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The Spitfire on Thornaby Road The Airmen memorial at Thornaby on the site of the former RAF Thornaby. RAF Thornaby closed to flying in October 1958 [43] when the Hawker Hunters of 92 Squadron left for RAF Middleton St George, [44] the station was reduced to a care and maintenance level until being sold to the then Thornaby-on-Tees Borough ...
No. 608 Squadron was formed at Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire as No. 608 County of York (North Riding) Squadron, on 17 March 1930 as a day bomber squadron within the Auxiliary Air Force. Its initial equipment was the Avro 504 N and Westland Wapiti , which the squadron flew until they were replaced with Hawker Demon fighters in January 1937 ...
No 279 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force air-sea rescue squadron of World War II. The squadron was formed on 16 November 1941 and disbanded on 10 March 1946. History
RAF Gt Orton/RAF Wick/RAF Sumburgh (Dets.) No. 330 Squadron RAF: Short Sunderland: RAF Sullom Voe: No. 333 Squadron RAF: de Havilland Mosquito/Consolidated Catalina: RAF Sumburgh/RAF Leuchars/RAF Woodhaven: No. 521 (Meteorological) Squadron RAF: Lockheed Ventura/Supermarine Spitfire: RAF Skitten: No. 1693 (General Reconnaissance) Flight RAF [30 ...
London Biggin Hill, a former RAF station This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They are listed under any former county or country name which was appropriate for the duration of operation. During 1991, the RAF had several Military Emergency Diversion Aerodrome (MEDA) airfields: RAF ...
No. 220 Squadron of the Royal Air Force (RAF) was founded in 1918 and disbanded in 1963 after four separate periods of service. The squadron saw service in both the First and Second World Wars, as a maritime patrol unit, and finally as part of Britain's strategic nuclear deterrent.
Hudson N7249 was shot down, whilst the other two aircraft, including N7264, returned to RAF Wick with damage. [11] [12] On 27 December 1940, one of the squadron's Hudsons sank the merchant ship Arnfinn Jarl off Egersund, [13] and on 4 January 1941, had another anti-shipping success, sinking the merchant ship Snyg south east of Haugesund. [14 ...
RAF Thornaby [17] 25 Wing RAF Regiment: 9 June 1952 - 1 January 1958: ... RAF Castle Camps, RAF Wick: LAA Squadron [24] 2888 Squadron RAF Regiment: June - October 1943: