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Most AOP squadron aircrew were provided by the Army. Nos. 661–664 and 666 Squadron were re-formed as Royal Auxiliary Air Force units in 1949. Nos. 651, 652 and 656 Squadron were transferred to the Army Air Corps in 1957.
Pages in category "Aircraft squadrons of the Royal Air Force in World War II" The following 172 pages are in this category, out of 172 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 1951, the British Air Forces of Occupation reverted to their former name with the re-creation of the Second Tactical Air Force on 1 September 1951. No. 2 Group was transferred again to Second Tactical Air Force on 1 September 1951, but was disbanded on 15 November 1958. No. 83 Group RAF controlled 2TAF's southern area from 1952 to 1958.
German propaganda image: A Royal Air Force Supermarine Spitfire trails smoke after attacking a German Heinkel He 111 bomber during the Battle of Britain. This is a list of the officially accredited Battle of Britain units with their aircraft types, code letters, call signs and casualties.
On the outbreak of war in 1939 Coastal Command had 18 squadrons. These consisted of ten squadrons of Avro Ansons, including four squadrons manned by the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, two of Vickers Vildebeests, two of Short Sunderlands, three of Saro London and one of Supermarine Stranraers. The Anson had insufficient range for long-range ...
No. 609 Squadron was formed on 10 February 1936 at RAF Yeadon, now Leeds Bradford International Airport, as the ninth of the 21 flying squadrons of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force. [5] In June of that year it received Hawker Hart light bomber aircraft, which gave way in December 1937 to Hawker Hinds .
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. [7] It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, on the merger of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). [ 8 ]
No. 665 Squadron RCAF; No. 1409 Flight RAF; No. 1425 (Communication) Flight RAF; No. 1435 Flight RAF; Northwest African Air Service Command; Northwest African Photographic Reconnaissance Wing; Northwest African Strategic Air Force; Northwest African Tactical Air Force; Northwest African Troop Carrier Command