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	RAF Far East Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		20 Squadron RAF with Spitfire VIII aircraft, No.
		211 Squadron RAF with Mosquito VI aircraft, and a detachment of No.
		The airfield was defended by No. 2945 Squadron RAF Regiment.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/RAF_Far_East_Air_Force (1487 words)

	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)

	The Royal Air Force - Squadron Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		No 120 moved to Iceland in April 1943, operating from Meeks Field (later renamed Keflavik), and within six weeks of the move, a further four U-boats had been sunk.
		In March 1944, the Squadron returned to Northern Ireland and joined Coastal Command's massive anti-submarine efforts in support of Operation Overlord, the D-Day landings, and by the end of the war, No 120 was the RAF's highest scoring anti-submarine unit with 14 kills.
		Despite this record, the Squadron was disbanded on 4 June 1945 and not reformed again October 1946 when No 160 Squadron at Leuchars was renumbered.
	www.raf.mod.uk /squadrons/h120.html (455 words)

	Royal Air Force
		The RAF were close to defeat but Adolf Hitler then changed his tactics and ordered the Luftwaffe to switch its attack from British airfields, factories and docks to civilian targets.
		As things are at present, the gunners have no real confidence in their ability to use this equipment efficiently in war, and captains and crews have, I fear, little confidence in the ability of the gunners to defend them against destruction by enemy aircraft.
		When I arrived at the Squadron it was a matter of considerable pride if a crew brought home a photo showing the target area at all, but it soon became a matter of considerable disgrace if one failed to obtain a photo of the aiming point itself.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWraf.htm (7422 words)

	Sqn Histories 156-160_P
		The squadron maintained it's role as a target marking squadron until the end of the war, moving to Upwood in March 1944 and Wyton in June 1945, where it disbanded on 25 September 1945.
		One of No 158's Halifax IIIs, LV907 named 'Friday the 13th' ended the war having completed 128 operational missions and after the war was displayed in London, but unfortunately only the nose panel with its distinctive nose art and mission marking was saved and is now housed in the RAF Museum at Hendon.
		Finally in September the No 159 element continued on to India and the element left in the Middle East adopted the identity of No 160 Squadron.
	www.rafweb.org /Sqn156-160.htm (1538 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 (1541 words)

	USAAF Chronology, Mediterranean : 1943, Part 1
		RAF Liberator Mk IIs of No. 178 Squadron bomb the road junction and Benito Gate at Tripoli.
		The 319th Fighter Squadron, 325th Fighter Group establishes HQ at Tafaraoui, Algeria upon arrival from the U.S. The squadron is equipped with P-40s.
		The 64th Fighter Squadron and the RAF Spitfires stay high; the remaining 3 squadrons of P-40's attack the Luftwaffe formation and down 24 Ju 53/3m's and 16 fighters; another 35 Ju 52/3m's crash along the coast.
	www.milhist.net /usaaf/mto43a.html (20952 words)

	160 Squadron RAF Newsletter No. 30
		It is with regret that we have to advise of the deaths of Brian Wheldon from Sheringham and Peter Gay from Brentwood.
		Apparently 160 Sqdn was one of the units specified.
		At 160 there were a number of Canadian mechanics from 240 Squadron and others I had known on the McGill course.
	www.rquirk.com /no30.htm (4170 words)

	Liberator III/G.R.V for RAF
		Liberator IIIs and Liberator IIIAs served with Nos 59, 86, 120, 160, 224, 354, and 357 Squadrons of RAF Coastal Command and with Nos 159, 178, and 355 Squadrons of RAF Bomber Command.
		Nos 59, 86, 120, and 224 Squadrons served in the North Atlantic campaign against U-boats, during which they turned out to be outstandingly successful and are credited with at least nine U-boat kills between October of 1942 and October of 1943 with their Liberator III and IIIA aircraft.
		No 357 Squadron of Coastal Command served in India, their primary mission being the dropping Nos 159 and 355 Squadrons of Bomber Command flew in the CBI theatre, whereas 178 was stationed in the Middle East and flew missions against targets in North Africa, Sicily, Crete, the Aegean Islands, the Balkans, Italy, and southern Germany.
	home.att.net /~jbaugher2/b24_10.html (924 words)

	160 Squadron RAF Newsletter No. 30
		Luckily, after the RAF had originally given it to the Royal Indian Air Force in 1948, it had been used and flown on coastal command operations by the now I.A.F. either to watch for Pakistanis or to chase gold-smuggling dhows sailing down from the Persian Gulf.
		The new RAF roundels were still a little tacky and the "from I.A.F. to R.A.F. museum" plague was firmly riveted on.
		No ceremony would have been complete without the coconut and the flowers, and this was duly done.
	www.rquirk.com /no31.htm (8149 words)

	RAF Regt
		Three Hercules flown by crews from Lyneham--based 47 and 70 Squadrons dropped members of 2 Squadron RAF Regiment in to Sierra Leone heralding a two-week exercise in live-firing and jungle warfare.
		A new RAF Regiment field squadron was formed at Lossiemouth on May 8 with a high readiness state for short notice overseas deployments.
		No 51 Squadron RAF Regiment will be commanded by Sqn Ldr David Devoy and when fully formed will have around 160 personnel on its strength.
	www.rafregt.com /story.htm (1104 words)

	The Royal Auxiliary Air Force Recruitment web site
		160 Squadron was reformed at Thurleigh as a Liberator heavy bomber unit for the Middle East.
		In June 1945, the squadron was transferred to special duties and began dropping agents and supplies to resistance groups in Malaya and Sumatra, many of the sorties lasting up to twenty-four hours.
		An early example of Interoperability; An RAF squadron operating an American B24 Liberator from a Sri Lankan airfield using a crew of 2 Canadians, 5 Australians and one Brit.
	www.rafreserves.com /News/Story.aspx?article=123 (934 words)

	Sqn Histories 176-180_P
		Formed at from a detachment of No 160 Squadron Shandur on 15 January 1943, it was equipped with Liberators and began bombing operations immediately.
		However, on 30 September the squadron was disbanded and its aircraft transferred to No 210 Squadron.
		Shortly after resuming operations, the squadron, as part of No 2 Group, was transferred to 2nd Tactical Air Force and together with No's 98 and 320 Squadrons it formed No 139 Airfield (later No 139 Wing).
	www.rafweb.org /Sqn176-180.htm (786 words)

	Keyword
		He was one of the original RAF pilots to fly the new fighter and, in the early days, he flew regularly as Douglas Bader’s wingman.No 19 was heavily engaged during the Dunkirk crisis...
		No one was hurt and an investigation was now under way into what caused the problem, he said.
		Squadron Leader Mike Cooper-Slipper, who has died aged 83, was a 19-year-old fighter pilot whose most spectacular “kill” during the Battle of Britain occurred when his ammunition ran out.On September 15 1940, he was flying a Hurricane during an engagement with a wave of German bombers and fighters.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=raf (5765 words)

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		HQ 2d Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy) with B-24s is established at St. Eval, England upon arrival from the U.S. EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN (Ninth Air Force): In Crete, B-25s of the 12th Bombardment Group (Medium) bomb the airfield at Heraklion while B-24s of the 376th Bombardment Group (Heavy) hit the airfield at Kastelli/Pediada.
		The squadron will fly its first combat mission on 26 Jan. MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN (Ninth Air Force): In Sicily, 25 B-24s of the 93d, 98th and 376th Bombardment Groups (Heavy) are dispatched to hit the shipping in Palermo harbor; weather reduces the force and only ten bomb the target through broken clouds.
		Not to be outdone by the 78th Fighter Squadron, P-40Es of the 73d Fighter Squadron, 318th Fighter Group, escorted by three LB-30s, fly from Midway to NAS Kaneohe, Territory of Hawaii, a distance of about 1,100 nautical miles.
	www.jamesgoulding.com /americanhistoryebooks/Historical_Documents/combat_chronology_of_us_army_air_forces_january_1943.txt (11642 words)

	NRDC: Nuclear Data - Table of British Nuclear Forces, 2002
		The Tornadoes currently at RAF Bruggen in Germany will be reassigned to RAF Lossiemouth and RAF Marham in the UK by the end of 2001, and the base at Bruggen will be closed.
		Day-to-day duties are being transferred, in phases, from Royal Air Force (RAF) personnel to the Ministry of Defence (MOD) Police, with support from AWE civilians and the Royal Marines.
		There are no specifically U.S. or British Trident II missiles but a pool of SLBMs at Strategic Weapons Facility Atlantic at the Kings Bay Submarine Base, Georgia.
	www.nrdc.org /nuclear/nudb/datab18.asp (1382 words)

	decalac004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Serial numbers are genuine and accurate, and the table of correspondences (serial numbers matched to squadrons) is given in the instruction sheet along with a bibliography for your research endeavors.
		"Three-Oh-Three" (as it's pronounced in the RAF) was one of several squadrons, both fighter and bomber, established for expatriot European pilots expelled from their respective homelands by the German onslaught.
		Having been at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, there was no one to learn from at that time, however, we can assume that the operational combat experience presented to him during his stay with 315 greatly contributed to his becoming the leading USAAF Ace in the ETO.
	www.ss-sms.com /decalac004.html (358 words)

	Supermarine Spitfire
		The first squadron to be re-equipped with the new Spitfires was No. 19; No. 66, also at Duxford, began receiving them soon after.
		Nine fighter squadrons were completely equipped with Spitfires; two more were being converted to the fighters.
		On September 29, 1942, these squadrons became the 334th, 335th, and 336th Squadrons of the 4th Fighter Group of the U.S. Eighth Air Force and were re-equipped with American fighter craft.
	www.nasm.si.edu /research/aero/aircraft/supermar.htm (866 words)

	AVIATION BOOKS AEROPLANE BOOKS - FOREIGN UNIT HISTORY
		NO 1 SQUADRON, Shaw, Michael, Ian Allan, 1986, f/f, see photo, written by former pilot of the Squadron, traces the Squadron's history from it's 'VERTICAL PRELUDE' as a balloon section of the Royal Engineers through its operations in the Falkland War, photos, maps, drawings, 192 pgs.
		The squadron saw action in World War I, World War II and also served in Indonesia, England, and Germany, maps, photos (including color), 255 pgs.
		BOMBER SQUADRON 42, Hamalainen, Matti, Koala-Kustannus, 2000, new (issued w/o dj), see photo, English & Finnish text, Finnish Air Force, fought during the Winter War, the Continuation War & the Lapland War with the Bristol Blenheim, over 250 photographs, most previously unpublished, 157 pgs.
	www.aeroplanebooks.com /unithxf_pg1.htm (400 words)

	British Military Aviation in 1940 - Part 3
		The Royal Air Force (RAF) contingent is evacuated from Norway.
		In the early hours of 8 June, the ten surviving Gloster Gladiators and seven Hawker Hurricanes of No.263 and No.46 Squadrons are embarked upon the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious, the first time that either the Hurricanes or their pilots have landed on a carrier deck.
		Operation Haddock: a detachment from No.99 Squadron, RAF Bomber Command, arrive at the airfield at Salon near Marseilles to commence bombing operations against Italy.
	www.rafmuseum.org.uk /milestones-of-flight/british_military/1940_3.html (736 words)

	uboat.net - Fighting the U-boats - Aircraft
		The modified aircraft was the 652A, easily recognizable because it had large square windows instead of smaller oval ones, and was fitted with a dorsal gun turret.
		In 1936 the type entered service with No.48 Squadron, Coastal Command, as the Anson Mk.I. Until the Hudson replaced it, Coastal Command used the Anson for maritime reconnaissance and search and rescue.
		The Anson Mk.I was a low-wing monoplane with retractable landing gear, a first for the RAF --- in fact so new that crews all too often forgot to perform the necessary task of turning a crank 160 times to wind down the landing gear.
	uboat.net /allies/aircraft/anson.htm (537 words)

	RAF662 Combat Flight Sim Group
		Netherlands - The Dambuster squadron makes a disastrous first use of 12,000lb Tall Boy bombs with a raid on the Dortmund-Ems canal.
		Soviet Union - The Black Sea port of Novorossiysk is captured by the Russians after a week of amphibious and land operations.
		Drake sitting on stool to right (long story for newer members)...but he's likey looking at RAF Lost In Space on that radar screen.
	www.raf662.com (808 words)

	The Royal Air Force - Equipment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Since its original entry into service, radars have become increasingly more sophisticated in their ability to avoid detection and attack by anti-radiation weapons such as ALARM; consequently, the missile is currently being upgraded and the improved capability ALARM is now entering service with the RAF's Tornado squadrons.
		It has been developed to attack and destroy a wide variety of static, high value 'hardened' targets such as Command and Control facilities, airfield facilities and bridges.
		Storm Shadow made its operational debut during Operation TELIC, the liberation of Iraq, with No 617 Squadron in March 2003.
	www.raf.mod.uk /equipment/a_slong.html (400 words)

	Royal Air Force Cranwell Station Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		55(R) Sqn trains around 160 students each year and is currently commanded by a navigator, of wing commander rank, who is responsible for around 120 instructors.
		With the exception of air loadmasters, who do part of their training at RAF Shawbury or on their fixed wing Operational Conversion Units, all the elements of Airman Aircrew Training, up to the award of a brevet, now take place at RAF College Cranwell.
		Navigator Training is split between 4 stations: RAF College Cranwell, RAF Topcliffe, RAF Leeming and RAF Shawbury.
	www.cranwell.raf.mod.uk /Squadrons/55Sqn/55squadron.html (148 words)

	RAF squadron mottoes
		Pone nos ad hostem (Follow us to find the enemy)
		a rosa sine spina (No rose without a thorn)
		Nos ducimus ceteri secunter (We lead, others follow)
	www.wischik.com /damon/Texts/squadronmottoes.html (857 words)

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