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The squadron reformed on 22 November 1940 at RAF Castletown, in Caithness in the north of Scotland, receiving Hawker Hurricane I fighters in December that year. The squadron was employed flying convoy patrols off the coast of Scotland from Castletown and RAF Skitten until April 1941, when it moved to RAF Drem to prepare for transfer to the Middle East.
Peter Imbert – Police Officer, served Royal Air Force Police; T. E. Lawrence – 'Lawrence of Arabia'. Enlisted first as Aircraftman J.H Ross, and later as Aircraftman T.E Shaw; Peter Larter – England rugby player; Christopher Lee – Actor, reached the rank of Flight Lieutenant
The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth 1918–1988. Tonbridge, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-164-9. Shores, Christopher; Franks, Norman; Guest, Russell (1990). Above The Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915–1920. London: Grub Street. ISBN 0-948817-19-4.
[2] Used by the RAF Air Experience Flight. 28 Tutors have been sold to the Finnish Air Force as of 2018. [41] Grob Viking T.1: Germany: Glider: Trainer: 1990: 52: 91: The Grob Viking T1 is the RAF's primary aircraft for delivering basic glider and flight training to the RAF Air Cadets. [2] Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance UAVs; General Atomics MQ ...
Many aircraft types have served in the British Royal Air Force since its formation in April 1918 from the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service.This is a list of RAF aircraft, including all currently active and retired types listed in alphabetic order by their RAF type name.
No. 501 Squadron was the 14th of the 21 flying units in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, [12] the volunteer reserve part of the British Royal Air Force.The squadron won seven battle honours, [4] flying Hurricane, Spitfire and Tempest fighter aircraft during World War II, and was one of the most heavily engaged units in RAF Fighter Command.
The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth, 1918–1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1988. ISBN 0-85130-164-9. Jefford, C.G. RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing, 1998 (second edition 2001).
The War In The Air: Being the Story of the part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force: Volume III. Oxford: The Clarendon Press. Lee, David (1989). Wings in the sun : a history of Royal Air Force in the Mediterranean 1945-1986. London: HMSO. ISBN 0117726206. Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983). Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF ...