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No. 453 Squadron is an air traffic control unit of the Royal Australian Air Force.It was established at Bankstown, New South Wales, in 1941 as a fighter squadron, in accordance with Article XV of the Empire Air Training Scheme for overseas service with the Royal Air Force during World War II.
The squadron flew 727 sorties during July, but lost several of its Spitfires to German anti-aircraft guns. No. 453 Squadron continued to operate against German transport during August, and moved to an airfield near Lingèvres on the 13th of the month. This airfield was attacked by a German aircraft the next day, resulting in the death of one ...
Belgian Spitfire exhibited in Royal Military Museum in Brussels Belgian Air Force. No. 349 Squadron RAF 1943–1945 1945–46; No. 350 Squadron RAF 1941–1946; After the war, Spitfires FR.14 variants were supplied to the Belgian Air Force and flew with Nos. 349 and 350 Squadrons of the 1st Wing at Beauvechain, Nos 1, 2, and 3 Squadrons of the 2nd Wing at Florennes, Nos 23, 27 and 31 Squadrons ...
At the time, No. 453 Squadron operated Spitfire Mark Vbs, which were inferior to the Focke-Wulf Fw 190s that were flown by many of the Luftwaffe fighter squadrons based in France. This limited the Australians to providing high cover for bombers attacking targets in France, diversionary operations, or defensive patrols over the southeast coast ...
Restored in 1951 with parts from other written-off Belgian Spitfires and displayed with the squadron codes GE-R. [29] Spitfire FR Mk.XIVc RM921. on display at the Musee Spitfire in Florennes. Delivered to the Belgian Air Force with the tail number SG-57 in August 1948. Written off in a taxiing accident after a partial landing gear collapse in ...
The Target Support Spitfire Mk IXbs of 122 Squadron and 453 Squadron RAAF were recalled at 5:30 p.m. when at 27,000 ft (8,200 m), 30 nmi (35 mi; 56 km) west of Zandvoort. [32] By coincidence, the Luftwaffe fighters in the Netherlands had been reinforced during a visit to Haarlem by the Reichskommissar of the Netherlands, Arthur Seyss-Inquart.
Staffel encountered twenty Spitfires from No. 122 and No. 453 Squadron between Fécamp and Le Havre, one of which was shot down by Galland. [26] On 31 October, Galland's younger brother Paul, who also served as a fighter pilot in JG 26, was killed in action. [27]
[2] [6] In July 1942, he returned to operational flying with a posting to No. 453 Squadron, a new Australian fighter squadron, as a flight leader. The squadron, based at Drem and equipped with Supermarine Spitfire fighters, was engaged in convoy patrols and interception duties.