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force</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">July 1942-July 1945<br />Jan 1951-Nov 1953<br />Feb 1968-Oct 1990</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" 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style="padding-right: 1em;">Squadron Identification Code</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>P</b> 1944-1945<sup id="cite_ref-HoW25Sqn_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HoW25Sqn-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">25 Squadron Insignia</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:25_squadron_SAAF_insignia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/27/25_squadron_SAAF_insignia.jpg/80px-25_squadron_SAAF_insignia.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/27/25_squadron_SAAF_insignia.jpg/120px-25_squadron_SAAF_insignia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/25_squadron_SAAF_insignia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="131" data-file-height="145" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p><b>25 Squadron</b> was a maritime patrol and later medium bomber squadron of the <a href="/wiki/South_African_Air_Force" title="South African Air Force">South African Air Force</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. It was re-constituted twice between 1951 and 1990 as a medium transport squadron and was finally disbanded in October 1990. </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=25_Squadron_SAAF&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="Indian_and_Atlantic_Oceans">Indian and Atlantic Oceans</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=25_Squadron_SAAF&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Indian and Atlantic Oceans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The squadron was formed from 33 Flight at St Albans in Port Elizabeth on 1 July 1942 and was deployed as a torpedo bomber / coastal reconnaissance squadron patrolling the South African coast flying aged <a href="/wiki/Avro_Anson" title="Avro Anson">Avro Ansons</a> as part of <a href="/wiki/Coastal_Command_SAAF" class="mw-redirect" title="Coastal Command SAAF">Coastal Command SAAF</a>.<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> The Ansons were gradually replaced and on 12 September 1942 the first <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Ventura" title="Lockheed Ventura">Lockheed Ventura Mk I</a> was received and by end 1942 the squadron was only operating Venturas in coastal operations.<sup id="cite_ref-WSOpg190_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSOpg190-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first operational deployment was that of <i>Operation Volley,</i> where Venturas from <a href="/w/index.php?title=23_Squadron_SAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="23 Squadron SAAF (page does not exist)">23</a> and 25 Squadrons were deployed to intercept German blockade runners together with <a href="/wiki/HMS_Sirius_(82)" title="HMS Sirius (82)">HMS <i>Sirius</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Phoebe_(43)" title="HMS Phoebe (43)">HMS <i>Phoebe</i></a> in a 400-mile coastal belt off Agulhas between 15 and 21 September 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The German submarine <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-504" title="German submarine U-504"><i>U-504</i></a> had been attacking Allied shipping off Cape Agulhas from October 1942 and the squadron was deployed to search for the submarine together with <a href="/wiki/HMS_Express_(H61)" title="HMS Express (H61)">HMS <i>Express</i></a> and HMS <i>Catterick</i> – unsuccessful patrols failed to prevent the sinking of <a href="/wiki/SS_Empire_Chaucer" title="SS Empire Chaucer">SS <i>Empire Chaucer</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_City_of_Johannesburg" title="SS City of Johannesburg">SS <i>City of Johannesburg</i></a> and US Liberty ship <i>Anne Hutchinson</i> (which broke in two) – the squadron did however succeed in escorting the bow portion of <i>Anne Hutchinson</i> under tow of the South African minesweeper <a href="/wiki/List_of_decommissioned_ships_of_the_South_African_Navy" title="List of decommissioned ships of the South African Navy">HMSAS <i>David Haigh</i></a> back to port in Port Elizabeth.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=25_Squadron_SAAF&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Mediterranean"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 1944 the squadron was moved to the Mediterranean with the sea party sailing from Durban on the 13 May for Port Tewfik en route to Pomigliano in Italy and the first five aircraft left <a href="/wiki/AFB_Swartkop" class="mw-redirect" title="AFB Swartkop">AFB Swartkop</a> on the 2 June. By September the squadron was operating from Campomarino landing ground at Biferno.<sup id="cite_ref-B26Com_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-B26Com-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was planned that the squadron and its Venturas would be used for anti-submarine patrols but by the time it reached the Mediterranean, there was no longer any need for additional anti-submarine squadrons and it was subsequently assigned as part of the <a href="/wiki/Balkan_Air_Force" title="Balkan Air Force">Balkan Air Force</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HoW25Sqn_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HoW25Sqn-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Balkans">Balkans</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=25_Squadron_SAAF&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Balkans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The squadron commenced operations in the Balkans on 30 August 1944 and was converted to <a href="/wiki/Martin_B-26_Marauder" title="Martin B-26 Marauder">Martin B-26 Marauder IIIs</a> on 20 November 1944 flying tactical bombing missions in support of <a href="/wiki/Josip_Broz_Tito" title="Josip Broz Tito">Tito partisans</a> in Yugoslavia. The squadron operated from Pomigliano d'Arco in Italy and remained part of the Balkan Air Force until the end of the war, when it was moved back to the Union of South Africa and disbanded on 15 July 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-HoW25Sqn_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HoW25Sqn-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_Africa">South Africa</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=25_Squadron_SAAF&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: South Africa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 1 January 1951, the squadron was re-constituted and equipped with <a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Dakota" class="mw-redirect" title="Douglas C-47 Dakota">Douglas C-47 Dakotas</a> taken over from the Citizen Force <a href="/wiki/21_Squadron_SAAF" title="21 Squadron SAAF">21 Squadron</a> and operated on a part-time basis until the unit was re-numbered as <a href="/wiki/44_Squadron_SAAF" title="44 Squadron SAAF">44 Squadron</a> on 13 November 1953. It was again re-established at <a href="/wiki/AFB_Ysterplaat" class="mw-redirect" title="AFB Ysterplaat">AFB Ysterplaat</a> in February 1968<sup id="cite_ref-SAAFCoZa25Sqn_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SAAFCoZa25Sqn-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and re-equipped with C-47s until October 1990 when it was disbanded for the last time.<sup id="cite_ref-DakAssoc_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DakAssoc-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aircraft">Aircraft</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=25_Squadron_SAAF&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Aircraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1248256098">@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery{width:100%!important}}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery{display:table}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-default{background:transparent;margin-top:4px}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-center{margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-none{float:none}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-collapsible{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .main,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title>div{display:table-cell;padding:0 4px 4px;text-align:center;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .main>div{display:table-cell}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .gallery{line-height:1.35em}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer>div{display:table-cell;padding:4px;text-align:right;font-size:85%;line-height:1em}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title>div *,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer>div 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Avro_Anson_652A_MkI_crop_img3.jpg/160px-Avro_Anson_652A_MkI_crop_img3.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Avro_Anson_652A_MkI_crop_img3.jpg/240px-Avro_Anson_652A_MkI_crop_img3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Avro_Anson_652A_MkI_crop_img3.jpg/320px-Avro_Anson_652A_MkI_crop_img3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2476" data-file-height="1083" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Avro Anson<br />1942</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SAAF-Lockheed_PV1_Ventura-001.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="PV1 Ventura 1942"><img alt="PV1 Ventura 1942" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/SAAF-Lockheed_PV1_Ventura-001.jpg/160px-SAAF-Lockheed_PV1_Ventura-001.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/SAAF-Lockheed_PV1_Ventura-001.jpg/240px-SAAF-Lockheed_PV1_Ventura-001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/SAAF-Lockheed_PV1_Ventura-001.jpg/320px-SAAF-Lockheed_PV1_Ventura-001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">PV1 Ventura<br />1942</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Martin_Marauder_ExCC.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Marauder Mk II 1944"><img alt="Marauder Mk II 1944" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Martin_Marauder_ExCC.jpg/160px-Martin_Marauder_ExCC.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Martin_Marauder_ExCC.jpg/240px-Martin_Marauder_ExCC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Martin_Marauder_ExCC.jpg/320px-Martin_Marauder_ExCC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Marauder Mk II<br />1944</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:War_museum_Douglas_C-47.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="C-47 Dakota 1951-1953, 1968-1990"><img alt="C-47 Dakota 1951-1953, 1968-1990" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/War_museum_Douglas_C-47.JPG/160px-War_museum_Douglas_C-47.JPG" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/War_museum_Douglas_C-47.JPG/240px-War_museum_Douglas_C-47.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/War_museum_Douglas_C-47.JPG/320px-War_museum_Douglas_C-47.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">C-47 Dakota<br />1951-1953, 1968-1990</div> </li> </ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=25_Squadron_SAAF&action=edit&section=7" 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 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(Lt-Gen); Orpen, N.D. (1979). <i>South Africa at War: Military and Industrial Organisation and Operations in connection with the conduct of War: 1939–1945 (South African Forces World War II: Volume VII)</i>. Cape Town: Purnell. p. 282. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-86843-025-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-86843-025-0"><bdi>0-86843-025-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=South+Africa+at+War%3A+Military+and+Industrial+Organisation+and+Operations+in+connection+with+the+conduct+of+War%3A+1939%E2%80%931945+%28South+African+Forces+World+War+II%3A+Volume+VII%29&rft.place=Cape+Town&rft.pages=282&rft.pub=Purnell&rft.date=1979&rft.isbn=0-86843-025-0&rft.aulast=Martin&rft.aufirst=H.J.+%28Lt-Gen%29&rft.au=Orpen%2C+N.D.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A25+Squadron+SAAF" class="Z3988"></span></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 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href="/w/index.php?title=114_Squadron_SAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="114 Squadron SAAF (page does not exist)">114</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=86_Multi-Engine_Flying_School_SAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="86 Multi-Engine Flying School SAAF (page does not exist)">86 Multi-Engine Flying School</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=88_Maritime_Operational_Training_School_SAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="88 Maritime Operational Training School SAAF (page does not exist)">88 Maritime Training School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/89_Combat_Flying_School" title="89 Combat Flying School">89 Combat Flying School</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_squadrons_of_the_South_African_Air_Force#Disbanded_Air_Squadrons" title="List of squadrons of the South African Air Force">Disbanded air defence squadrons</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/120_Squadron_SAAF" title="120 Squadron SAAF">120</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/121_Squadron_SAAF" title="121 Squadron SAAF">121</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/122_Squadron_SAAF" title="122 Squadron SAAF">122</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=123_Squadron_SAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="123 Squadron SAAF (page does not exist)">123</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=124_Squadron_SAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="124 Squadron SAAF (page does not exist)">124</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=125_Squadron_SAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="125 Squadron SAAF (page does not exist)">125</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=126_Squadron_SAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="126 Squadron SAAF (page does not exist)">126</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=127_Squadron_SAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="127 Squadron SAAF (page does not exist)">127</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=128_Squadron_SAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="128 Squadron SAAF (page does not exist)">128</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=129_Squadron_SAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="129 Squadron SAAF (page does not exist)">129</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Wings_of_the_South_African_Air_Force&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Wings of the South African Air Force (page does not exist)">Wings of the SAAF</a></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="/w/index.php?title=No._2_(S.A.)_Wing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 2 (S.A.) 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