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Formed on 1 June 1940 at RAF Pembroke Dock, after flying from the Netherlands in eight Fokker T.VIIIW twin-engined patrol seaplanes, as part of Coastal Command.The squadron flew coastal and anti-submarine patrols in the Fokkers until they became unserviceable due to lack of spares and were re-equipped with Ansons in August 1940 and supplemented in October with Hudsons.
320 (Netherlands) Squadron RAF: 1 Jun - 1 Oct 1940 Formed at RAF Pembroke Dock. [46] 321 (Dutch) Squadron RAF: 1 - 24 Jun 1940 Formed at RAF Pembroke Dock, but moved in same month to RAF Carew Cheriton. [46] 461 Squadron RAAF: 20 Apr 1942 [47] – 4 June 1945 Formed at RAF_Mount_Batten and flew Sunderlands. Was the first Dominion Squadron to ...
Other Dutch personnel served in the Royal Air Force as members of 320 (Netherlands) Squadron and 321 (Dutch) Squadron. [7] On 11 January 1941, the Dutch government formally established the "Royal Dutch Brigade". This formation was renamed the "Princess Irene Brigade" on 26 August 1941 after the 2nd granddaughter of Queen Wilhelmina.
The wheel chocks are removed from Avro Anson Mark I, K6175, of No. 320 (Dutch) Squadron RAF before taking off on a patrol from Carew Cheriton, Pembrokeshire No. 320 (Netherlands) Squadron RAF formed on the 1 June 1940 at RAF Pembroke Dock, [ 33 ] after flying in from the Netherlands in eight Fokker T.VIII , a twin-engined torpedo bomber and ...
Formed on 1 June 1940 at RAF Pembroke Dock, the squadron moved to RAF Carew Cheriton on 28 July 1940 and became operational. The squadron flew coastal and anti-submarine patrols with Avro Ansons until the squadron was disbanded, due to lack of personnel, and merged with No. 320 (Netherlands) Squadron on 18 January 1941.
He became part of the 320 Dutch Squadron, which carried out war missions over the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Germany. Hissink was shot out of the sky in December 1944 after an attack on the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge, but he managed to survive. In total, he flew 69 sorties with this squadron. [3]
A few Dutch pilots also had escaped and joined the RAF to fight in the Battle of Britain. In July 1940, two all-Dutch squadrons were formed with personnel and Fokker seaplanes from the Dutch naval air force: 320 Squadron and 321 Squadron (which afterwards moved to Ceylon).
In recognition of their actions Queen Wilhelmina granted the highest Dutch military decoration, the Militaire Willemsorde (MWO), to the Army Aviation Brigade collectively. Some aircrews escaped to England and on 1 June 1940, 320 Squadron and 321 Squadron were established there under RAF operational command. Due to a shortage of personnel, 321 ...