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602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron is a Royal Auxiliary Air Force squadron. [10] Originally formed in 1925 as a light bomber squadron, its role changed in 1938 to army co-operation and in 1939 to that of a fighter squadron.
The AMO also defined the squadrons that were deemed to have fought in the battle under the control of RAF Fighter Command between 0001 hours on 10 July and 2359 hours on 31 October 1940; the official beginning and end of the battle.
No. 601 (County of London) Squadron (Reformed 2017) No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron; No. 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron (Reformed from No 2 MHU 1999) No. 604 (County of Middlesex) Squadron; No. 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron; No. 607 (County of Durham) Squadron; No. 608 (North Riding) Squadron (originally 'County of York') No. 609 (West ...
He completed his training in 1938 and was assigned to No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron RAF, an Auxiliary Unit. In 1939 he converted to the Supermarine Spitfire fighter. He experienced his first combat with No. 602 Squadron, credited with two victories soon after the outbreak of war in 1939 against German bombers attacking Royal Navy ships and ...
He was commissioned in March 1936, and joined No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron flying Hawker Hinds, and later Hawker Harts. By 1939, 602 Squadron were flying Spitfires and MacLean flew with the squadron throughout the Battle of Britain. He claimed two shared kills – a Heinkel He 111 on 22 December 1939 and a Junkers Ju 88 in July 1940.
On 24 November 1939 George Pinkerton was promoted to squadron leader and given command of No. 65 Squadron RAF, with Johnstone taking over command of 'B' Flight from Pinkerton. [ 1 ] After participating in engagements with lone German raiders off the Scottish coast in late 1939-early 1940, he was given command of 602 Squadron in July 1940 at the ...
Can we imagine ourselves back on that awful day in the summer of 2010, in the hot firefight that went on for nine hours? Men frenzied with exhaustion and reckless exuberance, eyes and throats burning from dust and smoke, in a battle that erupted after Taliban insurgents castrated a young boy in the village, knowing his family would summon nearby Marines for help and the Marines would come ...
Robert Findlay Boyd was born on 8 June 1916 in East Kilbride, Scotland.He joined No. 602 Squadron of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force in 1935, and was commissioned as a pilot officer later that year.