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No. 609 (West Riding) Squadron of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, originally formed as a bomber squadron and in the Second World War active as fighter squadron, nowadays provides personnel to augment and support the operations of the Royal Air Force. The squadron is no longer a flying squadron, but instead has the role of Force Protection.
In November 2014 the Ministry of Defence announced the creation of six new RAuxAF units: No 502 Squadron to be based at RAF Aldergrove, No. 505 Squadron to be based at RAF St Mawgan in Cornwall, No. 605 Squadron to be based at RAF Cosford in Shropshire, No. 607 Squadron to be based at RAF Leeming, No. 611 Squadron to be based at RAF Woodvale ...
After two years, Dundas tired of life as a reporter and joined the Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF) in July 1938, being commissioned as pilot officer in No. 609 (West Riding) Squadron and trained as a pilot at his own expense. In May 1940 his squadron took part in the Battle of France, during which
No. 609 (West Riding) Squadron RAuxAF; No. 3 Force Protection Wing RAF ... No. 2620 (County of Norfolk) Squadron RAuxAF Regiment; No. 6 RAF Police Squadron;
No. 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. On reforming on 1 October 1999, the primary role of 603 Squadron was as a Survive to Operate squadron, as well as providing force protection. 603 Sqn re-roled to become a reserve RAF Police unit from 1 April 2013.
N. No. 3 (RAuxAF) Police Squadron; No. 501 Squadron RAuxAF; No. 502 Squadron RAuxAF; No. 504 Squadron RAuxAF; No. 505 (Wessex) Squadron RAuxAF; No. 600 Squadron RAuxAF
No. 609 (West Riding) Squadron RAuxAF: RAF Manston RAF Lasham: 6 February 1944 4 June 1945: 20 February 1944 23 June 1945: and return B116/ Wunstorf: Hawker Typhoon IB [52] No. 610 (County of Chester) Squadron RAuxAF: RAF Bolt Head RAF Culmhead: 19 December 1943 23 April 1944: 4 January 1944 30 April 1944: RAF Exeter and return: Supermarine ...
The unit reformed in 1946 as a fighter squadron within the Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF), initially equipped with the Spitfire, followed by the jet powered De Havilland Vampire and the Gloster Meteor twin-jet. The squadron disbanded along with all other RAuxAF units during the defence cuts of early 1957.