 1987, No 29 replaced its Phantoms with the Tornado F Mk 3, still at Coningsby but on 31 October 1998, the squadron disbanded but was revived as the Eurofighter Typhoon Operational Conversion Unit at Coningsby when it formed in 2004.
	www.rafweb.org /Sqn026-30.htm (2985 words)

	UK Cold War:RAF Bases
		RAF Northolt was one of the key airfields in the Defence of London during the Battle of Britain.
		RAF Pembrey Sands is a bombing and firing range and is adjacent to the old Pembrey airfield on the south Wales Coast.
		RAF Saxa Vord in the Shetland Islands has had an association with the Royal Air force since 1957 when it became a Radar Station, today it is a Control and Reporting Post as part of the United kingdom Air surveillance and Control system giving warning of any aircraft approaching from the North.
	www.ukcoldwar.org.uk /rafbases.htm (3918 words)

	The Royal Air Force - History Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Laarbruch's field squadron, No 1 Squadron RAF Regiment, the longest-standing Regiment squadron in the RAF, is equipped to provide effective ground defence with over 160 men and powerful 81mm mortars.
		Recently, the Squadron has seen service in the Former Yugoslavia and Northern Ireland and it is also declared to NATO as a Reaction Forces (Air) unit, which stands ready to deploy anywhere to make ready and secure a base prior to the deployment of NATO aircraft.
		For example, RAF doctors and dentists treat our families as well as the Servicemen, there are two schools on base providing education for our children and our RAF Education Centre is used by Servicemen and families to study for, and take, language or UK examinations.
	www.raf.mod.uk /history/suproles.html (820 words)

	RAF Pilots in WWII Sq. 26
		On 1 June, 1962 No. 26 Squadron was re-formed at Odiham as a transport helicopter unit with Bristol Belvedere HC.1s.
		It is believed this policy was continued between the wars with the exception of the standard representation of the Squadron's emblem on a white grenade on the fin of the Audaxes and Hectors from ca 1936 onwards.
		Two Spitfires failed to return, one from 16 Squadron on a MET sortie, and one from 26 Squadron on a naval gun spotting sortie; the latter was hit by flak and went down in a sheet of flame.
	www.holum.net /gen/squadron26.htm (2888 words)

	flight Lieutenant John King, RAF
		Much later, at RAF Oldenburg, two of the No 26 Squadron F-86 pilots who had flown Sabres with the USAF in Korea (Spud Murphy and Andy Devine) confirmed that they had known John King and that he had simply disappeared on a mission.
		In my own short RAF flying career, I never remotely approached John's illustrious achievements and it is a cause of great sadness that such a brilliant young officer and pilot did not live to satisfy his full potential.
		No portion of this article may be used or reprinted without permission from the President of the F-86 Sabre Pilots Association or the editor of Sabre Jet Classics magazine.
	www.sabre-pilots.org /classics/v122king.htm (2423 words)

	Luftwaffe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The name "Typhoon" caused controversy since the Hawker Typhoon was an RAF ground-attack aircraft which destroyed many targets in support of the ground forces invading France in June 1944 and afterwards]] The air force of the Communist GDR used the same name as the one used during World War I, that is, the Luftstreitkräfte.
		No strike sorties were flown and the role of the Luftwaffe was restricted to providing support, for example with suppression of enemy air defence (SEAD) sorties.
		No Luftwaffe aircraft were lost during the campaign, but the force's role proved to be controversial in Germany because of the strong pacifist sentiment still present in the population that is opposed to the use of force by Germany in international affairs.
	luftwaffe.iqnaut.net (3741 words)

	NZAFMP - No. 78 Squadron RAF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Among the highlights of No. 78's war record was its participation in the historic 1,000 bomber raid on Cologne 30/31st May, 1942; the epic raid on Peenemünde on 17/18th August 1943; and the attack on the coastal gun battery at Mont Fleury on 5/6th June 1944 in direct support of the invasion of Normandy.
		In February 1941, No. 78 Squadron supplied the Whitleys and some of the crews (other crews were provided by No. 51 Squadron) which figured in Operation Colossus, the first Allied airborne operation of the war and the one in which British paratroops destroyed a large aqueduct at Tragino in southern Italy.
		On 7 May 1945, No. 78 Squadron was transferred from Bomber Command to Transport Command and in September of that year, after having converted to Dakota aircraft, it was sent to Almaza in Middle East Command.
	www.nzafmp.org /military/78sqnraf.htm (647 words)

	British Military Aviation in 1974
		The RAF College of Air Warfare is amalgamated with the RAF College, Cranwell, to become the RAF College's Department of Air Warfare.
		Although no offensive support sorties were flown, combat air patrols were mounted in support of Canberra and Nimrod reconnaissance sorties by Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft from Malta and to guard against possible infringements of British Sovereign Base Area airspace by Turkish aircraft.
		The squadron was replaced by No.26 Squadron RAF Regiment at the end of September and No.26 Squadron was withdrawn in turn during November.
	www.rafmuseum.org.uk /milestones-of-flight/british_military/1974.html (560 words)

	They Mounted up as Eagles - South African Military History Society - Journal
		They were impatient because no government action had been taken to form an adequate air force, and presented the Minister of Defence, Colonel H. Mentz, with a ‘scheme for the organization of a South African Union Defence Force, with a view to the full employment of commercial aviation as the basis of that force’.
		In 1929 a RAF aircraft crashed at Gwelo, killing the pilot and observer (the flights were annual in collaboration with Headquarters RAF Middle East) and Lt Col van der Spuy, the indestructible Kenny, hit a car at Salisbury, and another aircraft was damaged at Broken Hill.
		Nos 1 and 2 Transvaal Air Squadrons were designated in January 1939 (Majors R.M. Preller and R.C. Hiemstra as OC s), and women formed the Civil Air Guard organization after the British model.
	rapidttp.com /milhist/vol056dt.html (6214 words)

	96 Squadron Association, Fighters, Royal Air Force
		I was posted to 14 Squadron RAF Fassberg (Germany) in August 1954 and worked on Venoms.
		The Squadron moved to Oldenburg and was re-equipped with Hawker Hunters in 1955.
		This website is dedicated to all the officers and men of 96 Squadron, Royal Air Force, particularly those who gave their lives in the service of their country either in combat or otherwise, in time of peace or time of war.
	www.surfmydot.com /96squadron (275 words)

	NZAFMP - No. 75 (NZ) Squadron RAF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		From formation until the end of hostilities in Europe, No. 75 Squadron operated as a heavy bomber unit of the RAF Bomber Command.
		Towards the end of 1942 the New Zealand Squadron converted to Stirlings and thereafter made a significant contribution to the Battle of the Ruhr, the devastation of Hamburg and the famous raid against the German V-weapon experimental station at Peenemunde.
		In March 1944 No. 75 Squadron began to exchange its Stirlings for Lancasters and was ready in time to participate in preparation and support of the Allied invasion, the bombing of flying bomb sites and close support of the armies.
	www.nzafmp.org /military/75sqnnzraf.htm (307 words)

	British Military Aviation in 1964 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		In an effort to suppress continued attacks on the Dhala road, Radfan Force 'Radforce' is established with a brief to end the activities of dissidents in the Radfan, to stop the spread of revolt and to hold the Dhala road open.
		RAF Hawker Hunters played a key role in the campaign and in May and June they flew 642 sorties and fired 2,508 rockets and 183,900 rounds of 30mm Aden cannon ammunition.
		A Tripartite Squadron, comprised of United Kingdom, United States and West German forces, is established at RAF West Raynham to evaluate the Hawker P1127 (Kestrel) Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) strike fighter aircraft.
	www.rafmuseum.org.uk /milestones-of-flight/british_military/1964.html (617 words)

	Aviation Books for Sale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		This is the exciting story of how Squadron 604, converted to nightfighting in 1941, under the command of Group Captain Night Operations, John Cunningham, and, with the help of the new "little fl box", turned the tide against the attacking German bombers over England, and had steadily more success during night bombing raids over Germany.
		Phillips is described as a master of in-flight action and it has also been said that he places his aircraft in panoramas that rival the work of the finest landscape artists.
		As Sir Geoffrey de Havilland states in his Foreword: "In this book, and in no other, all the steps leading to the present development are described clearly and with a background of knowledge of the fundamental requirements." Numerous drawings and diagrams.
	www.stillmanbooks.com /aviation.htm (10060 words)

	207 Squadron RAF Association - Cold War Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		No.207 Squadron Royal Air Force operated Lancasters, Lincolns, Washingtons, Canberras and Valiants during the Cold War, principally from RAF Marham 1951-65.
		Some of those who served on the Squadron after the withdrawal from service of the Valiant also had, or went on to have, Cold War service on other units.
		This page is provided to gather together links and information sources which are considered to be of possible interest to those who served on 207 Squadron RAF who saw service in the Cold War period.
	www.207squadron.rafinfo.org.uk /207-coldwar.htm (562 words)

	Armed Forces - Royal Air Force - r8a5 - RAF Weapons - Surface-to-Air Weapons - Rapier - Thaad
		The total cost of the Rapier FS 'C' programme for both the RAF and the Army is £1,886 million.
		The RAF has the following squadrons equipped with Rapier and all are in the UK.
		Recent fears of nuclear proliferation, and the problems of nuclear-capable delivery systems such as the former Soviet Scud missile being used by nations who hitherto have not been able to mount a credible threat to the UK, have forced the MoD to look at the options offered by adopting a high-level missile defence.
	www.armedforces.co.uk /raf/listings/l0040.html (689 words)

	Service of Mustang I/IA With RAF
		The first RAF unit to receive the Mustang was No 26 Squadron at Gatwick which began to operate the fighter in February 1942.
		During this operation, pilots of No 414 Squadron of the RCAF were attacked by Fw 190s.
		By this time, the Mustang I equipped Nos 2, 4, 16, 26, 63, 169,239, 241, 268, and 613 Squadrons of the RAF, plus Nos 400, 414 and 430 Squadrons of the RCAF, and No 309 (Polish) Squadron of the RAF.
	home.att.net /~jbaugher1/p51_4.html (800 words)

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		It had no bombsight for performing horizontal bombing attacks from medium or high altitudes, but a skilled pilot could use it to perform useful horizontal attacks at low level.
		By the end of the war, Messerschmitt was working on a prototype of the improved "Me-262B-2a" night fighter with a longer fuselage, increased fuel capacity, and most importantly "Berlin" centimetric radar, with improved range and resolutions and a dish hidden in the nose, instead of the clumsy and drag-inducing "antlers" of the long-wavelength radar.
		The Me-262 had no real effect on the course of the war, though it would provide the Allies with plenty of inspiration in the postwar period.
	www.toprankingcompany.com /me-262-schwalbe.htm (7047 words)

	The Eagle Squadrons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		It was the RAF's policy to pick Englishmen as squadron and flight commanders and 16 of these British pilots served with the Eagle Squadrons.
		From the time the first Eagle Squadron was formed in September 1940 until all three squadrons were disbanded and incorporated into the USAAF in September 1942, they destroyed 73 1/2 German planes while 77 American and 5 British members were killed.
		Although transfers between the Eagle Squadrons were common they were not under the same type of unified command structure that they would later find themselves under as members of the Fourth Fighter Group.
	history.acusd.edu /gen/WW2Timeline/eaglesquadron.html (796 words)

	156 Squadron RAF
		The Squadron was formed at Alconbury in February 1942 as a medium-bomber squadron equipped with Wellingtons, and for the first few months operated with No. 3 Group.
		When the Pathfinder Force (No. 8 Group)was formed in August, 1942, No. 156 was one of the four squadrons selected to form the nucleus of the new force.
		Awards to the squadron comprise 24 DSOs, 1 bar to the DSO, 334 DFCs, 26 bars to DFCs, 1 2nd Bar to DFC, 5 CGMs, 131 DFMs, 1 bar to the DFM, and 1 BEM.
	www.156squadron.com (187 words)

	RAF:2300AD Order of Battle
		The RAF has one permanent overseas unit, No.4 Group, which is tasked with the defence of Britain's South Atlantic territories as well as several off-world Groups.
		A further squadron is equipped with converted Lincoln airliners for comfortable movement of personnel and cargo.
		The Command is manned primarily by airman-soldiers of the RAF Regiment and reservists of the RAuxAF Regiment.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~dheb/2300/Europe/UK/raf/RAFgenorb.htm (2219 words)

	306 Squadron
		The gallant and sustained assistance given by Polish Units to our air effort and to the common cause has never faltered.
		Long after final victory, to which you have contributed so much, the brotherhood in arms of the RAF and Polish Air Force will be remembered by us with pride and gratitude."
		RAF Marshal Viscount Portal of Hungerford, KG, GCB, OM, DSO, MC.
	www.geocities.com /Mohikanie/306/306squadron.html (63 words)

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