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	No. LIV Squadron RAF - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		54 or LIV Squadron of the Royal Air Force operated the SEPECAT Jaguar from RAF Coltishall, England until disbanded on 11 March 2005.
		No 54 Squadron was the first jet RAF formation team to trail smoke with a team of five De Havilland Vampires.
		In 1955, No 54 Squadron flew a formation of four Hawker Hunter aircraft.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/No._LIV_Squadron_RAF (179 words)

	DS&C-OHS NIGS RAF/RN Air Stations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		RAF Lakenheath was jointly surveyed with RAF Mildenhall in March 1988 because of the proximity of the bases to one another.
		RAF St. Athan was surveyed in 1991; however the scheme introduction was delayed until 1994 due to changes in aircraft deployment and the arrival of a VC10 de-tuner.
		RAF Valley's position on the Isle of Anglesey made is ideally suited for its dual role of fighter base, protecting Liverpool and the North West, and ferry airfield, operating transport flights across the Atlantic.
	www.mod.uk /dsc/ohs/nigs_raf_rnstations.htm (8315 words)

	Darwin Raids (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In August No 77 Squadron RAAF arrived in the area and was followed by No 76 Squadron RAAF in October.
		No 1 Fighter Wing, RAAF moved to the Darwin area with three Spitfire squadrons, No 54 RAF at Darwin, No 452 RAAF at Strauss and No 457 RAAF at Livingstone, during January 1943.
		The other two Darwin aces were RAF Squadron Leaders E M Gibbs and R W Foster of No 54, Squadron RAF.(18) The Japanese again attacked on 28 June with nine bombers and nine fighters.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /history/campaign/darwinraids.html (2168 words)

	The Royal Air Force - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		25(F) Squadron were declared to SACEUR as fully operational on 31 December 1989, and on 1 August 1990, 54 Squadron assumed the title of 15 Squadron RAF Regiment, becoming fully operational in October 1991.
		RAF Leemings' Station Commander and other officers were sent to Saudi Arabia to establish facilities at Dhahran, and four crews of XI(F) Squadron were dispatched to augment other Tornado F3 crews who had also deployed.
		This composite XI Squadron deployed 18 aircraft in three waves to Dhahran between 29 August and 22 September to replace the first air defence Tornados which had deployed from Coningsby at the beginning of the conflict.
	www.raf.mod.uk /history/leeming3.html (633 words)

	No. 457 Squadron vRAAF Headquarters - History
		At the end of May the Squadron was withdrawn from operations, flying its last operation in Europe on 28 May. The Squadron flew to Church Fenton an 16 June and prepared to leave for Australia.
		Squadron aircraft were scrambled a number of times during February however little success was experienced, the first kill not occurring until 7 March 1943, when a 'Dinah' was shot down by Flight Lieutenant D.H. Maclean and Flight Sergeant J. McDowell.
		Squadron Leader James, an original member of the Squadron from its formation in England, was posted south and replaced by Squadron Leader T.H. Trimbk on 2 February 1994.
	www.geocities.com /TimesSquare/Ring/7507/history.htm (2081 words)

	The Royal Air Force Regiment - Squadrons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In September 1982, the Squadron was formally declared operational as a light armour squadron and shortly after began re-training in the IS role for duty in Northern Ireland from January to May 1983.
		No 15 squadron RAF Regiment therefore reverted to its original air defence role, this time equipped with the Rapier surface to air missile system.
		No 15 Squadron RAF Regiment was the second of four Rapier squadrons to be equipped with Rapier Field Standard 'C' (FSC), and was re-declared operational to the Nation and NATO in June 1996.
	www.raf.mod.uk /rafregiment/15_sqn_hist.html (623 words)

	Part 1 - Debates - Thursday 13 October 1994
		The Kittyhawks of 112 Squadron were famous for their shark's mouth insignia, and Clive led with distinction this squadron that contained many Polish fighter pilots.
		No 54 Squadron RAF and Nos 452 and 457 Squadrons RAAF had distinguished themselves in air battles over England and France, and were now to be re-equipped with Tropical MK VC Spitfires.
		After some months, he was posted back to Darwin to command No 80 Fighter Wing RAAF, consisting of Nos 79, 452 and 457 Squadrons and equipped with the much improved Spitfire Mk VIII aircraft which was known as the ace of spades fighter wing, displaying that playing card on the rudder of each aircraft.
	notes.nt.gov.au /lant/hansard/HANSARD7.NSF/0/0c9e9cb5a402f8604825610a00279df2?OpenDocument (1727 words)

	Sqn Histories 51-55_P
		In July 1942 the squadron was transferred to the USA to assist the Americans in the defence of the Eastern Seaboard of the USA and then in August it moved again to Trinidad, where it remained until November.
		The squadron spent thirteen years at Odiham, replacing its Vampires with Meteor F Mk 8s in April 1952 and in their turn these were replaced with Hunter F Mk 1s in March 1955.
		The squadron moved to Greece in September 1945, where it converted to Mosquitoes in June 1946, but on 1 November 1946, the squadron was disbanded, however, the number was kept alive between 1 February 1949 and 14 July 1957 when it was linked to No 44 Squadron.
	www.rafweb.org /Sqn051-55.htm (2810 words)

	ABC WA » Ex-Services Contingent - Air Forces and and Other Units
		54 Squadron is one of the old British Squadrons in the Royal Air Force, having been formed in 1916 under the banner of the Royal Flying Corps, and Commanded by Major J Horn.
		The RAAF 467 Squadron was formed at Scampton on 7th November, 1943, the Headquarters of 5 Group Bomber Command, and flew its first operation on 2 January 1943 from RAF Station Bottesford.
		The Squadron was relocated to RAF Station Waddington on 10 November 1943; at the same time its 'C' Flight became the nucleus of a new RAAF Squadron, 463.
	www.abc.net.au /wa/anzac/air.htm (2203 words)

	La-pilots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		He flew Hurricane's with No 501 Squadron and for shooting down 5 enemy aircraft between May 10 and June 19, 1940, during the Battle for France, James Harry "Ginger" Lacey was awarded the D.F.M. and Croix de Guerre, and was Mentioned in Dispatches.
		Sgt J.H.C.Lacy of No 501 Squadron landed his Hurricane on the 30th of August 1940 with a shattered radiator and 87 bullet holes in the wing and fuselage.
		He joined No 616 Squadron at Kenley on the 2nd of September 1940 and was posted to 71 Squadron at Church Fenton on the 12th of October 1940, to join other American volunteers in the first 'Eagle' squadron.
	www.fortunecity.co.uk /meltingpot/lightsey/28/Pilots/La-pilots.htm (1737 words)

	MAe Fury
		The RAF finally granted Controller (Air) Release to service for the Fury F.1 in 2292, after the WDS was upgraded to the Release 92 software standard, but without clearance for Gungnir carriage and without the Full Operational Clearance which represented the final payment milestone in MAe's development contract.
		However as only one squadron was to be procured for the defence of the East Coast cities the sale of the Fury F.1 was approved and after training in Britain the Air Wing's 6 Squadron became active near Heorot on 24 October 2296.
		The 8 squadrons would have been in the front line of the immediate response to a Kafer landing, but thanks to victory in the Battle of Beowulf they were never called upon.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~dheb/2300/Equipment/EG/fury/MAeFury.htm (6511 words)

	Bristol Bulldog biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Bristol Bulldog was a Royal Air Force (RAF) single-seat biplane fighter designed during the 1920s by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, with over three hundred Bulldogs produced, that arguably became the most famous aircraft during the RAF's inter-war period.
		The Bulldog was withdrawn from RAF service in 1937, being replaced by the Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire, both of which would become legends of the RAF for their contribution during the Second World War.
		The Bulldog never saw combat service with the RAF, though during the Abyssinian Crisis of 1935-36, Bristol Bulldogs were sent to the Sudan to reinforce Middle East Command.
	bristol-bulldog.biography.ms (426 words)

	Sqn Histories 1-5_P
		The squadron was reformed in India on 1 April 1920 by re-numbering No 48 Squadron.
		With the disbandment of No 33 Squadron at Middleton St George on 18 November 1962, its Javelin FAW Mk 9s were allocated to No 5, now at Geilenkirchen, along with many of the 33's crews.
		The squadron reformed on 1 April 2004 to operate the Sentinel R Mk 1 from RAF Waddington, although the aircraft are not yet available.
	www.rafweb.org /Sqn001-5.htm (2447 words)

	British Military Aviation in 1948
		No.6 Squadron's efforts were subsequently augmented by a detachment of Tempest F6s belonging to No.8 Squadron, which operated from Hargeisa during March 1948.
		A total of fifteen RAF squadrons served in Malaya at some stage of the emergency and many more United Kingdom-based units took part in temporary detachments to Malaya.
		A de Havilland Mosquito PR34 of No.13 Squadron RAF is shot down by a North American P51 Mustang of No.101 Squadron Israeli Air Force during a reconnaissance sortie from Fayid in the Canal Zone.
	www.rafmuseum.org.uk /milestones-of-flight/british_military/1948.html (1068 words)

	Jaguar
		The RAF originally intended to use the aircraft purely as an advanced trainer, but this was later changed to the offensive support role on cost grounds.
		The first RAF aircraft took to the air in October 1969, and each air force placed orders for 200 aircraft - the RAF opting for 165 single-seat and 35 two-seat aircraft.
		A variety of weapons including cluster, freefall, retard and laser guided bombs, as well as rockets can be carried on the four wing and one fuselage stations.
	members.tripod.com /TJGladman/Jaguar.html (397 words)

	No 23 Sqn, Royal Air Force
		The Red Eagles are one of three squadrons based at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire, England, that operates the Boeing E-3D Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft, otherwise known as the Sentry.
		The other 2 sqns are No 8 Sqn and the recently reformed No 54(R) Sqn which has taken over the role of all ISTAR aircraft aircrew training at RAF Waddington.
		The transfer of the Sentry Training role to No 54(R) Sqn means that the Red Eagles are now a purely operational squadron.
	23-squadron.co.uk /index.html (283 words)

	Picture Gallery
		RAF cadets of Class 42D parade through Lakeland, Florida, USA, on Armistice Remembrance Sunday 11 November 1941
		The only record of the three members of the world's first jet aerobatic team (No 54 Squadron, Odiham, 1947) in front of one of their Vampire Mk Is. Bill Wood (left), Mike Lyne (second left) and Colin Colquhoun (right).
		Pilots of Colonel Schilling's F-80 Shooting Star USAF team and No 54 Squadron's RAF Vampire team meet at Bluie West 1, Greenland, on 14 July 1948 during the race to be the first to cross the Atlantic by jet.
	uk.geocities.com /kt.j@btinternet.com/picture_gallery.htm (524 words)

	earlygen No 54 (F) Sqn RAF; Early Earley Irish genealogy; Feltham, Middlesex; LSWR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		This type was replaced by the Gladiator in April 1937, and in March 1939, the squadron was re-equipped with the Supermarine Spitfire I. 1939-1942 - The Battle of Britain.
		The Squadron was transferred to Castletown, Caithness, in November 1941, to re-form, and it flew on fleet protection and convoy-patrol work.
		This type was flown until the squadron moved to Odiham, Hants, in July 1946, and was re-equipped with the de Havilland Vampire single-seat jet fighter, forming, with Nos 72 and 247 Squadrons, RAF Fighter Command's first Vampire Wing,
	homepages.tesco.net /~early/b01.html (1172 words)

	1948 in aviation -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		March 10 - VF-5 becomes the first (The navy of the United States of America; maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces) US Navy carrier squadron to be equipped with (Atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward) jets.
		July 6 - the US Navy's first two carrier-based (additional info and facts about AEW) AEW squadrons are formed, VAW-1 and VAW-2.
		54 Squadron RAF became the first (additional info and facts about jet aircraft) jet aircraft to fly across the (The 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east) Atlantic Ocean.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/1/19/1948_in_aviation.htm (751 words)

	B1-pilots
		F/Lt P.H.Barron from No 609 Squadron on convoy patrol flying his Spitfire (L1069) off Portland Bill and was shot down by a Bf 109 of JG 27 at 18:10hrs, on the 11th of July 1940.
		He was posted to No 253 Squadron on the 10th of September, and on the 15th of September was involved in a battle with a Do 215, once again force-landing at Hawkinge.
		E.A.Bayley was posted to No 249 Squadron in September, he was killed on the 10th of October 1940, at 15:45hrs, when his Hurricane I (V7537) crashed due to oxygen failure while on a routine patrol,he was aged 29.
	www.fortunecity.co.uk /meltingpot/lightsey/28/Pilots/B1-pilots.htm (1997 words)

	Model Airplane \| 1/48 Hasegawa Model \| Hawker Hurricane Mk.1 \| Archie A. McKellar
		During this battle, RAF pilots achieved high victory numbers while flying Spitfires and Hurricanes, as they were given the ace status.
		Among these aces was Squadron Leader Archie Ashmore McKellar, a Scottish native of small stature (5ft.
		I installed an aftermarket seat and airbrushed the cockpit RAF interior green followed by a wash of Oxide Black and finally dry brushed with White.
	www.modelaces.com /148_scale_model/hurricane_mk1.php (310 words)

	The Last Flying Meteor Mk 8 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Following this servicing it was transferred to Standards Squadron at RAF Brawdy where it was used mainly for target towing duties.
		As a signal honour, VZ467 was chosen to flypast at the centenary celebration in 1974 of the birth of Sir Winston Churchill, wearing the livery of No. 615 (County of Surrey) Squadron of whom Churchill was
		The aircraft last flew on the 6 September 1983, this was a ferry flight from RAF Leeming to the long-term storage facility at RAF Shrewsbury, and by this time it had amassed 4739.40 flying hours.
	www.rada.org /meteor.html (856 words)

	List of RAF Regiment squadrons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of RAF Regiment squadrons.
		Queen's Colour Squadron (No. 63 Squadron) RAF Regiment
		This page was last modified 17:53, 5 September 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_RAF_Regiment_squadrons (52 words)

	WWW.RAF662.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Norway - Heavy bombers of the RAF, after several previous attempts, succeed in sinking the battleship Tirpitz, the sister ship of the Bismarck, which is lying at anchor in a fjord near Tromso.
		Over 1,000 men of her crew trapped in her capsized hull are lost.
		RAF Yank's great accounts of his wartime service are first up - but we'll have the rest along with some new ones before too long.
	www.raf662.com (442 words)

	Thor IRBM Launcher Coordinates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		-RAF Shepard's Grove - 3 Thor IRBM launchers - No. 82(SM) Squadron RAF - Jul 22, 1959 - Jul 10, 1963.
		-RAF Tuddenham - 3 Thor IRBM launchers - No. 107(SM) Squadron RAF - Jul 22, 1959 - Jul 10, 1963.
		-RAF Mepal - 3 Thor IRBM launchers - No. 113(SM) Squadron RAF - Jul 22, 1959 - Jul 10, 1963.
	www.geocities.com /thor_irbm/coordinates.htm (407 words)

	NewsFactor Network - - RAF Squad No.54 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		I never heard of a flight sim squadron that maintained their cohesiveness and camaraderie while switching over to a first person shooter, so I wanted to learn more about just how they transitioned into the world of Counter-Strike.
		The core of the squadron had been flying FA since it was in beta.
		Sure a GEP launcher is a lot of fun, but there was no real objective, and there is no teamwork by definition in deathmatch.
	www.newsfactor.com /perl/story/11003.html (1486 words)

	BATTLE OF BRITAIN SERIES
		He ended the war as a Lieutenant General, and was again, a squadron commander flying Me 262 jets in JV 44, GALLAND'S CIRCUS.
		The Painting: Late afternoon 9 July 1940 Red and Yellow sections of No. 54 Squadron, RAF were patrolling the Dover-Deal area just off the coast of England where 15 Bf 109 E's were sighted.
		One of the RAF's most delightful and distinguished gentlemen, another perfect example of "..one of the few", Geoffrey Page ended the war with 15 victories.
	www.eagle-editions.com /britain.htm (865 words)

	Furball - News, Info, Resources for Warbirds and Dawn of Aces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Dave "Baal" Moodey, PDC member and RAF history buff extrordinaire has been so kind as to pass along his collection of Spitfire skins for offline use.
		Notes: No. 602 Squadron RAF, England, circa August 1940.
		Notes: No.92 Squadron RAF, England, circa March 1941.
	www.furball.warbirdsiii.com /downloads/spitbaals.html (285 words)

	Model Airplane \| 1/48 Tamiya Model \| Supermarine Spitfire Mk.1 \| Pilot Officer Colin Falkland Gray
		Faced with certain invasion, it is this combination of aircraft that paved the way for England’s victory during the Battle of Britain.
		In the midst of these turbulent times, experienced RAF pilots earned medals and honours for driving German fighters and bombers away from British skies.
		The camouflage scheme is RAF Dark Green with RAF Dark Earth over Sky.
	www.modelaces.com /148_scale_model/spitfire_mk1_gray.php (282 words)

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