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1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Motto(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Die noctuque</i></span><br />(<a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a> for 'By day and night')<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Battle_honour" title="Battle honour">Battle honours</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Home Defence (1916-1918)*,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_North-West_Frontier" title="Military history of the North-West Frontier">North West Frontier</a> (1930–1931), Mohmand (1933), <a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_North-West_Frontier" title="Military history of the North-West Frontier">North West Frontier</a> (1935–1939), <a href="/wiki/East_African_Campaign_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="East African Campaign (World War II)">East Africa</a> (1940)*, Egypt & Libya (1940–1943)*, Greece (1941)*, Mediterranean (1941–1943)*, Malta (1942)*, North Africa (1942–1943)*, South East Europe (1944–1945)*,<a href="/wiki/Operation_Herrick" title="Operation Herrick">Afghanistan</a> (2001–2014), <a href="/wiki/Operation_Telic" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Telic">Iraq</a> (2003–2011)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><small>Honours marked with an asterisk are those emblazoned on the Squadron Standard</small></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Badge</th><td class="infobox-data">A winged bomb</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Squadron codes</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>SF</b> (Apr 1939 – Sep 1939) (Allocated but probably not carried)<br /><b>XZ</b> (Sep 1939 – Dec 1940)<br /><b>AA–AZ</b> (Canberras)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Squadron roundel</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RAF_39_sqn.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/RAF_39_sqn.svg/150px-RAF_39_sqn.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="51" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/RAF_39_sqn.svg/225px-RAF_39_sqn.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/RAF_39_sqn.svg/300px-RAF_39_sqn.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="216" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p><b>Number 39 Squadron</b> is an inactive squadron of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a>. It last operated the <a href="/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-9_Reaper" title="General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper">General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper</a> from <a href="/wiki/Creech_Air_Force_Base" title="Creech Air Force Base">Creech AFB</a>, Nevada, between January 2007 and July 2022. It had previously operated the <a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra" title="English Electric Canberra">English Electric Canberra</a> PR.7, PR.9 and T.4 from <a href="/wiki/RAF_Marham" title="RAF Marham">RAF Marham</a>, Norfolk, as No. 39 (1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit) Squadron between July 1992 and July 2006. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._39_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_World_War">First World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._39_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: First World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>No. 39 Squadron</b> was founded at <a href="/wiki/Hounslow_Heath_Aerodrome" title="Hounslow Heath Aerodrome">Hounslow Heath Aerodrome</a> on 15 April 1916 with <a href="/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_B.E.2" title="Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2">Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2s</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_B.E.12" title="Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12">B.E.12s</a> in an attempt to defend against German <a href="/wiki/Zeppelin" title="Zeppelin">Zeppelin</a> raids on <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis195929_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis195929-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Having moved to <a href="/wiki/RFC_Suttons_Farm" class="mw-redirect" title="RFC Suttons Farm">RFC Suttons Farm</a>, 39 Squadron achieved its first success on the night of 2/3 September 1916, when <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant" title="Lieutenant">Lieutenant</a> <a href="/wiki/William_Leefe_Robinson" class="mw-redirect" title="William Leefe Robinson">William Leefe Robinson</a> shot down the German Airship <a href="/wiki/Sch%C3%BCtte-Lanz#SL11" class="mw-redirect" title="Schütte-Lanz">Schütte-Lanz <i>SL11</i></a>, being awarded the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a> for this action. On 23 September 1916, the German Navy launched another Zeppelin raid against London. Responding to this raid, 2nd Lieutenant <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Sowrey" title="Frederick Sowrey">Frederick Sowrey</a> of No. 39 Squadron shot down Zeppelin <i><a href="/wiki/List_of_Zeppelins#LZ_32" title="List of Zeppelins">L.32</a></i>, while <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Brandon_(RAF_officer)" title="Alfred Brandon (RAF officer)">Alfred Brandon</a> in another No. 39 Squadron B.E.2 engaged Zeppelin <i><a href="/wiki/List_of_Zeppelins#LZ_33" title="List of Zeppelins">L.33</a></i>, already damaged by anti-aircraft fire, with L.33 force landing at Little Wigborough, Essex, and being destroyed by its crew.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Flight''_20_May_1932454_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''Flight''_20_May_1932454-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the night of 1/2 October 1916, 2nd Lieutenant <a href="/wiki/Wulstan_Tempest" title="Wulstan Tempest">W. L. Tempest</a> of 39 Squadron, flying a B.E.2c, spotted Zeppelin <i><a href="/wiki/List_of_Zeppelins#LZ_31" title="List of Zeppelins">L.31</a></i> illuminated by searchlights over southwest London and shot it down with the loss of the entire airship crew.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEColeCheesman1984174–176_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEColeCheesman1984174–176-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve198518_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve198518-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The squadron continued in the defence of London, supplementing its B.E.2s and B.E.12s with three <a href="/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_S.E.5" title="Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5">Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5s</a> to help deal with daylight attacks by German Gotha bombers,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEColeCheesman1984256,_265_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEColeCheesman1984256,_265-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with at least one <a href="/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth_F.K.8" title="Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8">Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8</a> also operated by the unit.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBruce1982103,_105_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBruce1982103,_105-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The squadron re-equipped with <a href="/wiki/Bristol_F.2_Fighter" title="Bristol F.2 Fighter">Bristol F.2 Fighters</a> in September 1917,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHalley198072_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHalley198072-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but had no more success against German raiders until the night of 19/20 May 1918, when a No. 39 Squadron Bristol Fighter shot down a Gotha bomber.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEColeCheesman1984428_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEColeCheesman1984428-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 1918, it was re-equipped with <a href="/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_F.E.2" title="Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2">Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b</a> aircraft and sent to France for night bombing, but was disbanded five days after the <a href="/wiki/Armistice_with_Germany_(Compi%C3%A8gne)" class="mw-redirect" title="Armistice with Germany (Compiègne)">Armistice</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis195929_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis195929-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RAF_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAF-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Between_the_wars">Between the wars</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._39_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Between the wars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It was reformed on 1 July 1919, when <a href="/wiki/No._37_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 37 Squadron RAF">No. 37 Squadron</a> based at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Biggin_Hill" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Biggin Hill">Biggin Hill</a> was renumbered. The squadron was reduced to a <a href="/wiki/En_cadre" class="mw-redirect" title="En cadre">cadre</a> in December 1919, but did not disband, and in April 1921 it was decided to return the Squadron to operations. By May that year, the squadron was fully manned and received a number of <a href="/wiki/Avro_504" title="Avro 504">Avro 504</a> to train aircrew in preparation for operating more warlike aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve198522–23_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve198522–23-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These arrived in February 1923 when the squadron, now based at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Spitalgate" title="RAF Spitalgate">RAF Spitalgate</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lincolnshire" title="Lincolnshire">Lincolnshire</a> received 18 <a href="/wiki/Airco_DH.9A" title="Airco DH.9A">Airco DH.9As</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis195929_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis195929-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RAF_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAF-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As well as training for its role as a day bomber, the squadron also was chosen to perform a formation flying display at the RAF Air Pageant at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Hendon" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Hendon">Hendon</a> in 1923,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve198524–25_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve198524–25-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Flight''_5_July_1923362–363_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''Flight''_5_July_1923362–363-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> repeating its appearance in 1926 and 1927, when it flew joint formation flying and bombing displays with <a href="/wiki/No._207_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 207 Squadron RAF">207 Squadron</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThetford199221_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThetford199221-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 1928, the squadron moved from Spitalgate to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Bircham_Newton" title="RAF Bircham Newton">RAF Bircham Newton</a> in <a href="/wiki/Norfolk" title="Norfolk">Norfolk</a>, where it began to prepare to a prospective move to <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve198528_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve198528-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:100_years_of_the_RAF_MOD_45163723.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/100_years_of_the_RAF_MOD_45163723.jpg/220px-100_years_of_the_RAF_MOD_45163723.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/100_years_of_the_RAF_MOD_45163723.jpg/330px-100_years_of_the_RAF_MOD_45163723.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/100_years_of_the_RAF_MOD_45163723.jpg/440px-100_years_of_the_RAF_MOD_45163723.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5500" data-file-height="4266" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hart" title="Hawker Hart">Hawker Harts</a> <i>K2096</i> and <i>K2098</i> of No. 39 Squadron at Miramshah, Pakistan, 1938.</figcaption></figure> <p>In December 1929 it left the United Kingdom, leaving behind its DH.9As to equip <a href="/wiki/No._101_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 101 Squadron RAF">No. 101 Squadron</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThetford199220–22_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThetford199220–22-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It arrived at <a href="/wiki/Risalpur_Airbase" class="mw-redirect" title="Risalpur Airbase">Risalpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">North-West Frontier Province</a> India (now part of <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>) at the end of January 1929, receiving its complement of twelve <a href="/wiki/Westland_Wapiti" title="Westland Wapiti">Westland Wapitis</a> (which had been shipped out separately) in March that year.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve198529,_31_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve198529,_31-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve199550–51_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve199550–51-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was used for Air Policing in the North West Frontier, carrying out bombing missions against rebelling tribesmen and their villages, and support for the army. In December 1931, it was re-equipped with <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hart" title="Hawker Hart">Hawker Harts</a>, operations continuing as before, also being used as part of the relief effort following the <a href="/wiki/1935_Quetta_earthquake" title="1935 Quetta earthquake">1935 Quetta earthquake</a>, flying supplies to devastated <a href="/wiki/Quetta" title="Quetta">Quetta</a> and carrying out medical evacuations.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve199556–57_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve199556–57-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Major military operations included support of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Mohmand_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Mohmand Campaign">Second Mohmand Campaign</a> of 1935 against hostile tribesmen in <a href="/wiki/Mohmand_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohmand Agency">Mohmand Territory</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve198550–51_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve198550–51-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Waziristan_campaign_(1936%E2%80%9339)" class="mw-redirect" title="Waziristan campaign (1936–39)">operations</a> against supporters of the <a href="/wiki/Faqir_of_Ipi" title="Faqir of Ipi">Faqir of Ipi</a> in 1938.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve198553_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve198553-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_World_War">Second World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._39_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Second World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Martin_Maryland_RAF_North_Africa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Martin_Maryland_RAF_North_Africa.jpg/220px-Martin_Maryland_RAF_North_Africa.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Martin_Maryland_RAF_North_Africa.jpg/330px-Martin_Maryland_RAF_North_Africa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Martin_Maryland_RAF_North_Africa.jpg/440px-Martin_Maryland_RAF_North_Africa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="748" data-file-height="549" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Martin_Maryland" title="Martin Maryland">Martin Marylands</a> of No. 39 Squadron operating from a landing ground in the Western Desert, 1941.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1939, the squadron re-equipped with more modern <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Blenheim" title="Bristol Blenheim">Bristol Blenheim</a> I twin-engined <a href="/wiki/Monoplane" title="Monoplane">monoplane</a> bombers. As the threat of war increased, it was decided to strengthen British defences in the Far East by moving No. 39 Squadron to <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>, with the squadron setting off with nine Blenheims on 6 August. The ferry trip was a disaster, with six aircraft wrecked, and three men killed, including <a href="/wiki/Wing_commander_(rank)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wing commander (rank)">Wing Commander</a> Burton Ankers, commander of the 2nd Indian Wing Station at Risalpur, whose Blenheim caught fire and crashed after being struck by lightning.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve198554–55_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve198554–55-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 1940, the squadron was ordered back to India, arriving at <a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a> on 25 April, and then to strengthen defences in the Middle East, being ordered to reinforce <a href="/wiki/Aden" title="Aden">Aden</a>, setting out on 5 May, with the air component reaching Aden on 13 May and the groundcrew arriving by ship on 10 June 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve198555–56_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve198555–56-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On that day, Italy declared war on Great Britain and France, and No. 39 Squadron was quickly committed to action against <a href="/wiki/Italian_East_Africa" title="Italian East Africa">Italian East Africa</a>, carrying out its first combat mission of the war on 12 June when a force of Blenheims attacked <a href="/wiki/Dire_Dawa" title="Dire Dawa">Dire Dawa</a> airfield in <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a>, causing little damage.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShores199618_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShores199618-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The squadron continued operations against Italian forces until 24 November, when it was ordered to transfer to Egypt to support the planned offensive in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Desert_(Egypt)" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Desert (Egypt)">Western Desert</a> (<a href="/wiki/Operation_Compass" title="Operation Compass">Operation Compass</a>), with the first aircraft leaving Aden for <a href="/wiki/Helwan_Airfield" title="Helwan Airfield">RAF Helwan</a> on 29 November.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve198557–60_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve198557–60-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShores199680_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShores199680-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A detachment of three Blenheims operated with <a href="/wiki/No._45_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 45 Squadron RAF">No. 45 Squadron</a> over the Western Desert from 10 December, flying harassment raids against Italian-held airfields, while the remainder of the Squadron remained at Helwan while it recovered from the operations in East Africa, and started to replace its Blenheim Is with Blenheim IVs. In January, however, the squadron was ordered to recall the three aircraft detachment and hand over the squadron's Blenheims to <a href="/wiki/No._11_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 11 Squadron RAF">11 Squadron</a>, which was to deploy to Greece. To replace its Blenheim IVs, 39 Squadron received <a href="/wiki/Martin_Maryland" title="Martin Maryland">Martin Maryland</a> bombers, originally built for the French Air Force, becoming the first RAF squadron to operate the Maryland.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShoresMassimelloGuest2012114–115_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShoresMassimelloGuest2012114–115-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve198562–62_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve198562–62-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Owing to the long-range of the Maryland, No. 39 Squadron used it mainly for reconnaissance. The squadron was heavily deployed during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Crete" title="Battle of Crete">Battle of Crete</a>, claiming at least two Junkers Ju 52 transport aircraft shot down in the course of its operations during the battle.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve198562,_64_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve198562,_64-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShoresMassimelloGuest2012191,_199_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShoresMassimelloGuest2012191,_199-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Beaufort_39_Sqn_RAF_at_Luqa_Malta_1943.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Beaufort_39_Sqn_RAF_at_Luqa_Malta_1943.jpg/220px-Beaufort_39_Sqn_RAF_at_Luqa_Malta_1943.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Beaufort_39_Sqn_RAF_at_Luqa_Malta_1943.jpg/330px-Beaufort_39_Sqn_RAF_at_Luqa_Malta_1943.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Beaufort_39_Sqn_RAF_at_Luqa_Malta_1943.jpg/440px-Beaufort_39_Sqn_RAF_at_Luqa_Malta_1943.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="588" /></a><figcaption>A No. 39 Squadron <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufort" title="Bristol Beaufort">Bristol Beaufort II</a> at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Luqa" title="RAF Luqa">RAF Luqa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a>, in June 1943.</figcaption></figure> <p>In August–September 1941, the squadron partly converted to the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufort" title="Bristol Beaufort">Bristol Beaufort</a> <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_bomber" title="Torpedo bomber">torpedo bomber</a> for anti-shipping operations, although it retained a flight of Marylands until January 1942. At first the Squadron's Beauforts were armed with bombs but from January 1942 it added torpedo attack to its roles.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve198565_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve198565-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve199626–28_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve199626–28-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 23 January 1942, in the first torpedo attack by the squadron, three Beauforts set out an airfield near <a href="/wiki/Benghazi" title="Benghazi">Benghazi</a> against an Italian convoy carrying supplies to <a href="/wiki/Tripoli,_Libya" title="Tripoli, Libya">Tripoli, Libya</a>. They hit the troopship and ex-liner <a href="/w/index.php?title=MS_Victoria_(1930)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="MS Victoria (1930) (page does not exist)"><i>Victoria</i></a> with two torpedoes. A third torpedo hit later that day by a <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Albacore" title="Fairey Albacore">Fairey Albacore</a> of <a href="/wiki/826_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="826 Naval Air Squadron">826 Naval Air Squadron</a> caused <i>Victoria</i> to sink.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShoresCullMalizia199152–54_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShoresCullMalizia199152–54-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In late 1941 the unit was split up. One flight moved to <a href="/wiki/Luqa,_Malta" class="mw-redirect" title="Luqa, Malta">Luqa, Malta</a> in December 1941: six months later this flight was combined with others from <a href="/wiki/No._86_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 86 Squadron RAF">Nos. 86</a> and <a href="/wiki/No._217_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 217 Squadron RAF">217 Squadrons</a> to eventually form a new No. 39 Squadron. In 1943 the unit re-equipped with <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufighter" title="Bristol Beaufighter">Bristol Beaufighter</a> aircraft in the ground attack role and moved back to Egypt then on to Italy.<sup id="cite_ref-RAF_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAF-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/Greek_Civil_War" title="Greek Civil War">Greek Civil War</a>, it sent rocket-armed aircraft to participate in RAF operations.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 1944, it re-equipped with <a href="/wiki/B-26_Marauder" class="mw-redirect" title="B-26 Marauder">Martin Marauders</a>, flying medium bombing missions in support of <a href="/wiki/Josip_Broz_Tito" title="Josip Broz Tito">Tito</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_Partisans" title="Yugoslav Partisans">Partisans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It re-equipped with <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito" title="De Havilland Mosquito">de Havilland Mosquitos</a> in 1946, disbanding later in the year.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELewis195929_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELewis195929-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cold_War">Cold War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._39_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Cold War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It reformed as a fighter squadron equipped with the <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Tempest" title="Hawker Tempest">Hawker Tempest</a> at <a href="/wiki/Nairobi" title="Nairobi">Nairobi</a> on 1 April 1948, disbanding on 28 February 1949, but reforming the next day at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Fayid" title="RAF Fayid">RAF Fayid</a> in <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>, flying <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito" title="De Havilland Mosquito">de Havilland Mosquito NF Mk 36</a> night fighters.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The squadron moved to nearby <a href="/wiki/RAF_Kabrit" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Kabrit">RAF Kabrit</a> on 21 February 1951. As 1951 continued, tensions between the British forces in the <a href="/wiki/Suez_Canal_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Suez Canal Zone">Suez Canal Zone</a> and the Egyptians, who wanted Britain to pull out of Egypt, and following <a href="/wiki/Cairo_fire" title="Cairo fire">anti-British riots</a> in Cairo in January 1952, the squadron was put on standby to support plans for a British attack on Cairo if the situation further deteriorated, until the Egyptian army intervened and stopped the rioting, easing tensions a little.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1985144–145_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1985144–145-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It re-equipped with <a href="/wiki/Gloster_Meteor" title="Gloster Meteor">Gloster Meteor NF.13</a> night fighters in March 1953, but following the <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_revolution_of_1952" class="mw-redirect" title="Egyptian revolution of 1952">Egyptian revolution of 1952</a>, the situation for the British gradually became untenable, and in October 1954, the Anglo-Egyptian Agreement was signed, in which Britain agreed that its forces would leave Egypt by June 1956. As part of this agreement, No. 39 Squadron moved to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Luqa" title="RAF Luqa">RAF Luqa</a> in <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a> on 10 January 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1985145–147_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1985145–147-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The squadron moved to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Akrotiri" title="RAF Akrotiri">RAF Akrotiri</a> on <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a> in August 1956 as Britain and France prepared a military response to the Egyptian <a href="/wiki/Suez_Crisis" title="Suez Crisis">Nationalisation of the Suez Canal</a>. On 31 October, the British and French launched <a href="/wiki/Operation_Musketeer_(1956)" title="Operation Musketeer (1956)">Operation Musketeer</a>, a series of heavy air attacks against Egyptian targets followed by landings on 6 November. No. 39 Squadron's role was to protect the vital airfields on Cyprus from any potential Egyptian retaliation. Pressure from the UN forced a ceasefire in Egypt and a withdrawal of the Anglo-French forces by the end of December, but the squadron remained in Cyprus after the British forces dispersed,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1985149–151_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1985149–151-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> flying patrols to deter aircraft that were suspected of dropping supplies to <a href="/wiki/EOKA" title="EOKA">EOKA</a> forces fighting against the British rule of Cyprus. The main body of the squadron returned to Malta in March 1957, but a detachment was maintained on Cyprus.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1985152–153_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1985152–153-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tensions in <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a> (which eventually culminated in the <a href="/wiki/1958_Lebanon_Crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="1958 Lebanon Crisis">Lebanon Crisis of July–October 1958</a>) caused the whole squadron to move to Cyprus in May 1958, but it soon returned to Malta and disbanded on 30 June 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1985153_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1985153-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>No. 39 Squadron reformed the next day at RAF Luqa by renumbering <a href="/wiki/No._69_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 69 Squadron RAF">No. 69 Squadron</a>, flying reconnaissance <a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra" title="English Electric Canberra">English Electric Canberra PR.3s</a> in the high altitude reconnaissance role and assigned to the NATO <a href="/wiki/Sixth_Allied_Tactical_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Sixth Allied Tactical Air Force">Sixth Allied Tactical Air Force</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1985154_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1985154-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson198869_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson198869-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It moved to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Wyton" title="RAF Wyton">RAF Wyton</a> in September 1970, disbanding on 1 June 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-RAF_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAF-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="No._1_Photographic_Reconnaissance_Unit">No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._39_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Canberra.pr9.takeoff.arp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Canberra.pr9.takeoff.arp.jpg/220px-Canberra.pr9.takeoff.arp.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Canberra.pr9.takeoff.arp.jpg/330px-Canberra.pr9.takeoff.arp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Canberra.pr9.takeoff.arp.jpg/440px-Canberra.pr9.takeoff.arp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2136" data-file-height="1283" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra" title="English Electric Canberra">English Electric Canberra PR.9</a> <i>XH135</i> of No. 39 (1 PRU) Squadron departing <a href="/wiki/RIAT" class="mw-redirect" title="RIAT">RIAT</a>, 2006.</figcaption></figure> <p>The squadron was reformed on 1 July 1992 when <a href="/wiki/No._1_Photographic_Reconnaissance_Unit_RAF" title="No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF">No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit</a> (1 PRU) at RAF Wyton, equipped with Canberra PR.9 and T.4 aircraft was re-numbered <b>No. 39 (1 PRU) Squadron</b>. The unit moved to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Marham" title="RAF Marham">RAF Marham</a> in December 1993, where it also received Canberra PR.7s.<sup id="cite_ref-RAF_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAF-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 1996, the squadron deployed to <a href="/wiki/Uganda" title="Uganda">Uganda</a> in order to search for <a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_refugee_crisis" title="Great Lakes refugee crisis">Rwandan refugees</a> in eastern <a href="/wiki/Zaire" title="Zaire">Zaire</a> after the <a href="/wiki/Rwandan_genocide" title="Rwandan genocide">Rwandan genocide</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RAFM_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAFM-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 1996 and 2001, No. 39 (1 PRU) Squadron deployed six times to Kenya and Zimbabwe to carry out photo-mapping.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrookes201489_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrookes201489-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between October 2001 and January 2002, the squadron deployed two Canberra PR.9s to <a href="/wiki/Muscat_International_Airport" title="Muscat International Airport">Seeb International Airport</a>, Oman, from where it undertook sorties over Afghanistan as part of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Veritas" title="Operation Veritas">Op VERITAS</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_military_operations_in_the_war_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of military operations in the war in Afghanistan (2001–present)">Op ORACLE</a>. In 2003, the unit deployed to <a href="/wiki/Muwaffaq_Salti_Air_Base" title="Muwaffaq Salti Air Base">Azraq Air Base</a>, Jordan, in support of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Telic" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Telic">Operation Telic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrookes201491_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrookes201491-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 8 September 2003, Canberra PR.9 <i>XH168</i> was written off after bursting its main landing gear tyres upon touching down at RAF Marham, with the crew suffering no injuries.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2003, two Canberra PR.9s departed to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Mount_Pleasant" title="RAF Mount Pleasant">RAF Mount Pleasant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Falkland_Islands" title="Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</a>, to carry out survey work.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrookes201492_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrookes201492-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 2 September 2004, Canberra T.4 <i>WJ866</i> crashed at RAF Marham while carrying out a touch and go at night time, killing both pilots and injuring the navigator, this was the last operational Canberra loss for the RAF.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No. 39 (1 PRU) Squadron carried out the last RAF flight of a Canberra T.4 (<i>WJ874</i>) on 1 September 2005, marking an end to 45 years of service, flying over locations associated with the type such as RAF Wyton, former <a href="/wiki/RAF_Bassingbourn" title="RAF Bassingbourn">RAF Bassingbourn</a> and the former English Electric factory at <a href="/wiki/Samlesbury_Aerodrome" title="Samlesbury Aerodrome">Samlesbury Aerodrome</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2006, No. 39 (1 PRU) Squadron deployed for the last time to Afghanistan in support of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Herrick" title="Operation Herrick">Operation Herrick</a>, with the two Canberra PR.9s arriving back to RAF Marham on 23 June 2006 – marking an end to operational service for the Canberra.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The squadron disbanded on 28 July 2006 at RAF Marham, with the occasion marked by a flypast and parade.<sup id="cite_ref-aoa_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aoa-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last three Canberras (<i>XH131</i>, <i>XH134</i> and <i>XH135</i>) undertook their last flight from Marham to <a href="/wiki/Cotswold_Airport" title="Cotswold Airport">Kemble Airfield</a>, Gloucestershire, on 31 July 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="RPAS">RPAS</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._39_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: RPAS"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Armed_RAF_Reaper_Aircraft_Approaches_Kandahar_Airfield,_Afghanistan_MOD_45152092.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Armed_RAF_Reaper_Aircraft_Approaches_Kandahar_Airfield%2C_Afghanistan_MOD_45152092.jpg/220px-Armed_RAF_Reaper_Aircraft_Approaches_Kandahar_Airfield%2C_Afghanistan_MOD_45152092.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Armed_RAF_Reaper_Aircraft_Approaches_Kandahar_Airfield%2C_Afghanistan_MOD_45152092.jpg/330px-Armed_RAF_Reaper_Aircraft_Approaches_Kandahar_Airfield%2C_Afghanistan_MOD_45152092.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Armed_RAF_Reaper_Aircraft_Approaches_Kandahar_Airfield%2C_Afghanistan_MOD_45152092.jpg/440px-Armed_RAF_Reaper_Aircraft_Approaches_Kandahar_Airfield%2C_Afghanistan_MOD_45152092.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1262" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-9_Reaper" title="General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper">General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper</a> <i>ZZ203</i> of No. 39 Squadron landing at <a href="/wiki/Kandahar_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Kandahar Airfield">Kandahar Airfield</a>, Afghanistan, 2010.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Remotely_Piloted_Air_System_RAF_Pilot_Badges_MOD_45155237.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Four RAF badges in a row, each showing letters RAF, inside a blue laurel, with a crown above it and wings to either side" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Remotely_Piloted_Air_System_RAF_Pilot_Badges_MOD_45155237.jpg/220px-Remotely_Piloted_Air_System_RAF_Pilot_Badges_MOD_45155237.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Remotely_Piloted_Air_System_RAF_Pilot_Badges_MOD_45155237.jpg/330px-Remotely_Piloted_Air_System_RAF_Pilot_Badges_MOD_45155237.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Remotely_Piloted_Air_System_RAF_Pilot_Badges_MOD_45155237.jpg/440px-Remotely_Piloted_Air_System_RAF_Pilot_Badges_MOD_45155237.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>RAF Remotely Piloted Air System (RPAS) 'Wings', which differ only slightly from the current RAF pilot badge by having blue laurel leaves to identify the specialisation. (Phased out in favour of traditional Pilot Brevet as of 1 Apr 2019)</figcaption></figure> <p>In January 2004, a new unit, No. 1115 Flight, was formed at <a href="/wiki/Creech_Air_Force_Base" title="Creech Air Force Base">Creech Air Force Base</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada">Nevada</a> to operate the RAF's first <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned aerial vehicle">Remotely-piloted Air System (RPAS)</a>. Operating the <a href="/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-1_Predator" title="General Atomics MQ-1 Predator">General Atomics MQ-1 Predator</a>, the unit was embedded with the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> as part of the Joint Predator Task Force.<sup id="cite_ref-MQ9A_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MQ9A-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The RAF crews, integrated with <a href="/wiki/42nd_Attack_Squadron" title="42nd Attack Squadron">42nd Attack Squadron</a>, began training on the <a href="/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-9_Reaper" title="General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper">General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper</a> in late 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-FlightGlobal2008_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FlightGlobal2008-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MQ9A_61-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MQ9A-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No. 39 Squadron was reformed on 1 January 2007 at Creech AFB, parented by <a href="/wiki/RAF_Waddington" title="RAF Waddington">RAF Waddington</a> in Lincolnshire.<sup id="cite_ref-39archived_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39archived-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The former No. 1115 Flight became 'A' Flight still operating the Predator, while 'B' Flight prepared to receive the Reaper.<sup id="cite_ref-FlightGlobal2008_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FlightGlobal2008-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ga_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ga-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The squadron's first Reaper (<i>ZZ200</i>) was delivered to Afghanistan in early October 2007, officially entering into RAF service on 31 October.<sup id="cite_ref-ga_64-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ga-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 9 November 2007, the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Defence</a> announced that the squadron's MQ-9 Reapers had begun operations in <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 23 January 2008, No. 39 Squadron was awarded a new squadron Standard.<sup id="cite_ref-39archived_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39archived-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 9 April 2008, MQ-9A Reaper <i>ZZ200</i> was destroyed after it made a forced landing in southern Afghanistan in order stop it from falling into insurgents hands.<sup id="cite_ref-ukserials_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ukserials-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of March 2009, the squadron operated 12 three-man teams to pilot its Reaper aircraft. Supporting intelligence specialists, Information Communications Technicians, signallers, and meteorologists bring the total number of squadron personnel to around 90. The squadron operated two aircraft but planned to have a total of six by the end of 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of April 2011, five Reaper aircraft were in operation, with a further five on order<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and as of September 2016, the squadron had ten operational Reaper aircraft, with missions being undertaken in <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> as part of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Shader" title="Operation Shader">Operation Shader</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>No. 39 Squadron was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Battle_honour" title="Battle honour">battle honour</a> 'Afghanistan 2001–2014' (without the right to emblazon) by Her Majesty <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Queen Elizabeth II</a> on 24 March 2020 due to their participation in Operation Herrick.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The squadron disbanded in July 2022, with a Reaper Ground Control System returning from Creech AFB to RAF Waddington for use by <a href="/wiki/No._13_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 13 Squadron RAF">No. 13 Squadron</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No. 39 Squadron managed 90,000 hours of RPAS operations while based at Creech AFB.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last Officer Commanding No. 39 Squadron Group Captain Wigglesworth went on to become the Station Commander for RAF Marham, the former home of No. 39 Squadron, in September 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39disband_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39disband-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The squadron Standard was laid up in the Rotunda at College Hall Officers’ Mess at <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_College_Cranwell" title="Royal Air Force College Cranwell">Royal Air Force College Cranwell</a> in February 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-39disband_76-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39disband-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aircraft_operated">Aircraft operated</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._39_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Aircraft operated"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>From <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve1985169–170_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve1985169–170-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> except where stated</i> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_BE.2" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2">Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2c</a>, d, e — April 1916 – 1917</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_BE.12" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Aircraft Factory BE.12">Royal Aircraft Factory BE.12</a> — April 1916 – 1917</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_SE.5" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5">Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a</a> — 1917<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEColeCheesman1984256,_265_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEColeCheesman1984256,_265-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_F.2_Fighter" title="Bristol F.2 Fighter">Bristol F.2 Fighter</a> — 1917 – November 1918</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_504" title="Avro 504">Avro 504</a> — 1921</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airco_DH.9A" title="Airco DH.9A">Airco DH.9A</a> — February 1923 –December 1928<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHalley198072_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHalley198072-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland_Wapiti" title="Westland Wapiti">Westland Wapiti</a> — 1928 – November 1931</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hart" title="Hawker Hart">Hawker Hart</a> — November 1931 – August 1939</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Blenheim" title="Bristol Blenheim">Bristol Blenheim</a> I, IV — August 1939 – January 1941</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Maryland" title="Martin Maryland">Martin Maryland</a> — January 1941 – January 1942</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufort" title="Bristol Beaufort">Bristol Beaufort</a> — August 1941 – June 1943</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufighter" title="Bristol Beaufighter">Bristol Beaufighter</a> — June 1943 – December 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_B-26_Marauder" title="Martin B-26 Marauder">Martin Marauder</a> — December 1944 –September 1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito" title="De Havilland Mosquito">de Havilland Mosquito</a> FB.VI, T3 — January 1946 – September 1946</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Tempest" title="Hawker Tempest">Hawker Tempest</a> VI — June 1948 – March 1949</li> <li>de Havilland Mosquito NF.36, T.3 — June 1949 – March 1953</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloster_Meteor" title="Gloster Meteor">Gloster Meteor</a> NF.13 — March 1953 – June 1958</li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra" title="English Electric Canberra">English Electric Canberra</a> PR.3, PR.7, PR.9, T.4 — June 1958 – June 1982</li> <li>English Electric Canberra PR.9, PR.7 — July 1992 – July 2006<sup id="cite_ref-RAF_12-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAF-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-1_Predator" title="General Atomics MQ-1 Predator">General Atomics MQ-1 Predator</a> — January 2007 – 20??<sup id="cite_ref-ga_64-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ga-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-9_Reaper" title="General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper">General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper</a> — October 2007 – July 2022<sup id="cite_ref-RAF_12-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAF-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_72-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._39_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_aircraft_squadrons" title="List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons">List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._39_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._39_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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arrived earlier, either in 1921<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMoyes196459–60_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMoyes196459–60-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThetford199220–21_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThetford199220–21-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or 1922.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelve198523_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelve198523-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._39_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output 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Oxford: Osprey Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-78200-411-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-78200-411-0"><bdi>978-1-78200-411-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=RAF+Canberra+Units+of+the+Cold+War&rft.place=Oxford&rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-1-78200-411-0&rft.aulast=Brookes&rft.aufirst=Andrew&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANo.+39+Squadron+RAF" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBruce1982" class="citation book cs1">Bruce, J. M. (1982). <i>The Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing)</i>. London: Putnam and Company. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-370-30084-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-370-30084-X"><bdi>0-370-30084-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Aeroplanes+of+the+Royal+Flying+Corps+%28Military+Wing%29&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Putnam+and+Company&rft.date=1982&rft.isbn=0-370-30084-X&rft.aulast=Bruce&rft.aufirst=J.+M.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANo.+39+Squadron+RAF" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Chorlton, Martyn. <i>Defenders of the North West Frontier</i>. <i><a href="/wiki/Aeroplane_Monthly" class="mw-redirect" title="Aeroplane Monthly">Aeroplane</a></i>, Vol.39, No.8, August 2011. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/search?fq=x0:jrnl&q=n2:0143-7240">0143-7240</a>. pp. 24–28.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFColeCheesman1984" class="citation book cs1">Cole, Christopher; Cheesman, E. F. (1984). <i>The Air Defence of Great Britain 1914–1918</i>. London: Putnam. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-370-30538-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-370-30538-8"><bdi>0-370-30538-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Air+Defence+of+Great+Britain+1914%E2%80%931918&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Putnam&rft.date=1984&rft.isbn=0-370-30538-8&rft.aulast=Cole&rft.aufirst=Christopher&rft.au=Cheesman%2C+E.+F.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANo.+39+Squadron+RAF" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDelve1985" class="citation book cs1">Delve, Ken (1985). <i>The Winged Bomb: History of 39 Squadron RAF</i>. Earl Shilton, Leicester, UK: Midland Counties Publications. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-904597-56-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-904597-56-3"><bdi>0-904597-56-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Winged+Bomb%3A+History+of+39+Squadron+RAF&rft.place=Earl+Shilton%2C+Leicester%2C+UK&rft.pub=Midland+Counties+Publications&rft.date=1985&rft.isbn=0-904597-56-3&rft.aulast=Delve&rft.aufirst=Ken&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANo.+39+Squadron+RAF" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDelve1995" class="citation magazine cs1">Delve, Ken (July–August 1995). "Guardians of the Frontier: No 39 Squadron in the North West Frontier". <i><a href="/wiki/Air_Enthusiast" title="Air Enthusiast">Air Enthusiast</a></i>. No. 58. Stamford, UK: Key Publishing. pp. 50–58. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0143-5450">0143-5450</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Air+Enthusiast&rft.atitle=Guardians+of+the+Frontier%3A+No+39+Squadron+in+the+North+West+Frontier&rft.issue=58&rft.pages=50-58&rft.date=1995-07%2F1995-08&rft.issn=0143-5450&rft.aulast=Delve&rft.aufirst=Ken&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANo.+39+Squadron+RAF" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDelve1996" class="citation magazine cs1">Delve, Ken (September–October 1996). "Beaufort Weather: Mediterranean anti-shipping strikes by 39 Squadron". <i>Air Enthusiast</i>. No. 65. Stamford UK: Key Publishing. pp. 26–39. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0143-5450">0143-5450</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Air+Enthusiast&rft.atitle=Beaufort+Weather%3A+Mediterranean+anti-shipping+strikes+by+39+Squadron&rft.issue=65&rft.pages=26-39&rft.date=1996-09%2F1996-10&rft.issn=0143-5450&rft.aulast=Delve&rft.aufirst=Ken&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANo.+39+Squadron+RAF" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Flintham, V. (1990) <i>Air Wars and Aircraft: A Detailed Record of Air Combat, 1945 to the Present.</i> Facts on File. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0816023565" title="Special:BookSources/0816023565">0816023565</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFlight_5_July_1923" class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/Flight_International_Magazine_1923-07-05-pdf/page/n1/mode/2up">"The Fourth R.A.F. Aerial Pageant"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Flight_International" title="Flight International">Flight</a></i>. Vol. XV, no. 758. 5 July 1923. pp. 359–367<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air Britain (Historians) Ltd. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85130-083-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-85130-083-9"><bdi>0-85130-083-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Squadrons+of+the+Royal+Air+Force&rft.place=Tonbridge%2C+Kent%2C+UK&rft.pub=Air+Britain+%28Historians%29+Ltd.&rft.date=1980&rft.isbn=0-85130-083-9&rft.aulast=Halley&rft.aufirst=James+J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANo.+39+Squadron+RAF" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Halley, James J. <i>The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth, 1918–1988</i>. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1988. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85130-164-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-85130-164-9">0-85130-164-9</a>.</li> <li>Hatcher, Peter J. <i>Partisan Wings: The Biferno Journal. The Story of No. 39 Squadron RAF, and its use of the Martin Marauder as part of the Balkan Air Force in support of the Partisan Army in Yugoslavia</i>. Miami, Florida: Trente Nova Publishing, 1994.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJackson1988" class="citation book cs1">Jackson, Robert (1988). <i>Canberra: The Operational Record</i>. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85310-049-8" title="Special:BookSources/1-85310-049-8"><bdi>1-85310-049-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Canberra%3A+The+Operational+Record&rft.place=Shrewsbury%2C+UK&rft.pub=Airlife+Publishing&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=1-85310-049-8&rft.aulast=Jackson&rft.aufirst=Robert&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANo.+39+Squadron+RAF" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Jefford, C.G. <i>RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912</i>. Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing, 2001. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84037-141-2" title="Special:BookSources/1-84037-141-2">1-84037-141-2</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLewis1959" class="citation book cs1">Lewis, Peter (1959). <i>Squadron Histories: R.F.C, R.N.A.S. and R.A.F. 1912–59</i>. 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London: Macdonald and Jane's (Publishers) Ltd. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-354-01027-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-354-01027-1"><bdi>0-354-01027-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Bomber+Squadrons+of+the+RAF+and+their+Aircraft&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Macdonald+and+Jane%27s+%28Publishers%29+Ltd.&rft.date=1964&rft.isbn=0-354-01027-1&rft.aulast=Moyes&rft.aufirst=Philip+J.+R.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANo.+39+Squadron+RAF" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNesbit2002" class="citation magazine cs1">Nesbit, Roy C. (July 2002). "Shipbusters off Spain". <i><a href="/wiki/Aeroplane_Monthly" class="mw-redirect" title="Aeroplane Monthly">Aeroplane Monthly</a></i>. Vol. 30, no. 7. pp. 22–27. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0143-7240">0143-7240</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Aeroplane+Monthly&rft.atitle=Shipbusters+off+Spain&rft.volume=30&rft.issue=7&rft.pages=22-27&rft.date=2002-07&rft.issn=0143-7240&rft.aulast=Nesbit&rft.aufirst=Roy+C.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANo.+39+Squadron+RAF" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRawlings1982" class="citation book cs1">Rawlings, John D. R. (1982). <i>Coastal, Support and Special Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft</i>. 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London: Grub Street. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-898697-37-X" title="Special:BookSources/1-898697-37-X"><bdi>1-898697-37-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Dust+Clouds+in+the+Middle+East%3A+The+Air+War+for+East+Africa%2C+Iraq%2C+Syria%2C+Iran+and+Madagascar%2C+1940%E2%80%9342&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Grub+Street&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=1-898697-37-X&rft.aulast=Shores&rft.aufirst=Christopher&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANo.+39+Squadron+RAF" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShoresCullMalizia1991" class="citation book cs1">Shores, Christopher; Cull, Brian; Malizia, Nicola (1991). <i>Malta: The Spitfire Year 1942</i>. London: Grub Street. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-948817-16-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-948817-16-X"><bdi>0-948817-16-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Malta%3A+The+Spitfire+Year+1942&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Grub+Street&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=0-948817-16-X&rft.aulast=Shores&rft.aufirst=Christopher&rft.au=Cull%2C+Brian&rft.au=Malizia%2C+Nicola&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANo.+39+Squadron+RAF" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShoresMassimelloGuest2012" class="citation book cs1">Shores, Christopher; Massimello, Giovanni; Guest, Richard (2012). <i>A History of the Mediterranean Air War 1940–1945: Volume One North Africa, June 1940–January 1942</i>. London: Grub Street. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-908117-07-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-908117-07-6"><bdi>978-1-908117-07-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+History+of+the+Mediterranean+Air+War+1940%E2%80%931945%3A+Volume+One+North+Africa%2C+June+1940%E2%80%93January+1942&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Grub+Street&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-1-908117-07-6&rft.aulast=Shores&rft.aufirst=Christopher&rft.au=Massimello%2C+Giovanni&rft.au=Guest%2C+Richard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANo.+39+Squadron+RAF" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThetford1992" class="citation magazine cs1">Thetford, Owen. (August 1992). "By Day and By Night — Part 3". <i><a href="/wiki/Aeroplane_Monthly" class="mw-redirect" title="Aeroplane Monthly">Aeroplane Monthly</a></i>. Vol. 20, no. 8. pp. 16–22. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0143-7240">0143-7240</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Aeroplane+Monthly&rft.atitle=By+Day+and+By+Night+%E2%80%94+Part+3&rft.volume=20&rft.issue=8&rft.pages=16-22&rft.date=1992-08&rft.issn=0143-7240&rft.aulast=Thetford&rft.aufirst=Owen.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANo.+39+Squadron+RAF" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Airforces monthly – April 2007</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._39_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> 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13 Squadron RAF">13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._14_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 14 Squadron RAF">14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._16_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 16 Squadron RAF">16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._17_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 17 Squadron RAF">17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._18_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 18 Squadron RAF">18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._19_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 19 Squadron RAF">19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._20_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 20 Squadron RAF">20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._22_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 22 Squadron RAF">22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._23_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 23 Squadron RAF">23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._24_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 24 Squadron RAF">24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._25_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 25 Squadron RAF">25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._27_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 27 Squadron RAF">27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._28_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 28 Squadron RAF">28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._29_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 29 Squadron RAF">29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._30_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 30 Squadron RAF">30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._31_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 31 Squadron RAF">31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._32_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 32 Squadron RAF">32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._33_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 33 Squadron RAF">33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._41_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 41 Squadron RAF">41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._42_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 42 Squadron RAF">42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._45_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 45 Squadron RAF">45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._51_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 51 Squadron RAF">51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._54_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 54 Squadron RAF">54</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._56_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 56 Squadron RAF">56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._57_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 57 Squadron RAF">57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._60_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 60 Squadron RAF">60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._70_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 70 Squadron RAF">70</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._72_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 72 Squadron RAF">72</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._78_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 78 Squadron RAF">78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._80_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 80 Squadron RAF">80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._84_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 84 Squadron RAF">84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._92_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 92 Squadron RAF">92</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._99_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 99 Squadron RAF">99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._101_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 101 Squadron RAF">101</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._115_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 115 Squadron RAF">115</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._120_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 120 Squadron RAF">120</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._201_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 201 Squadron RAF">201</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._202_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 202 Squadron RAF">202</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._206_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 206 Squadron RAF">206</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._207_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 207 Squadron RAF">207</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._216_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 216 Squadron RAF">216</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._230_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 230 Squadron RAF">230</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._617_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 617 Squadron RAF">617</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">inactive</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._5_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 5 Squadron RAF">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._15_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 15 Squadron RAF">15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._21_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 21 Squadron RAF">21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._26_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 26 Squadron RAF">26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._34_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 34 Squadron RAF">34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._35_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 35 Squadron RAF">35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._36_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 36 Squadron RAF">36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._37_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 37 Squadron RAF">37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._38_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 38 Squadron RAF">38</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._40_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 40 Squadron RAF">40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._43_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 43 Squadron RAF">43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._44_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 44 Squadron RAF">44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._46_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 46 Squadron RAF">46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._47_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 47 Squadron RAF">47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._48_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 48 Squadron RAF">48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._49_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 49 Squadron RAF">49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._50_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 50 Squadron RAF">50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._52_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 52 Squadron RAF">52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._53_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 53 Squadron RAF">53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._55_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 55 Squadron RAF">55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._58_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 58 Squadron RAF">58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._59_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 59 Squadron RAF">59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._61_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 61 Squadron RAF">61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._62_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 62 Squadron RAF">62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._63_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 63 Squadron RAF">63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._64_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 64 Squadron RAF">64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._65_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 65 Squadron RAF">65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._66_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 66 Squadron RAF">66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._67_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 67 Squadron RAF">67</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._68_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 68 Squadron RAF">68</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._69_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 69 Squadron RAF">69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._71_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 71 Squadron RAF">71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._73_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 73 Squadron RAF">73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._74_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 74 Squadron RAF">74</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._75_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 75 Squadron RAF">75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._76_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 76 Squadron RAF">76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._77_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 77 Squadron RAF">77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._79_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 79 Squadron RAF">79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._81_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 81 Squadron RAF">81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._82_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 82 Squadron RAF">82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._83_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 83 Squadron RAF">83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._85_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 85 Squadron RAF">85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._86_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 86 Squadron RAF">86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._87_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 87 Squadron RAF">87</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._88_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 88 Squadron RAF">88</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._89_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 89 Squadron RAF">89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._90_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 90 Squadron RAF">90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._91_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 91 Squadron RAF">91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._93_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 93 Squadron RAF">93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._94_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 94 Squadron RAF">94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._95_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 95 Squadron RAF">95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._96_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 96 Squadron RAF">96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._97_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 97 Squadron RAF">97</a></li> 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href="/wiki/No._112_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 112 Squadron RAF">112</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._113_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 113 Squadron RAF">113</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._114_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 114 Squadron RAF">114</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._116_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 116 Squadron RAF">116</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._117_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 117 Squadron RAF">117</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._118_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 118 Squadron RAF">118</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._119_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 119 Squadron RAF">119</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._121_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 121 Squadron RAF">121</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._122_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 122 Squadron RAF">122</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._123_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 123 Squadron RAF">123</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._124_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 124 Squadron RAF">124</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._125_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 125 Squadron RAF">125</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._126_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 126 Squadron RAF">126</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._127_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 127 Squadron RAF">127</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._128_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 128 Squadron RAF">128</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._129_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 129 Squadron RAF">129</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._130_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 130 Squadron RAF">130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._131_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 131 Squadron RAF">131</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._132_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 132 Squadron RAF">132</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._133_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 133 Squadron RAF">133</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._134_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 134 Squadron RAF">134</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._135_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 135 Squadron RAF">135</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._136_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 136 Squadron RAF">136</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._137_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 137 Squadron RAF">137</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._138_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 138 Squadron RAF">138</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._139_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 139 Squadron RAF">139</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._140_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 140 Squadron RAF">140</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._141_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 141 Squadron RAF">141</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._142_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 142 Squadron RAF">142</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._143_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 143 Squadron RAF">143</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._144_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 144 Squadron RAF">144</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._145_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 145 Squadron RAF">145</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._146_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 146 Squadron RAF">146</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._147_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 147 Squadron RAF">147</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._148_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 148 Squadron RAF">148</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._149_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 149 Squadron RAF">149</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._150_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 150 Squadron RAF">150</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._151_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 151 Squadron RAF">151</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._152_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 152 Squadron RAF">152</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._153_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 153 Squadron RAF">153</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._154_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 154 Squadron RAF">154</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._155_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 155 Squadron RAF">155</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._156_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 156 Squadron RAF">156</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._157_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 157 Squadron RAF">157</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._158_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 158 Squadron RAF">158</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._159_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 159 Squadron RAF">159</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._160_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 160 Squadron RAF">160</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._161_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 161 Squadron RAF">161</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._162_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 162 Squadron RAF">162</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._163_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 163 Squadron RAF">163</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._164_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 164 Squadron RAF">164</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._165_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 165 Squadron RAF">165</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._166_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 166 Squadron RAF">166</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._167_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 167 Squadron RAF">167</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._168_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 168 Squadron RAF">168</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._169_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 169 Squadron RAF">169</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._170_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 170 Squadron RAF">170</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._171_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 171 Squadron RAF">171</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._172_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 172 Squadron RAF">172</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._173_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 173 Squadron RAF">173</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._174_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 174 Squadron RAF">174</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._175_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 175 Squadron RAF">175</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._176_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 176 Squadron RAF">176</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._177_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 177 Squadron RAF">177</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._178_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 178 Squadron RAF">178</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._179_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 179 Squadron RAF">179</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._180_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 180 Squadron RAF">180</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._181_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 181 Squadron RAF">181</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._182_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 182 Squadron RAF">182</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._183_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 183 Squadron RAF">183</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._184_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 184 Squadron RAF">184</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._185_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 185 Squadron RAF">185</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._186_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 186 Squadron RAF">186</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._187_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 187 Squadron RAF">187</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._188_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 188 Squadron RAF">188</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._189_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 189 Squadron RAF">189</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._190_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 190 Squadron RAF">190</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._191_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 191 Squadron RAF">191</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._192_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 192 Squadron RAF">192</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._193_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 193 Squadron RAF">193</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._194_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 194 Squadron RAF">194</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._195_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 195 Squadron RAF">195</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._196_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 196 Squadron RAF">196</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._197_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 197 Squadron RAF">197</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._198_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 198 Squadron RAF">198</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._199_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 199 Squadron RAF">199</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._200_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 200 Squadron RAF">200</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._203_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 203 Squadron RAF">203</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._204_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 204 Squadron RAF">204</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._205_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 205 Squadron RAF">205</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._208_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 208 Squadron RAF">208</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._209_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 209 Squadron RAF">209</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._210_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 210 Squadron RAF">210</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._211_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 211 Squadron RAF">211</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._212_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 212 Squadron RAF">212</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._213_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 213 Squadron RAF">213</a></li> <li><a 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RAF">275</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._276_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 276 Squadron RAF">276</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._277_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 277 Squadron RAF">277</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._278_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 278 Squadron RAF">278</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._279_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 279 Squadron RAF">279</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._280_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 280 Squadron RAF">280</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._281_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 281 Squadron RAF">281</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._282_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 282 Squadron RAF">282</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._283_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 283 Squadron RAF">283</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._284_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 284 Squadron RAF">284</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._285_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 285 Squadron RAF">285</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._286_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 286 Squadron RAF">286</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._287_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 287 Squadron RAF">287</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._288_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 288 Squadron RAF">288</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._289_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 289 Squadron RAF">289</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._290_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 290 Squadron RAF">290</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._291_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 291 Squadron RAF">291</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._292_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 292 Squadron RAF">292</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._293_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 293 Squadron RAF">293</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._294_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 294 Squadron RAF">294</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._295_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 295 Squadron RAF">295</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._296_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 296 Squadron RAF">296</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._297_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 297 Squadron RAF">297</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._298_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 298 Squadron RAF">298</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._299_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 299 Squadron RAF">299</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._353_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 353 Squadron RAF">353</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._354_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 354 Squadron RAF">354</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._355_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 355 Squadron RAF">355</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._356_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 356 Squadron RAF">356</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._357_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 357 Squadron RAF">357</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._358_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 358 Squadron RAF">358</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._360_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 360 Squadron RAF">360</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._361_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 361 Squadron RAF">361</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._510_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 510 Squadron RAF">510</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._511_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 511 Squadron RAF">511</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._512_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 512 Squadron RAF">512</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._513_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 513 Squadron RAF">513</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._514_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 514 Squadron RAF">514</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._515_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 515 Squadron RAF">515</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._516_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 516 Squadron RAF">516</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._517_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 517 Squadron RAF">517</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._518_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 518 Squadron RAF">518</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._519_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 519 Squadron RAF">519</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._520_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 520 Squadron RAF">520</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._521_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 521 Squadron RAF">521</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._524_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 524 Squadron RAF">524</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._525_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 525 Squadron RAF">525</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._526_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 526 Squadron RAF">526</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._527_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 527 Squadron RAF">527</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._528_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 528 Squadron RAF">528</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._529_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 529 Squadron RAF">529</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._530_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 530 Squadron RAF">530</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._531_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 531 Squadron RAF">531</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._532_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 532 Squadron RAF">532</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._533_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 533 Squadron RAF">533</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._534_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 534 Squadron RAF">534</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._535_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 535 Squadron RAF">535</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._536_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 536 Squadron RAF">536</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._537_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 537 Squadron RAF">537</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._538_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 538 Squadron RAF">538</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._539_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 539 Squadron RAF">539</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._540_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 540 Squadron RAF">540</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._541_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 541 Squadron RAF">541</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._542_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 542 Squadron RAF">542</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._543_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 543 Squadron RAF">543</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._544_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 544 Squadron RAF">544</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._547_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 547 Squadron RAF">547</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._548_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 548 Squadron RAF">548</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._549_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 549 Squadron RAF">549</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._550_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 550 Squadron RAF">550</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._567_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 567 Squadron RAF">567</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._569_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 569 Squadron RAF">569</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._570_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 570 Squadron RAF">570</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._571_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 571 Squadron RAF">571</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._575_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 575 Squadron RAF">575</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._576_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 576 Squadron RAF">576</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._577_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 577 Squadron RAF">577</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._578_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 578 Squadron RAF">578</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._582_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 582 Squadron RAF">582</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._586_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 586 Squadron RAF">586</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._587_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 587 Squadron RAF">587</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._595_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 595 Squadron RAF">595</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._597_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 597 Squadron RAF">597</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._598_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 598 Squadron RAF">598</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._618_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 618 Squadron RAF">618</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._619_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 619 Squadron RAF">619</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._620_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 620 Squadron RAF">620</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._621_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 621 Squadron RAF">621</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._623_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 623 Squadron RAF">623</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._624_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 624 Squadron RAF">624</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._625_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 625 Squadron RAF">625</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._626_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 626 Squadron RAF">626</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._627_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 627 Squadron RAF">627</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._628_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 628 Squadron RAF">628</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._629_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 629 Squadron RAF">629</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._630_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 630 Squadron RAF">630</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._631_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 631 Squadron RAF">631</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._635_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 635 Squadron RAF">635</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._639_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 639 Squadron RAF">639</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._640_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 640 Squadron RAF">640</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._644_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 644 Squadron RAF">644</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._650_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 650 Squadron RAF">650</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._651_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 651 Squadron AAC">651</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._652_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 652 Squadron AAC">652</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._653_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 653 Squadron AAC">653</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._654_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 654 Squadron AAC">654</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._655_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 655 Squadron RAF">655</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._656_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 656 Squadron AAC">656</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._657_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 657 Squadron AAC">657</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._658_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 658 Squadron AAC">658</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._659_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 659 Squadron AAC">659</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._660_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 660 Squadron AAC">660</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._661_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 661 Squadron AAC">661</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._662_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 662 Squadron AAC">662</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._663_Squadron" title="No. 663 Squadron">663</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._664_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 664 Squadron AAC">664</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._665_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 665 Squadron AAC">665</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._666_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 666 Squadron AAC">666</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._667_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 667 Squadron AAC">667</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._668_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 668 Squadron AAC">668</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._669_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 669 Squadron AAC">669</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._670_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 670 Squadron AAC">670</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._671_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 671 Squadron AAC">671</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._672_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 672 Squadron AAC">672</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._673_Squadron_AAC" title="No. 673 Squadron AAC">673</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._679_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 679 Squadron RAF">679</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._680_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 680 Squadron RAF">680</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._681_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 681 Squadron RAF">681</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._682_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 682 Squadron RAF">682</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._683_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 683 Squadron RAF">683</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._684_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 684 Squadron RAF">684</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._691_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 691 Squadron RAF">691</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._692_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 692 Squadron RAF">692</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._695_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 695 Squadron RAF">695</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Australian Flying Corps</a><br />units attached to the RAF<br />during the First World War</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._1_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 1 Squadron RAAF">67</a> (1 Sqn AFC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._2_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 2 Squadron RAAF">68</a> (2 Sqn AFC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._3_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 3 Squadron RAAF">69</a> (3 Sqn AFC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._4_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 4 Squadron RAAF">71</a> (4 Sqn AFC)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Article_XV_squadrons" title="Article XV squadrons">Article XV</a><br />(Commonwealth)<br />air force units<br />attached to the<br />RAF during the<br />Second World War</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Royal Canadian Air Force">Royal Canadian<br />Air Force</a> (RCAF)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/400_Tactical_Helicopter_Squadron" title="400 Tactical Helicopter Squadron">400</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/401_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="401 Tactical Fighter Squadron">401</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/402_Squadron" title="402 Squadron">402</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/403_Helicopter_Operational_Training_Squadron" title="403 Helicopter Operational Training Squadron">403</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/404_Long_Range_Patrol_and_Training_Squadron" title="404 Long Range Patrol and Training Squadron">404</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/405_Long_Range_Patrol_Squadron" title="405 Long Range Patrol Squadron">405</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/406_Maritime_Operational_Training_Squadron" title="406 Maritime Operational Training Squadron">406</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/407_Long_Range_Patrol_Squadron" title="407 Long Range Patrol Squadron">407</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/408_Tactical_Helicopter_Squadron" title="408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron">408</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/409_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="409 Tactical Fighter Squadron">409</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/410_Tactical_Fighter_Operational_Training_Squadron" title="410 Tactical Fighter Operational Training Squadron">410</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._411_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 411 Squadron RCAF">411</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/412_Transport_Squadron" title="412 Transport Squadron">412</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/413_Transport_and_Rescue_Squadron" title="413 Transport and Rescue Squadron">413</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/414_Electronic_Warfare_Support_Squadron" title="414 Electronic Warfare Support Squadron">414</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/415_Long_Range_Patrol_Force_Development_Squadron" title="415 Long Range Patrol Force Development Squadron">415</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/416_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="416 Tactical Fighter Squadron">416</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/417_Combat_Support_Squadron" title="417 Combat Support Squadron">417</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/418_Search_and_Rescue_Operational_Training_Squadron" title="418 Search and Rescue Operational Training Squadron">418</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/419_Tactical_Fighter_Training_Squadron" title="419 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron">419</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._420_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 420 Squadron RCAF">420</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._421_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 421 Squadron RCAF">421</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._422_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 422 Squadron RCAF">422</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/423_Maritime_Helicopter_Squadron" title="423 Maritime Helicopter Squadron">423</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/424_Transport_and_Rescue_Squadron" title="424 Transport and Rescue Squadron">424</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/425_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="425 Tactical Fighter Squadron">425</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/426_Transport_Training_Squadron" title="426 Transport Training Squadron">426</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/427_Special_Operations_Aviation_Squadron" title="427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron">427</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._428_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 428 Squadron RCAF">428</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/429_Transport_Squadron" title="429 Transport Squadron">429</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/430_Tactical_Helicopter_Squadron" title="430 Tactical Helicopter Squadron">430</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snowbirds_(aerobatic_team)" title="Snowbirds (aerobatic team)">431</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._432_Squadron_RCAF" title="No. 432 Squadron RCAF">432</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/433_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="433 Tactical Fighter Squadron">433</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/434_Operational_Test_and_Evaluation_Squadron" title="434 Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron">434</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/435_Transport_and_Rescue_Squadron" title="435 Transport and Rescue Squadron">435</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/436_Transport_Squadron" title="436 Transport Squadron">436</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/437_Transport_Squadron" title="437 Transport Squadron">437</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/438_Tactical_Helicopter_Squadron" title="438 Tactical Helicopter Squadron">438</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/439_Combat_Support_Squadron" title="439 Combat Support Squadron">439</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/440_Transport_Squadron" title="440 Transport Squadron">440</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/441_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="441 Tactical Fighter Squadron">441</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/442_Transport_and_Rescue_Squadron" title="442 Transport and Rescue Squadron">442</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/443_Maritime_Helicopter_Squadron" title="443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron">443</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Royal Australian<br />Air Force</a> (RAAF)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._450_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 450 Squadron RAAF">450</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._451_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 451 Squadron RAAF">451</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._452_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 452 Squadron RAAF">452</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._453_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 453 Squadron RAAF">453</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._454_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 454 Squadron RAAF">454</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._455_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 455 Squadron RAAF">455</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._456_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 456 Squadron RAAF">456</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._457_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 457 Squadron RAAF">457</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._458_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 458 Squadron RAAF">458</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._459_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 459 Squadron RAAF">459</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._460_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 460 Squadron RAAF">460</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._461_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 461 Squadron RAAF">461</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._462_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 462 Squadron RAAF">462</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._463_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 463 Squadron RAAF">463</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._464_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 464 Squadron RAAF">464</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._466_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 466 Squadron RAAF">466</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._467_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 467 Squadron RAAF">467</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Royal_New_Zealand_Air_Force" title="Royal New Zealand Air Force">Royal New Zealand<br />Air Force</a> (RNZAF)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._485_Squadron_RNZAF" title="No. 485 Squadron RNZAF">485</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._486_Squadron_RNZAF" title="No. 486 Squadron RNZAF">486</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._487_Squadron_RNZAF" title="No. 487 Squadron RNZAF">487</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._488_Squadron_RNZAF" title="No. 488 Squadron RNZAF">488</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._489_Squadron_RNZAF" title="No. 489 Squadron RNZAF">489</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._490_Squadron_RNZAF" title="No. 490 Squadron RNZAF">490</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">squadrons<br />formed from<br />non-Commonwealth<br />personnel during the<br />Second World War</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="padding:0px"><table class="navbox-columns-table" style="border-spacing: 0px; text-align:left;width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td class="navbox-list" style="padding:0px;width:50%;"><div> 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Czechoslovak</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._310_(Czechoslovak)_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF">310</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._311_(Czechoslovak)_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF">311</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._312_(Czechoslovak)_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF">312</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._313_(Czechoslovak)_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 313 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF">313</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Dutch</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._320_(Netherlands)_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 320 (Netherlands) Squadron RAF">320 (Netherlands)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._321_(Netherlands)_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 321 (Netherlands) Squadron RAF">321 (Netherlands)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._322_(Dutch)_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 322 (Dutch) Squadron RAF">322 (Dutch)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">French</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._326_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 326 Squadron RAF">326</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Escadron_de_Chasse_3/11_Corse" title="Escadron de Chasse 3/11 Corse">327</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._328_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 328 Squadron RAF">328</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._329_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 329 Squadron RAF">329</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._340_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 340 Squadron RAF">340</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._341_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 341 Squadron RAF">341</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._342_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 342 Squadron RAF">342</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._343_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 343 Squadron RAF">343</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._344_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 344 Squadron RAF">344</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._345_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 345 Squadron RAF">345</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._346_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 346 Squadron RAF">346</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._347_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 347 Squadron RAF">347</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:50%;"><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Greek</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/13th_Light_Bomber_Squadron" title="13th Light Bomber Squadron">13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/335th_Squadron_(HAF)" title="335th Squadron (HAF)">335</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/336th_Bomber_Squadron" title="336th Bomber Squadron">336</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Norwegian</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._330_Squadron_RNoAF" title="No. 330 Squadron RNoAF">330</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._331_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 331 Squadron RAF">331</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._332_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 332 Squadron RAF">332</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._333_Squadron_RNoAF" title="No. 333 Squadron RNoAF">333</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._334_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 334 Squadron RAF">334</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Polish_Air_Forces_in_France_and_Great_Britain" title="Polish Air Forces in France and Great Britain">Polish</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._300_Polish_Bomber_Squadron" title="No. 300 Polish Bomber Squadron">300</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._301_Polish_Bomber_Squadron" title="No. 301 Polish Bomber Squadron">301</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._302_Polish_Fighter_Squadron" title="No. 302 Polish Fighter Squadron">302</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._303_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 303 Squadron RAF">303</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._304_Polish_Bomber_Squadron" title="No. 304 Polish Bomber Squadron">304</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._305_Polish_Bomber_Squadron" title="No. 305 Polish Bomber Squadron">305</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._306_Polish_Fighter_Squadron" title="No. 306 Polish Fighter Squadron">306</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._307_Polish_Night_Fighter_Squadron" title="No. 307 Polish Night Fighter Squadron">307</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._308_Polish_Fighter_Squadron" title="No. 308 Polish Fighter Squadron">308</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._309_Polish_Fighter-Reconnaissance_Squadron" title="No. 309 Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron">309</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._315_Polish_Fighter_Squadron" title="No. 315 Polish Fighter Squadron">315</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._316_Polish_Fighter_Squadron" title="No. 316 Polish Fighter Squadron">316</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._317_Polish_Fighter_Squadron" title="No. 317 Polish Fighter Squadron">317</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._318_Polish_Fighter-Reconnaissance_Squadron" title="No. 318 Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron">318</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._663_Squadron" title="No. 663 Squadron">663</a></li></ul> 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</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Auxiliary_Air_Force" title="Royal Auxiliary Air Force">Royal Auxiliary Air Force</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Special Reserve</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._500_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 500 Squadron RAF">500</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._501_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 501 Squadron RAF">501</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._502_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 502 Squadron RAF">502</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._503_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 503 Squadron RAF">503</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._504_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 504 Squadron RAF">504</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Auxiliary Air Force</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._600_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 600 Squadron RAF">600</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._601_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 601 Squadron RAF">601</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._602_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 602 Squadron RAF">602</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._603_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 603 Squadron RAF">603</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._604_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 604 Squadron RAF">604</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._605_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 605 Squadron RAF">605</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._606_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 606 Squadron RAF">606</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._607_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 607 Squadron RAF">607</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._608_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 608 Squadron RAF">608</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._609_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 609 Squadron RAF">609</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._610_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 610 Squadron RAF">610</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._611_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 611 Squadron RAF">611</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._612_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 612 Squadron RAF">612</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._613_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 613 Squadron RAF">613</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._614_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 614 Squadron RAF">614</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._615_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 615 Squadron RAF">615</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._616_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 616 Squadron RAF">616</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._622_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 622 Squadron RAF">622</a></li></ul> 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