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No. 457 Squadron was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) fighter squadron of World War II. Equipped with Supermarine Spitfire fighters, it was formed in England during June 1941 under Article XV of the Empire Air Training Scheme .
The First of the Few (US title Spitfire) is a 1942 British black-and-white biographical film produced and directed by Leslie Howard, who stars as R. J. Mitchell, the designer of the Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft.
No. 451 Squadron's only offensive action during the year was a raid against Crete on 23 July in which it contributed six Hurricanes to a force of Beaufighter heavy fighters and Baltimore bombers. Three of these Hurricanes were lost during the operation. [13] No. 451 Squadron Spitfire fighters being serviced at a North African airfield in early ...
No. 452 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) air traffic control unit. It was established in 1941 as a fighter squadron, in accordance with Article XV of the Empire Air Training Scheme during World War II. The squadron flew Supermarine Spitfires for the entire war, initially over the United Kingdom and Nazi-occupied Europe.
No. 78 Squadron Kittyhawks, Noemfoor, 1944 Pilots and Spitfire of No. 457 Squadron, 1945 Beaufighter of No. 31 Squadron landing on Tarakan airstrip, repaired by RAAF airfield construction teams and army units, 1945. Upon its establishment on 25 October 1944, No. 1 TAF consisted of: [9] Headquarters No. 1 Tactical Air Force No. 77 (Attack) Wing
No. 80 Wing was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) wing of World War II. The unit was formed on 15 May 1944 and eventually comprised three squadrons equipped with Spitfire fighter aircraft. The wing's headquarters was absorbed into the newly formed No. 11 Group on 30 July 1945.
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 ...
F/A-18F Super Hornet of No. 1 Squadron, 2013 This is a list of Royal Australian Air Force aircraft squadrons. The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) was formed in 1921 and traces its lineage to the previous Australian Flying Corps that served during World War I. The list also includes those squadrons that were under Australian and British operational control during World War II, and squadrons ...