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The Enfield No. 2 was a British top-break revolver using the .38 S&W round manufactured from 1930 to 1957. It was the standard British/Empire sidearm in the Second World War, alongside the Webley Mk IV and Smith & Wesson Victory Model revolvers chambered in the same calibre.
The .476 Enfield cartridge for which the Enfield Mk I/Mk II was chambered fired a 265 gr (17.2 g) lead bullet, and was loaded with 18 gr (1.2 g) of black powder. [3] The cartridge was found to be underpowered, however, during the Afghan War and other contemporary Colonial conflicts, as it lacked the stopping power believed necessary for ...
No. 43 (Maintenance) Group RAF was formed on 1 January 1939 at No. 81 Weyhill Road, Andover as a Repair and Salvage group. It was disbanded on 2 January 1956 while at RAF Hucknall and merged into No. 41 Group. [1] November 1939 - HQ at Andover [2] 13, 26, 30, 32, 49, 50, 54, 58, 60 & No. 63 Maintenance Unit RAF; May 1941 - HQ at Oxford [7]
The Webley Mk I service revolver was adopted in 1887 and the Mk IV rose to prominence during the Boer War of 1899–1902. The Mk VI was introduced in 1915, during wartime, and is the best-known model. Firing large .455 Webley cartridges, Webley service revolvers are among the most powerful top-break revolvers produced. The .455 calibre Webley ...
RAF St Athan between 1 July 1939 and 1 November 1968. [25] Service Repair Depot (1939–63) General Engineering Depot (1963–68) Miles Magisters. [1] In the 1960s it major serviced Blackburn Beverley and the V bomber fleet. Became Aircraft Engineering Wing. No. 33 MU RAF Lyneham between 6 March 1940 and 31 December 1966. [47] No. 45 SLG No. 2 ...
The Casualty Branch of the Royal Air Force was established upon the outbreak of war in September 1939. [2] Within the Casualty Branch, a separate office called the Missing Research Section (MRS) was established in January 1942, which had to operate from within offices in the United Kingdom until D-Day, when the MRES became an official entity. [3]
Army Cooperation Wing [13] with BEF Air Component in France 1939–45 with 2, 26 and 81 Sqns [12] 21 April 1941: 21 November 1942: Maintenance Wing [13] No. 52 Wing RAF: September 1918: 1 April 1920: Corps Wing formed in India; redesignated No. 3 Indian Wing [13] 1 November 1939: 14 July 1940: Bomber wing with BEF Air Component in France 1939 ...
No. 2 Group is a group of the Royal Air Force which was first activated in 1918, served from 1918–20, from 1936 through the Second World War to 1947, from 1948 to 1958, from 1993 to 1996, was reactivated in 2000, and is today part of Air Command.