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RAF squadron codes [1] squadron code unit Notes A: No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF: 1 PRU A: No. 111 Operational Training Unit RAF: 111 OTU A: No. 112 Squadron RAF: Jul 1953 – Jan 1954 A: No. 118 Squadron RAF: Apr 1951 - Mar 1955 A: No. 120 Squadron RAF: 120 Sqn A: No. 14 (Advanced) Flying Training School: 14 (A) FTS A: No. 14 ...
Note: Nos: 337–339 never formed, [43] but were allocated Squadron Codes OK, ML and KN respectively for the period April to September 1939. [42] The Royal Hellenic Air Force 13th Light Bomber Squadron was also under RAF command in World War II.
Squadron Squadron Code Radio call sign Aircraft Type Number of Casualties No. 1 Squadron RAF: JX: ACORN: Hurricane: 7 No. 3 Squadron RAF: QO: Hurricane: 1 No. 17 Squadron RAF
A squadron code is a marking used on a military aircraft to visually identify the squadron that it is assigned to.. Squadron codes of the World War II era, notably for Royal Air Force (RAF) and United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) aircraft operating in Europe, typically consisted of two characters (commonly two letters; sometimes a letter and a number) to denote the squadron, plus a third ...
Pages in category "Aircraft squadrons of the Royal Air Force in World War II" ... No. 98 Squadron RAF; No. 103 Squadron RAF; ... Code of Conduct; Developers;
Sortie – a flight by one aircraft, thus a mission by one squadron might be termed as 11 sorties. Tally-ho – radio-telephony code word for 'enemy in sight'. Vector - fighter controllers' code word giving a heading to steer. Window – an early term for chaff, aluminium foil dropped to confuse enemy radar. [1]
The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918–1988. Air Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-164-9. Jefford, C.G. (2001) [1988]. RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912 (2nd ed.). Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-85310-053-6. Lake, Alan (1999).
18 OTU was formed in June 1940 from the Polish Training Unit as part of No. 6 Group RAF Bomber Command to train light bomber crews for the Polish Boulton Paul Defiant squadrons at RAF Hucknall. Converted to the Vickers Wellington in 1942, and carried out six operational sorties as part of No. 91 Group.