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Alphabetically named Flights RAF/RFC

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The table below lists the independent aircraft flights of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and Royal Air Force (RAF) which were given alphabetical designations.

Flights

flight letter location(s) period(s) aircraft notes
B, Palestine RAF Aboukir
Weli Sheikh Nuran, Palestine		 1917 - December 1917 B.E.2C
B.E.12		 formed by re-designating an element of 23 Training Squadron[1]
G MAEE Helensburgh
RAF Bowmore		 21 September 1940 – 13 March 1941 Short S.23
Short S.26		 became 119 Squadron
H RAF Ambala
RAF Drigh Road
RAF Ambala
RAF Lahore		 25 August 1939 – 9 February 1940
January 1940 - October 1940		 Blenheim I became 'W' Flight on 9 Feb 1940, formed Jan 1940 from an element of Battle Flight RAF, last known at Lahore
I Fauquembergues, France
Serny, France		 9 July 1918 – 14 January 1919 F.E.2b
B.E.12		 re-designated from Special Duty Flight, Royal Flying Corps
J RAF Melton Mowbray
RAF Cairo West		 28 September 1945 – 10 October 1945 Stirling V disbanded at Cairo West to become No. 1589 (Heavy Freight) Flight RAF
K Auxi-le-Château, France
unknown
Summit, Sudan
RAF Aqir, Palestine
RAF Melton Mowbray
RAF Santacruz		 9 July 1918 - unknown
1 September 1940 – 1 April 1941
16 September 1945 – 10 October 1945		 R.E.8
Gladiator I
Gladiator II
Stirling V		 re-designated from 'B' Flight No. 112 Squadron RAF 1 Sep 1940 at Summit;
became No. 1588 (Heavy Freight) Flight RAF at Santa Cruz on 10 Oct 1945
M Longuenesse, Saint-Omer, France
Hangelar, Germany		 6 October 1918 - August 1919 F.2b
DH.9
Fokker D.VII
S.E.5a
N Vert Galand, France
unknown		 18 September 1919 - unknown F.2b records begin on 18 September 1919
O Premont Farm, France
unknown		 23 October 1918 - unknown F.2b date and location of disbandment unknown
P Serny, France
unknown
Ismailia, Egypt
Jeddah, Arabia		 29 August 1918 - unknown
9 June 1919 – 25 May 1919		 R.E.8
F.2b		 date and location of disbandment unknown; formed at Ismailia from a detached Flight of No. 113 Squadron RAF
Q RAF Ambala
RAF Rednal		 25 August 1939 – 15 December 1940
October 1943 - January 1944		 Blenheim I
Gladiator I
Vickers Wellington		 formed at Ambala by re-designating an element of No. 60 Squadron RAF; disbanded to become No. 4 Coastal Defence Flight, Indian Air Force Volunteer Reserve
disbanded
V RAF Ambala
RAF Juhu
unknown		 25 August 1939 - unknown Blenheim I
Hawker Audax		 formed at Ambala by re-designating an element of No. 60 Squadron RAF, disbanded finally at unknown location and date
W RAF Drigh Road 9 February 1940 – 15 December 1940 Blenheim I re-designated from 'H' Flight
X Aqaba, Egypt
RAF Haifa
RAF Habbaniya
RAF Abadan		 24 November 1917 – 19 October 1918
May 1940 - June 1940
6 June 1941 – 30 June 1941
16 July 1942 – 30 October 1942		 B.E.2C
B.E.12
Bristol F2b
Nieuport 17
Gladiator I
Gladiator II		 initially formed from Special Duty Flight RFC
Y RAF Ambala
RAF St. Thomas Mount
unknown		 1917 Blenheim I
Audax
Z Istrana, Italy
Villaverla, Italy
Taganrog, Russia
Rostov, Russia
RAF Ambala
RAF Dum-Dum		 March 1918 - 3 July 1918
30 November 1919 - January 1920
28 August 1939
December 1940		 Bristol F.2b
R.E.8
Blenheim I		 formed, at Istrana, by re-designating an element of No. 34 Squadron RAF; re-formed at RAF Ambala, by re-designating an element of 60 Squadron

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ Lake 1999, p. 35.

Bibliography

  • Lake, A. (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury, England: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.


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