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SQUADRONS 1939-1945 with Hellenic Interest RAF version 1,0 Feb 2018 Research and Edit: (alphabetical order) Antonelos Athanasios Bardanis Manolis Copyright (c) 2 Copyright (c) Research is not complete. Addings and modifies will follow. 3 Copyright (c) 4 Copyright (c) LOCATIONS SAMPLE SQN ‐ AIRFORCE DATE AICRAFTS DOS CODES Headquarters Movements Key Events ‐ dets ‐ Hellenic Interest colored SERIAL(s) 1 RAF 1/2/27 RF Tangmere Hurricane IOct 38 ‐ Feb 41 JX‐B P3395 9/9/39 Octeville OS L1685,N2326,P2546,P3047,P3172 29/9/39 Norrent‐Fontes Hurricane IIA Feb 41 ‐ Jun 41 JX‐T Z3455 9/10/39 Vassincourt Hurricane IIB Apr 41 ‐ Jan 42 JX BN990 11/4/40 Berry‐au‐Bac Hurricane IIB Jun 42 ‐ Sep 42 JX BP110 19/4/40 Vassincourt Hurricane IIC Jul 41 ‐ Sep 42 JX‐I Z3778 10/5/40 Berry‐au‐Bac Typhoon IB Jul 42 ‐ Apr 44 JX‐HJR126 17/5/40 Conde‐Vraux Spitfire IXB Apr 44 ‐ May 45 JX‐MMK172 18/5/40 Anglure 3/6/40 Chateaudun 14/6/40 Boos 16/6/40 Angers 17/6/40 Nantes 18/6/40 Northolt 23/6/40 Tangmere 1/8/40 Northolt 9/9/40 Wittering 15/12/40 Northolt 5/1/41 Kenley 5 Copyright (c) 7/4/41 Croydon 1/5/41 Redhill 1/6/41 Kenley 14/6/41 Redhill 1/7/41 Tangmere 8/7/42 Acklington 9/2/43 Biggin Hill 15/3/43 Lympne 15/2/44 Martlesham Health 3/4/44 North Weald 22/4/44 Ayr 29/4/44 Predannack 20/6/44 Harrowbeer 22/6/44 Detling 11/7/44 Lympne 10/8/44 Detling 18/12/44 Manston 8/4/45 Coltishall 14/5/45 Ludham 23/7/45 Hutton Cranswick 24/9/45 Hawkinge 22/10/45 Hutton Cranswick 2 RAF 30/11/35 Hawkinge Lysander I, II Sep 38 ‐ Sep 40 KO L4673 29/9/39 Abbeville/Drucat OD 6/10/39 OS Mk.I L4673‐L4738, P1666, P1668, P1680 15/5/40 Labuissiere OS Mk.II L6897, N1289, N1320 19/5/40 Boulogne Lysander III Sep 40 ‐ Jul 42 KO T1532 20/5/40 Lympne Tomahawk I, IIA Aug 41 ‐ Apr 42 XV AH916 20/5/40 Bekesbourne Mustang II May 44 ‐ Jan45 FR922 8/6/40 Hatfield Spitfire XIV Nov 44 ‐ Jan 51 OI RM878 1/8/40 Cambridge 6 Copyright (c) 24/10/40 Sawbridgeworth 19/7/41 Firbeck 23/7/41 Sawbridgeworth 4/8/41 Weston Zoyland 10/8/41 Sawbridgeworth 5/12/41 Martlesham Health 7/12/41 Sawbridgeworth 31/1/43 Bottisham OD 3/2/43 19/3/43 Fowlmere 27/4/43 Sawbridgeworth 16/7/43 Gravesend 7/8/43 Odiham OD 10/8/43 22/9/43 Hutton Cranswick 6/10/43 Odiham 14/11/43 North Weald 30/11/43 Sawbridgeworth 22/1/44 North Weald 29/2/44 Sawbridgeworth 11/3/44 Dundonald 24/3/44 Sawbridgeworth 4/4/44 Gatwick 27/6/44 Odiham 29/7/44 B 10/Plumetot 14/8/44 B 4/Beny‐sur‐Mer 1/9/44 B 27/Boisney 6/9/44 B 31/Fresnoy‐Folny 11/9/44 B 43/Fort Rouge 27/9/44 B 61/St Denis‐Westrem 10/10/44 B 70/Deurne 23/11/44 B 77/Gilze‐Rijen 7 Copyright (c) 9/3/45 B 89/Mill 18/4/45 B 106/Twente 30/5/45 B 118/Celle 17/6/45 B 150/Hustend 6/7/45 Warmwell 20/7/45 B 150/Hustedt 19/9/45 B 118/Celle 3 RAF 28/8/36 Kenley Gladiator IMar 37 ‐ Mar 38 OP K7958 1/5/39 Biggin Hill Gladiator IJul 38 ‐ Jul 39 2/9/39 Croydon Hurricane IMar 38 ‐ Jul 38 OP L1928 10/9/39 Manston Hurricane IJul 39 ‐ Apr 41 QO 17/9/39 zcroydon Hurricane IIA, IIB Apr 41 ‐ Nov 41 QO‐R Z2891 12/10/39 Manston Hurricane IIC Apr 41 ‐ May 43 QO‐YBD867 13/11/39 Croydon Typhoon IB Feb 43 ‐ Apr 44 QO‐E R8895 17/12/39 Hawkinge Tempest VS Feb 44 ‐ Apr 48 QO‐A JN733 28/1/40 Kenley 10/5/40 Merville 20/5/40 Kenley 30/5/40 Wick OD 23/5/40 3/9/40 Castletown 14/9/40 Turnhouse 9/10/40 Dyce 13/10/40 Castletown 2/1/40 Sumburgh 8 Copyright (c) 7/1/41 Skaebrae 10/2/41 Castletown 3/4/41 Martlesham Health 3/5/41 Debden 13/5/41 Martlesham Heatlh 23/6/41 Stapleford Tawney 9/8/41 Hunsdon 14/5/43 West Malling 11/6/43 Manston 28/12/43 Swanton Morley 14/2/44 Manston 6/3/44 Bradwell Bay 6/5/44 Ayr 14/4/44 Bradwell Bay 28/4/44 Newchurch 21/9/44 Matlask 28/9/44 B 60/Grimbergen 1/10/44 B 80/Volkel 1/4/45 Warmwell 17/4/45 B 112/Hopsten 26/4/45 B 152/Fassberg 21/6/45 B 160/Kastrup 18/7/45 B 156/Luneburg 8/8/45 B 158/Lubeck 5/9/45 B 155/Dedelsdorf 14/9/45 B 106/Twente 16/9/45 B 155/Dedelsdorf 6/10/45 B 170/Sylt 23/10/45 B 152/Fassberg 24/1/46 Wunstorf 9 Copyright (c) 6 RAF 22/11/37 Ramleh Hardy Jan 38 ‐ Apr 40 ZD‐C K4308 Sept. 1939 Transjordan Lysander I, II Sep 39 ‐ Dec 39 JV‐P L4765 17/2/41 Aqir Hurricane IMar 41 ‐ Jan 42 JV Z4350 24/2/41 Barce Gladiator II Aug 41 ‐ Jan 42 JV N5830 4/4/41 Marawa Blenheim IV Nov 41 ‐ Jan 42 JV P4863 5/4/41 Derna Hurricane I P3067 8/4/41 El Gubbi East Hurricane IIC Dec 42 ‐ Feb 43 JV HM118 9/4/41 El Gubbi West Hurricane IID Apr 42 ‐ Dec 42 JV‐ZBP188 19/4/41 Maaten Bagush Hurricane IID Feb 43 ‐ Jul 43 JV HW318 23/4/41 Qasaba Hurricane IV Jul 43 ‐ Jan 47 D LE400 1/7/41 Tel Aviv Spitfire IX Dec 45 ‐ Dec 46 JV PT470 26/8/41 Wandi Halfa 13/1/42 Helwan 22/1/42 Kilo 26 28/4/42 Shandur 4/6/42 Gambut 10/12/42 Idku 31/1/43 Bu Amud 2/3/43 Castel Benito 8/3/43 Sorman 17/3/43 Senem 3/4/43 Gabes 13/4/43 Sfax 16/4/43 Goubrine North 2/6/43 Ben Gardane North 22/9/43 Fayid 24/2/44 Grottaglie 4/7/44 Foggia 16/8/44 Canne det Vis, Brindisi, Araxos, Falconara, Niksic, Prkos 4/4/45 Prkos 18/5/45 Canne 10 Copyright (c) 13/7/45 Megiddo 3/9/45 Petah Tiqva 28/9/45 Ramat David 11 RAF 22/1/29 Risalpur Blenheim IJul 39 ‐ Jan 41 YH‐M N3580 7/8/39 Tengash Blenheim IV Jan 41 ‐ Sep 43 YH‐V T2235 9/9/39 Kallang Hurricane IIC Sep 43 ‐ Jun 45 S LF197 20/4/40 Lahore Spitfire XIV, XVIII Jun 45 ‐ Feb 48 G or NiL NH875 5/5/40 Karachi 9/5/40 Ismailia 16/6/40 Sheikh Othman 1/12/40 Helwan 24/1/41 Elevsis 28/1/41 Larissa 23/2/41 Paramythia 26/2/41 Larissa 16/3/41 Almyros 17/4/41 Menidi 22/4/41 Heraklion 23/4/41 Argos OB Heliopolis 16/5/41 Ramleh 25/5/41 Aqir 9/8/41 Habbaniyah 26/12/41 Bu Amud 22/2/42 Helwan 17/3/42 Colombo 12/1/43 Baigachi 12/2/43 Feni 15/8/43 Yelahanka 15/9/43 St Thomas Mount 15/10/43 Cholavaram 2/12/43 Lalmai 11 Copyright (c) 25/1/44 Lyons 2/3/44 Sapam 5/3/44 Tulihal 14/4/44 Lanka 1/7/44 Dimapur 1/10/44 Imphal 9/11/44 Tamu 26/1/45 Kan 11/2/45 Sinthe 1/5/45 Magwe 19/5/45 Feni 29/5/45 Chettinad 31/5/45 Tanjore 7/6/45 Chettinad 17/8/45 Madura 9/9/45 Kelanang HMS Trumpeter 21/9/45 Kuala Lumpur 23/9/45 Tengah 25/9/45 Seletar 7/1/46 Kuala Lumpur 12 RAF 29/8/36 Andover Hind Oct 36 ‐ Feb 38 K5549 3/5/39 Bicester OD 9/5/39 Battle Feb 38 ‐ Nov 40 PH‐J L5227 2/9/39 Berry‐au‐Bac Wellington II Oct 40 ‐ Nov 42 PH‐R Z8328 8/12/39 Amifontaine Wellington III Aug 42 ‐ Nov 42 PH‐HBJ653 16/5/40 Echemines Lancaster I, III Nov 42 ‐ Aug 46 PH PB243 3/6/40 Souge OD 8/6/40 OC Lancaster I, III GZ 15/6/40 Finningley 3/7/40 Binbrook 7/8/40 Thorney Island 12/8/40 Eastchurch 7/9/40 Binbrook 12 Copyright (c) 25/9/42 Wickenby 24/9/45 Binbrook 26/7/46 Waddington 13 RAF 16/2/37 Odiham Hector IMay 37 ‐ Feb 39 K9759 24/09/39 Mons‐en‐Chaussee Lysander I, II Jan 39 ‐ May 41 OO‐Z L4767 Apr 40 Flamicourt Lysander III,IIIA May 41 ‐ Sep 41 OO‐C T1450 11/5/40 Douai Blenheim IV Jul 41 ‐ Sep 42 OO‐K N3545 22/5/40 Abbeville Blenheim VSep 42 ‐ Dec 43 Y BA873 26/5/40 Chateaubriant Ventura VOct 43 ‐ Dec 43 D FP553 29/5/40 Bekesbourne Baltimore IV, VJan 44 ‐ Oct 44 S FW567 30/5/40 Hooton Park Boston IV, VOct 44 ‐ Apr 46 S BZ656 17/6/40 Speke 14/7/40 Hooton Park 17/7/41 Odiham 1/8/42 Macmerry 10/8/42 Odiham 15/11/42 N.
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    Air Cover on D-Day • Lithgow in Libya Jet Fighters of the Second World War Major Dixon’s Diary • Trouble at Thorney Tangmere Military Aviation Museum Trust Company Limited Patron: The Duke of Richmond and Gordon Hon. President: Air Marshal Sir Dusty Miller, KBE Hon. Life Vice-President: Alan Bower Hon. Life Vice-President: Duncan Simpson, OBE Council of Trustees Chairman: Group Captain David Baron, OBE David Burleigh, MBE Reginald Byron David Coxon Dudley Hooley Ken Shepherd Phil Stokes Joyce Warren Officers of the Company Hon. Treasurer: Ken Shepherd Hon. Secretary: Joyce Warren Management Team Director: Dudley Hooley Curator: David Coxon General Manager and Chief Engineer: Phil Stokes Events Manager: David Burleigh, MBE Publicity Manager: Cherry Greveson Staffing Manager: Mike Wieland Treasurer: Ken Shepherd Shop Manager: Sheila Shepherd Registered in England and Wales as a Charity Charity Commission Registration Number 299327 Registered Office: Tangmere, near Chichester, West Sussex PO20 2ES, England Telephone: 01243 790090 Fax: 01243 789490 Website: www.tangmere-museum.org.uk E-mail: [email protected] 2 . from Charles Dixon’s Diary 4 A personal record of life on the Western Front in 1917-18 David Coxon Jet Fighters of the Second World War, Part 1 7 Meteors, Me262s, Shooting Stars, and their precursors Matt Wright The Swift Souvenir Book 18 Photographs of the successful air speed record attempt in Libya, 1953 Courtesy of Les Cobbett Tangmere and Operation Neptune 24 The air cover plan for D-Day, and Tangmere’s part in it Andrew Smith Letters, Notes, and Queries 29 The Hunter that wouldn’t land, and Over the Andes Published by the Society of Friends of the Tangmere Military Aviation Museum, Tangmere, near Chichester, West Sussex PO20 2ES, England Edited by Dr Reginald Byron, who may be contacted care of the Museum at the postal address given above, or by e-mail at [email protected] Copyright © 2014 by the Tangmere Military Aviation Museum Trust Company All rights reserved.