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class="infobox-data">A demi-shark, erased</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Aircraft flown</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Attack_aircraft" title="Attack aircraft">Attack</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Airco_DH.4" title="Airco DH.4">Airco DH.4</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Hudson" title="Lockheed Hudson">Lockheed Hudson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufort" title="Bristol Beaufort">Bristol Beaufort</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufighter" title="Bristol Beaufighter">Bristol Beaufighter TF.X</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Utility_helicopter" title="Utility helicopter">Utility helicopter</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Westland_Whirlwind_(helicopter)" title="Westland Whirlwind (helicopter)">Westland Whirlwind HAR.2</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Patrol_aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrol aircraft">Patrol</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Avro_Anson" title="Avro Anson">Avro Anson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Hudson" title="Lockheed Hudson">Lockheed Hudson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Surveillance_aircraft" title="Surveillance aircraft">Reconnaissance</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/P-2_Neptune" class="mw-redirect" title="P-2 Neptune">Lockheed Neptune MR.1</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p><b>No. 217 Squadron RAF</b> was a squadron of the RAF. It was formed and disbanded four times between 1 April 1918 and 13 November 1959. In <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> it served in a strike role against enemy bases and airfields in Belgium. In <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> as part of <a href="/wiki/RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF">RAF</a> <a href="/wiki/Coastal_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Coastal Command">Coastal Command</a> it served first in a maritime patrol role along the <a href="/wiki/Western_Approaches" title="Western Approaches">Western Approaches</a> and later in an anti-shipping role in the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a>. Ordered to the Far East in 1942, the squadron was retained for two months in <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a> in an anti-shipping role, protecting Allied convoys, before moving to <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Ceylon</a> to defend the approaches to <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, serving in an anti-submarine and anti-shipping role. It was equipped and training for a strike role, when the war ended. In the postwar period, it served for five years in a maritime reconnaissance role, and then briefly in a support role for <a href="/wiki/Operation_Grapple" title="Operation Grapple">Operation Grapple</a>, the British hydrogen bomb tests on <a href="/wiki/Kiritimati" title="Kiritimati">Christmas Island</a>. </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._217_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="World_War_I">World War I</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._217_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World War I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>No. 217 Squadron traces its ancestry back to the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Air_Service" title="Royal Naval Air Service">Royal Naval Air Service</a>. On 31 October 1914 a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Air_Service" title="Royal Naval Air Service">RNAS</a> seaplane station was formed at <a href="/wiki/Dunkirk" title="Dunkirk">Dunkerque</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dennis_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dennis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 14 January 1918, a unit consisting of <a href="/wiki/Airco_DH.4" title="Airco DH.4">Airco DH.4s</a> was re-designated No. 17 (Naval) squadron.<sup id="cite_ref-Barass_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barass-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> was created four months later on 1 April 1918 by merging the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Air_Service" title="Royal Naval Air Service">RNAS</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Flying_Corps" title="Royal Flying Corps">Royal Flying Corps</a>, this unit was re-numbered No. 217 Squadron RAF, operating out of <a href="/wiki/Bergues" title="Bergues">Bergues</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Dunkirk" title="Dunkirk">Dunkerque</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dennis_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dennis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Barass_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barass-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new squadron conducted daylight raids using <a href="/wiki/Airco_DH.4" title="Airco DH.4">Airco DH.4s</a> on enemy bases and airfields<sup id="cite_ref-Dennis_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dennis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a> until the end of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. The squadron returned to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Driffield" title="RAF Driffield">RAF Driffield</a> in March 1919, but was disbanded on 18 October 1919.<sup id="cite_ref-Barass_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barass-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._217_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>No. 217 Squadron was re-formed under the recently created <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">RAF</a> <a href="/wiki/Coastal_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Coastal Command">Coastal Command</a> on 15 March 1937, based at <a href="/wiki/MoD_Boscombe_Down" class="mw-redirect" title="MoD Boscombe Down">RAF Boscombe Down</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Barass_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barass-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Dennis_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dennis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rickard_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rickard-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Equipped with <a href="/wiki/Avro_Anson" title="Avro Anson">Avro Ansons</a>, the first RAF monoplane with retractable undercarriage, the squadron performed general reconnaissance duties until the outbreak of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Barass_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barass-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It moved between different stations at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Tangmere" title="RAF Tangmere">RAF Tangmere</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Warmwell" title="RAF Warmwell">RAF Warmwell</a> and <a href="/wiki/RAF_Bicester" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Bicester">RAF Bicester</a> until October 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-Barass_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barass-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="English_Channel_Operations">English Channel Operations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._217_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: English Channel Operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 1939, No. 217 Squadron moved to its brand-new war station at <a href="/wiki/RAF_St_Eval" title="RAF St Eval">RAF St Eval</a> on the north Cornish coast, which it occupied in an unfinished state.<sup id="cite_ref-Dennis_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dennis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rickard_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rickard-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its <a href="/wiki/Avro_Anson" title="Avro Anson">Avro Ansons</a> conducted anti-submarine patrols<sup id="cite_ref-Barass_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barass-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> over the <a href="/wiki/Western_Approaches" title="Western Approaches">Western Approaches</a> to the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dennis_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dennis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rickard_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rickard-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From May 1940, the squadron started to be equipped with the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufort" title="Bristol Beaufort">Bristol Beaufort</a> torpedo bomber, but serious problems with the new aircraft's Taurus engines meant that the <a href="/wiki/Avro_Anson" title="Avro Anson">Avro Ansons</a> remained in service until December 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-Dennis_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dennis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufort" title="Bristol Beaufort">Bristol Beauforts</a> started to see active service from 24-25 September 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-Rickard_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rickard-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Dennis_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dennis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were used in anti-shipping and mine-laying missions. Torpedo attacks were difficult because the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufort" title="Bristol Beaufort">aircraft</a> had a tendency to roll, the height of weapon release meant that the distance to target was hard to judge and the aircraft were forced to overfly their target ships, rather than expose their belly to flak by turning away. </p><p>One such anti-shipping mission set out on 12 February 1942 to intercept the German battleships <a href="/wiki/German_battleship_Scharnhorst" title="German battleship Scharnhorst"><i>Scharnhorst</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/German_battleship_Gneisenau" title="German battleship Gneisenau"><i>Gneisenau</i></a> as these fled from their safe haven at <a href="/wiki/Brest,_France" title="Brest, France">Brest</a>, making the daring <i><a href="/wiki/Channel_Dash" title="Channel Dash">Channel Dash</a></i> for Germany.<sup id="cite_ref-Rickard_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rickard-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No. 217 Squadron had a detachment of four Beauforts that were ideally placed at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Thorney_Island" title="RAF Thorney Island">RAF Thorney Island</a>, near Portsmouth. On their first sortie, two aircraft made contact with a different warship, believed to be the German cruiser <a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_Prinz_Eugen" title="German cruiser Prinz Eugen"><i>Prinz Eugen</i></a> but their torpedoes missed. On their second sortie, the same pair found the <a href="/wiki/German_battleship_Scharnhorst" title="German battleship Scharnhorst"><i>Scharnhorst</i></a> but their torpedoes missed again. The other two Beauforts reached the French coast, after misdirection due to a mix-up over radio frequencies.<sup id="cite_ref-Rickard_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rickard-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A later sortie by the remaining aircraft from <a href="/wiki/RAF_St_Eval" title="RAF St Eval">RAF St Eval</a> only found four small minesweepers.<sup id="cite_ref-Rickard_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rickard-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 1942, the squadron moved briefly to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Skitten" title="RAF Skitten">RAF Skitten</a> and then <a href="/wiki/RAF_Leuchars" title="RAF Leuchars">RAF Leuchars</a> in Scotland, where they conducted few operations, as they were being earmarked for duty in <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Ceylon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Barass_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barass-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Mediterranean_Operations">Mediterranean Operations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._217_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Mediterranean Operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 1942 the squadron was ordered to <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Ceylon</a>, via <a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a>. The ground echelon left on 7 May 1942,<sup id="cite_ref-Barass_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barass-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with orders to proceed directly to the Far East,<sup id="cite_ref-Rickard_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rickard-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the aircraft followed on 7 June 1942,<sup id="cite_ref-Barass_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barass-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> arriving in <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a> on 10 June 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-Dennis_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dennis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, many of the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufort" title="Bristol Beaufort">Bristol Beauforts</a> were found to be unserviceable on arrival, having problems with their torpedo loading and dropping mechanisms. All nine aircraft were grounded for repairs.<sup id="cite_ref-Dennis_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dennis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The aircraft were detained in <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a>, in order to provide cover two for Allied convoys that were to resupply Malta from both ends of the Mediterranean in June 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-Rickard_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rickard-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Operation_Harpoon_(1942)" title="Operation Harpoon (1942)">Operation Harpoon</a> sailed eastward from <a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a>, while <a href="/wiki/Operation_Vigorous" title="Operation Vigorous">Operation Vigorous</a> sailed westward from <a href="/wiki/Alexandria" title="Alexandria">Alexandria</a>. On the morning of 15 June 1942, a force of eight <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufort" title="Bristol Beaufort">Bristol Beauforts</a> attacked an Italian fleet that was steaming south, seeking to intercept the convoys.<sup id="cite_ref-Aldridge_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aldridge-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A single torpedo from one <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufort" title="Bristol Beaufort">Beaufort</a><sup id="cite_ref-Aldridge_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aldridge-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TelegraphB_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TelegraphB-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> crippled the Italian cruiser <a href="/wiki/Italian_cruiser_Trento" title="Italian cruiser Trento"><i>Trento</i></a>, which was later sunk by the British submarine <a href="/wiki/HMS_Umbra" title="HMS Umbra">HMS <i>Umbra</i> (P.35)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rickard_4-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rickard-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 21 June 1942, eight <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufort" title="Bristol Beaufort">Beauforts</a> of No. 217 Squadron flying out of <a href="/wiki/RAF_Luqa" title="RAF Luqa">RAF Luqa</a> located and attacked an enemy convoy, scoring two hits on each merchant vessel and one possible hit by one of three Beauforts which failed to return.<sup id="cite_ref-MaltaGC_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaltaGC-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 23 June 1942, twelve <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufort" title="Bristol Beaufort">Beauforts</a> of No. 217 and No. 39 Squadrons attacked four destroyers and two large merchant vessels, scoring three hits and one probable hit on one merchant ship and two hits on the other, immobilising the ships. One aircraft of No. 217 Squadron crashed on landing; two from No. 39 Squadron failed to return. Three aircraft were slightly damaged by anti-aircraft fire.<sup id="cite_ref-MaltaGC_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaltaGC-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In another incident, on 28 June 1942, the crew of a ditched <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufort" title="Bristol Beaufort">Beaufort</a> were rescued by an Italian <a href="/wiki/CANT_Z.506" class="mw-redirect" title="CANT Z.506">CANT Z.506</a> seaplane. The rescued crew overpowered their Italian rescuers and the <a href="/wiki/CANT_Z.506" class="mw-redirect" title="CANT Z.506">CANT</a> was flown to <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a> where the Italians were made <a href="/wiki/Prisoners_of_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Prisoners of war">prisoners of war</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Denney_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Denney-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>No. 217 Squadron remained on Malta for two months, carrying out anti-shipping attacks across a wide section of the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</a>, reaching as far as Greece.<sup id="cite_ref-Rickard_4-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rickard-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These missions were very costly in terms of materiel and crew. On 3 July 1942, a mixed force of seven <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufort" title="Bristol Beaufort">Bristol Beauforts</a> escorted by five <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufighter" title="Bristol Beaufighter">Bristol Beaufighters</a> flying out of <a href="/wiki/RAF_Ta_Kali" title="RAF Ta Kali">RAF Ta Kali</a> was due to assault an Italian convoy south of the island of <a href="/wiki/Zakynthos" title="Zakynthos">Zante</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Ionian_Sea" title="Ionian Sea">Ionian Sea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dennis_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dennis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, two of the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufort" title="Bristol Beaufort">Beauforts</a> failed to start; and another two were forced to turn back due to engine trouble. Of the remaining three, two of the aircraft were shot down by flak and the third aircraft, having been hit in the tail, crashed on return to <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a>, with the loss of all three crews.<sup id="cite_ref-Dennis_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dennis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Aircrew losses were so severe, that it was thought the squadron might be wiped out entirely.<sup id="cite_ref-MackieA_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MackieA-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Far_East_Operations">Far East Operations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._217_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Far East Operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The surviving aircrew arrived in <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Ceylon</a> in July 1942, but had no aircraft, having left their battered <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufort" title="Bristol Beaufort">Bristol Beauforts</a> behind in the Middle East. The ground crews arrived by sea in August 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-Rickard_4-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rickard-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Barass_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barass-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their mission was to defend the approaches to India from the Japanese navy, after <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean_raid" title="Indian Ocean raid">successful Japanese attacks</a> on <a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee" title="Trincomalee">Trincomalee</a> between 5-10 April 1942. </p><p>No. 217 Squadron was initially based at <a href="/wiki/Hingurakgoda_Airport" title="Hingurakgoda Airport">RAF Minneriya</a>, an airstrip located in the east central part of Ceylon.<sup id="cite_ref-Ross_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ross-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was not until October 1942 that they started to receive <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Hudson" title="Lockheed Hudson">Lockheed Hudsons</a>. In November 1942,<sup id="cite_ref-Nesbit_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nesbit-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> crews converted from the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufort" title="Bristol Beaufort">Beaufort</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Hudson" title="Lockheed Hudson">Hudson</a>, which was used in anti-submarine patrols.<sup id="cite_ref-Barass_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barass-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A detachment was sent to a location 20 km south of <a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a>, to clear and construct a new airstrip at <a href="/wiki/Ratmalana_Airport" title="Ratmalana Airport">RAF Ratmalana</a> in the jungle.<sup id="cite_ref-Nesbit_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nesbit-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 1943, the squadron relocated to <a href="/wiki/Vavuniya_Airport" title="Vavuniya Airport">RAF Vavuniya</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Ross_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ross-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> some 50 miles further north of <a href="/wiki/Hingurakgoda_Airport" title="Hingurakgoda Airport">RAF Minneriya</a>, where the climate was more comfortable; and for a period, crews seemed to move between these two bases.<sup id="cite_ref-Nesbit_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nesbit-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> New <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufort" title="Bristol Beaufort">Bristol Beauforts</a> started to arrive in April 1943,<sup id="cite_ref-Barass_3-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barass-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Nesbit_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nesbit-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> whereupon No. 217 Squadron joined forces with <a href="/wiki/No._22_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 22 Squadron RAF">No. 22 Squadron RAF</a> to become a torpedo-carrying anti-shipping force; however the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a> failed to show up, as they were busy in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a> at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-Nesbit_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nesbit-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By June 1944, it seemed that the Japanese had been deterred from attacking again. The bored crews referred to themselves jokingly as the <i>Ceylon Home Guard</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Nesbit_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nesbit-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 1944, No. 217 Squadron relocated to the airfield at <a href="/wiki/Ratmalana_Airport" title="Ratmalana Airport">RAF Ratmalana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ross_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ross-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From June-July 1944,<sup id="cite_ref-Nesbit_11-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nesbit-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Barass_3-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barass-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> they started to receive the new <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufighter" title="Bristol Beaufighter">Bristol Beaufighter TF.X</a>, an aircraft far better suited to maritime anti-shipping operations. The <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufighter" title="Bristol Beaufighter">Beaufighter TF.X</a>, affectionately known as the <i>Torbeau</i>, had four nose-cannon, an under-belly torpedo (or two wing-mounted bombs) and wing-mounted rocket projectiles. Their new commander, Wg Cdr John G Lingard, DFC, trained the crews in the use of rocket projectiles and raised the squadron to an effective strike unit.<sup id="cite_ref-Nesbit_11-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nesbit-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The similarly re-equipped <a href="/wiki/No._22_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 22 Squadron RAF">No. 22 Squadron</a> was moved in a ground attack role to the <a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Burma</a> theatre, where <a href="/wiki/Orde_Wingate" title="Orde Wingate">Gen Wingate</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Chindits" title="Chindits">Chindits</a> had been more successful than expected. No. 217 Squadron relocated to <a href="/wiki/Vavuniya_Airport" title="Vavuniya Airport">RAF Vavuniya</a><sup id="cite_ref-Ross_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ross-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in September 1944. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Operations_Jinx_and_Zipper">Operations Jinx and Zipper</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._217_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Operations Jinx and Zipper"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In early 1945, a secret operation was conceived by <a href="/wiki/No._222_Group_RAF" title="No. 222 Group RAF">No. 222 Group RAF</a> in <a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a>, which was later authorised by <a href="/wiki/Louis_Mountbatten,_1st_Earl_Mountbatten_of_Burma" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma">Vice-Admiral Louis Mountbatten</a>, <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Allied_Commander" title="Supreme Allied Commander">Supreme Allied Commander</a> <a href="/wiki/South_East_Asia_Command" title="South East Asia Command">South East Asia Command</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Nesbit_11-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nesbit-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The idea was to attack Japanese capital ships while they resupplied in <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Singapore" title="Port of Singapore">Singapore harbour</a>. The direct distance from Ceylon to Singapore was 2,300 miles, well beyond the range of the aircraft. However, it might be possible to fly 1,700 miles to an intermediate staging post on the <a href="/wiki/Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands" title="Cocos (Keeling) Islands">Cocos Islands</a>, a pair of volcanic atolls in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a>, and from there to cross the 1,040 miles to Singapore, by flying over the 12,000 ft high mountains of <a href="/wiki/Sumatra" title="Sumatra">Sumatra</a>. This plan was codenamed <i>Operation Jinx</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Nesbit_11-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nesbit-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MackieB_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MackieB-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Burgess_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burgess-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March, 1945 a group of Royal Engineers on Direction Island, one of the <a href="/wiki/Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands" title="Cocos (Keeling) Islands">Cocos Islands</a>, was secretly joined by an advance group of 15 airmen, later supplemented by 200 airmen in three transport ships, to prepare <i>Station Brown</i>, the staging post. On West Island, they cleared palm-trees from the beach and laid steel planking on crushed coral to serve as an airstrip. With Air Cdre A W Hunt commanding, the base was finished in April 1945. It was fitted out as a refuelling depot and supplied with 81 torpedoes.<sup id="cite_ref-Nesbit_11-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nesbit-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Unaware of this clandestine activity, groups of up to 12 <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufighter" title="Bristol Beaufighter">Beaufighter</a> crews practised long-distance formation flying down the east coast of India from <a href="/wiki/Karachi" title="Karachi">Karachi</a> to <a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a> in Ceylon, without being told their true target.<sup id="cite_ref-Nesbit_11-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nesbit-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To extend their range, the aircraft were fitted with an extra 90 gal fuselage tank and a 200 gal external drop-tank instead of the torpedo. Switching over sometimes led to air-locks in the fuel lines, causing two <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufighter" title="Bristol Beaufighter">Beaufighters</a> to ditch in the sea. Fortunately, both crews were rescued.<sup id="cite_ref-MackieB_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MackieB-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The strike crews were told on 2 May 1945, the day before the planned assault, what the real target was. They were to attack three battleships, an aircraft carrier and several destroyers, protected by fighters from three airfields. This was clearly a dangerous, if not suicidal, mission.<sup id="cite_ref-Nesbit_11-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nesbit-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MackieB_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MackieB-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Aircraft would be lost on the 1,700 mile outbound journey to the staging post, or would be spotted flying over Sumatra and finally, if they survived the attack, the planes would run out of fuel and have to be abandoned on <a href="/wiki/Phuket_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Phuket Province">Phuket Island</a>. However, on 3 May, the crews were told that <i>Operation Jinx</i> had been postponed, in favour of <i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Zipper" title="Operation Zipper">Operation Zipper</a></i>, supporting the invasion of the Malayan mainland at Mountbatten's directive. Conditions had changed: there were not enough targets in Singapore harbour to be worth the sacrifice of the squadron.<sup id="cite_ref-Nesbit_11-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nesbit-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Burgess_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burgess-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 22 June 1945, some air and ground crews were relocated to <a href="/wiki/Vijayawada_Airport" title="Vijayawada Airport">RAF Gannavaram</a> on the Indian east coast in preparation for <i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Zipper" title="Operation Zipper">Operation Zipper</a></i>. All other operations were suspended in the meantime,<sup id="cite_ref-Nesbit_11-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nesbit-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>Operation Jinx</i> was rescheduled for September 1945. However, the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 and Japan surrendered soon afterwards on 14 August 1945. The aircraft of No. 217 Squadron never went to the <a href="/wiki/Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands" title="Cocos (Keeling) Islands">Cocos Islands</a>. No. 217 Squadron was officially disbanded on 30 September 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-Barass_3-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barass-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rickard_4-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rickard-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Nesbit_11-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nesbit-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-War_Years">Post-War Years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._217_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Post-War Years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 15 February 1949 the squadron number was kept active by being linked to <a href="/wiki/No._210_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 210 Squadron RAF">No. 210 Squadron RAF</a>, but this ceased on 13 January 1952.<sup id="cite_ref-Barass_3-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barass-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No. 217 Squadron re-formed officially the following day on 14 January 1952 as a Maritime Reconnaissance Squadron at their old base <a href="/wiki/RAF_St_Eval" title="RAF St Eval">RAF St Eval</a>. Commanded by Wing Commander <a href="/wiki/Mick_Ensor" title="Mick Ensor">Mick Ensor</a>, the squadron received two <a href="/wiki/P-2_Neptune" class="mw-redirect" title="P-2 Neptune">Lockheed Neptune MR.1s</a> for trials (Maritime Reconnaissance, Mark 1 was the British designation for the <a href="/wiki/P-2_Neptune" class="mw-redirect" title="P-2 Neptune">Lockheed Neptune PV-5</a>). On 7 April 1952, the squadron moved its base of operations to <a href="/wiki/RAF_Kinloss" title="RAF Kinloss">RAF Kinloss</a><sup id="cite_ref-Barass_3-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barass-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was fully equipped with <a href="/wiki/P-2_Neptune" class="mw-redirect" title="P-2 Neptune">Neptune MR.1s</a> by July 1952. They conducted maritime reconnaissance for five years. The squadron disbanded again on 31 March 1957.<sup id="cite_ref-Barass_3-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barass-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Dennis_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dennis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Operation_Grapple">Operation Grapple</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._217_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Operation Grapple"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>No. 217 Squadron was re-formed on 1 February 1958 out of No. 1630 Flight, a helicopter unit based at <a href="/wiki/RAF_St_Mawgan" title="RAF St Mawgan">RAF St Mawgan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Barass_3-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barass-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this last incarnation, the squadron operated the <a href="/wiki/Westland_Whirlwind_(helicopter)" title="Westland Whirlwind (helicopter)">Westland Whirlwind HAR.2</a> helicopter, and acted in a supporting role in <i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Grapple" title="Operation Grapple">Operation Grapple</a></i>, the series of British hydrogen bomb trials being conducted at <a href="/wiki/Kiritimati" title="Kiritimati">Christmas Island</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Westland_Whirlwind_(helicopter)" title="Westland Whirlwind (helicopter)">Westland Whirlwinds</a> of No. 217 Squadron were part of a much larger task force that included <a href="/wiki/Avro_Shackleton" title="Avro Shackleton">Avro Shackletons</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra" title="English Electric Canberra">English Electric Canberras</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vickers_Valiant" title="Vickers Valiant">Vickers Valiants</a> from other squadrons.<sup id="cite_ref-Dennis_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dennis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Once these trials were completed, the squadron was disbanded on 13 November 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-Dennis_2-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dennis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Barass_3-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barass-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<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._217_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Aircraft operated"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>From </th> <th>To </th> <th>Aircraft </th> <th>Variant </th></tr> <tr> <td>Jan 1918</td> <td>Mar 1919</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Airco_DH.4" title="Airco DH.4">Airco DH.4</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mar 1937</td> <td>Dec 1940</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Avro_Anson" title="Avro Anson">Avro Anson</a></td> <td>Mk.I </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sep 1940</td> <td>Nov 1941</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufort" title="Bristol Beaufort">Bristol Beaufort</a></td> <td>Mk.I </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nov 1941</td> <td>Aug 1942</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufort" title="Bristol Beaufort">Bristol Beaufort</a></td> <td>Mk.II </td></tr> <tr> <td>Oct 1942</td> <td>Jun 1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Hudson" title="Lockheed Hudson">Lockheed Hudson</a></td> <td>Mk.IIIA </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jan 1943</td> <td>May 1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Hudson" title="Lockheed Hudson">Lockheed Hudson</a></td> <td>Mk.VI </td></tr> <tr> <td>Apr 1943</td> <td>Aug 1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufort" title="Bristol Beaufort">Bristol Beaufort</a></td> <td>Mk.I </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jul 1944</td> <td>Sep 1945</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufighter" title="Bristol Beaufighter">Bristol Beaufighter</a></td> <td>TF Mk.X </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jan 1952</td> <td>Mar 1957</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-2_Neptune" title="Lockheed P-2 Neptune">Lockheed Neptune</a></td> <td>MR Mk.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Feb 1958</td> <td>Nov 1959</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Westland_Whirlwind_(helicopter)" title="Westland Whirlwind (helicopter)">Westland Whirlwind</a></td> <td>HAR Mk.II </td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup id="cite_ref-Barass_3-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barass-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Squadron_bases">Squadron bases</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._217_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Squadron bases"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>From </th> <th>To </th> <th>Location </th> <th>Remarks </th></tr> <tr> <td>14 Jan 1918</td> <td>31 Mar 1919</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dunkirk" title="Dunkirk">Dunkerque</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a></td> <td>No. 17 (Naval) Squadron formed </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 Apr 1918</td> <td>Feb 1919</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bergues" title="Bergues">Bergues</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Dunkirk" title="Dunkirk">Dunkerque</a></td> <td>No. 217 Squadron formed </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mar 1919</td> <td>18 Oct 1919</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Driffield" title="RAF Driffield">RAF Driffield</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Riding_of_Yorkshire" title="East Riding of Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a></td> <td>Squadron disbanded </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 Mar 1937</td> <td>Dec 1937</td> <td><a href="/wiki/MoD_Boscombe_Down" class="mw-redirect" title="MoD Boscombe Down">RAF Boscombe Down</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wiltshire" title="Wiltshire">Wiltshire</a></td> <td>No. 217 Squadron reformed </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dec 1937</td> <td>Sep 1939</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Tangmere" title="RAF Tangmere">RAF Tangmere</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Sussex" title="West Sussex">West Sussex</a></td> <td>Main station<sup id="cite_ref-BanksA_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BanksA-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>03 Sep 1939</td> <td>Oct 1939</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Warmwell" title="RAF Warmwell">RAF Warmwell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dorset" title="Dorset">Dorset</a></td> <td>Temporary station </td></tr> <tr> <td>Oct 1939</td> <td>Oct 1941</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_St_Eval" title="RAF St Eval">RAF St Eval</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a></td> <td>Main war station </td></tr> <tr> <td>Oct 1941</td> <td>05 Mar 1942</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Thorney_Island" title="RAF Thorney Island">RAF Thorney Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hampshire" title="Hampshire">Hampshire</a></td> <td>Temporary station </td></tr> <tr> <td>06 Mar 1942</td> <td>31 May 42</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Leuchars" title="RAF Leuchars">RAF Leuchars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fife" title="Fife">Fife</a></td> <td>Main war station </td></tr> <tr> <td>01 Jun 1942</td> <td>06 Jun 1942</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Portreath" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Portreath">RAF Portreath</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a></td> <td>To Ceylon via <a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>07 Jun 1942</td> <td>Jul 1942</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Luqa" title="RAF Luqa">RAF Luqa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a></td> <td>Temporary secondment for aircraft only </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jul 1942</td> <td>Jan 1943</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hingurakgoda_Airport" title="Hingurakgoda Airport">RAF Minneriya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Ceylon</a></td> <td>Temporary station </td></tr> <tr> <td>Feb 1943</td> <td>Mar 1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vavuniya_Airport" title="Vavuniya Airport">RAF Vavuniya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Ceylon</a></td> <td>Main war station </td></tr> <tr> <td>Apr 1944</td> <td>Aug 1944</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ratmalana_Airport" title="Ratmalana Airport">RAF Ratmalana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Ceylon</a></td> <td>Main war station </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sep 1944</td> <td>May 1945</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vavuniya_Airport" title="Vavuniya Airport">RAF Vavuniya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Ceylon</a></td> <td>Main war station </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jun 1945</td> <td>Sep 1945</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vijayawada_Airport" title="Vijayawada Airport">RAF Gannavaram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vijayawada" title="Vijayawada">Vijayawada</a></td> <td>Squadron disbanded </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 Jan 1952</td> <td>6 Apr 1952</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_St_Eval" title="RAF St Eval">RAF St Eval</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a></td> <td>Squadron reformed, main station </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 Apr 1952</td> <td>31 Mar 1957</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_Kinloss" title="RAF Kinloss">RAF Kinloss</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moray_Firth" title="Moray Firth">Moray Firth</a></td> <td>Main station, squadron disbanded </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 Feb 1958</td> <td>13 Nov 1959</td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAF_St_Mawgan" title="RAF St Mawgan">RAF St Mawgan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a></td> <td>Squadron reformed and disbanded </td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup id="cite_ref-Ross_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ross-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Barass_3-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barass-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Dennis_2-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dennis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commanding_officers">Commanding officers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._217_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Commanding officers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Appointed </th> <th>Commander </th> <th>Remarks </th></tr> <tr> <td>14 Jan 1918</td> <td>Sqn Cdr/Maj William L Welsh DSC</td> <td>later Air Mshl </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 Mar 1937</td> <td>Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr Dudley d'H Humphreys</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>May 1939</td> <td>Wg Cdr Arthur P Revington</td> <td>later Air Cdre </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jun 1940</td> <td>Wg Cdr L H Anderson</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jul 1940</td> <td>Sqn Ldr L B B King</td> <td>later Gp Capt<sup id="cite_ref-Quirke_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Quirke-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jul 1940</td> <td>Wg Cdr Guy A Bolland<sup id="cite_ref-TelegraphA_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TelegraphA-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>later Gp Capt </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mar 1941</td> <td>Wg Cdr Leslie W C Bower</td> <td>later Air Mshl </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jan 1942</td> <td>Wg Cdr Howard R Larkin<sup id="cite_ref-Banks_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Banks-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 Feb 1942</td> <td>Sqn Ldr Taylor DFC, AFC<sup id="cite_ref-Aldridge_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aldridge-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Feb 1942</td> <td>Wg Cdr Samuel M Boal DFC</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Apr 1942</td> <td>Sqn Ldr Taylor DFC, AFC</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Apr 1942</td> <td>Wg Cdr W A L Davis CBE, DFC, AFC</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Aug 1942</td> <td>Fg Off C Buckley</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Oct 1942</td> <td>Fg Off W E M Price</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nov 1942</td> <td>Wg Cdr A D W Miller</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mar 1943</td> <td>Wg Cdr R J Walker</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mar 1944</td> <td>Wg Cdr J Child</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Aug 1944</td> <td>Wg Cdr John G Lingard DFC<sup id="cite_ref-Nesbit_11-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nesbit-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Aug 1945</td> <td>Wg Cdr A F Binks DFC</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 Jan 1952</td> <td>Sqn Ldr M A Ensor DSO, DFC</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mar 1954</td> <td>Sqn Ldr P H Stembridge DFC, AFC</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 Feb 1958</td> <td><i>unknown commander</i></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup id="cite_ref-Barass_3-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barass-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><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._217_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 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.reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Pine-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Pine_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See Pine (1983), p. 266</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Dennis-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Dennis_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Dennis_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Dennis_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Dennis_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Dennis_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Dennis_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Dennis_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Dennis_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Dennis_2-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Dennis_2-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Dennis_2-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Dennis_2-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Dennis_2-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Dennis_2-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Dennis_2-14"><sup><i><b>o</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Dennis_2-15"><sup><i><b>p</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">See Dennis and Edwards (2016)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Barass-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Barass_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Barass_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Barass_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Barass_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Barass_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Barass_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Barass_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Barass_3-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Barass_3-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Barass_3-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Barass_3-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Barass_3-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Barass_3-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Barass_3-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Barass_3-14"><sup><i><b>o</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Barass_3-15"><sup><i><b>p</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Barass_3-16"><sup><i><b>q</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Barass_3-17"><sup><i><b>r</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Barass_3-18"><sup><i><b>s</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Barass_3-19"><sup><i><b>t</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Barass_3-20"><sup><i><b>u</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Barass_3-21"><sup><i><b>v</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Barass_3-22"><sup><i><b>w</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">See Barass (2017)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Rickard-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Rickard_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Rickard_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Rickard_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Rickard_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Rickard_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Rickard_4-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Rickard_4-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Rickard_4-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Rickard_4-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Rickard_4-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Rickard_4-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Rickard_4-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Rickard_4-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">See Rickard (2011)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Aldridge-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Aldridge_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Aldridge_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Aldridge_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">See Aldridge (2013)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TelegraphB-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-TelegraphB_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See Telegraph (2016)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MaltaGC-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MaltaGC_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MaltaGC_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">See MaltaGC70 (2018)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Denney-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Denney_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See Denney (2005)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MackieA-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-MackieA_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See Mackie (2017a)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ross-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ross_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ross_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ross_10-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ross_10-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ross_10-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">See McNeill (1999)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Nesbit-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Nesbit_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nesbit_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nesbit_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nesbit_11-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nesbit_11-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nesbit_11-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nesbit_11-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nesbit_11-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nesbit_11-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nesbit_11-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nesbit_11-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nesbit_11-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nesbit_11-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nesbit_11-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nesbit_11-14"><sup><i><b>o</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nesbit_11-15"><sup><i><b>p</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nesbit_11-16"><sup><i><b>q</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">See Nesbit (2014)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MackieB-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MackieB_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MackieB_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MackieB_12-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">See Mackie (2017b)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Burgess-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Burgess_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Burgess_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">See Burgess (2005)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BanksA-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-BanksA_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See Banks (1938), p150, 192</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Quirke-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Quirke_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See Quirke (2007), p105, 183</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TelegraphA-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-TelegraphA_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See Telegraph (2001)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Banks-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Banks_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See Banks (1938), p327, 1117</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._217_Squadron_RAF&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Aldridge, Arthur (2013). <i>The Last Torpedo Flyers: the True Story of Arthur Aldridge, Hero of the Skies</i>. 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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> 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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 href="/wiki/No._39_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 39 Squadron RAF">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> <li><a href="/wiki/No._98_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 98 Squadron RAF">98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._100_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 100 Squadron RAF">100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._102_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 102 Squadron RAF">102</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._103_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 103 Squadron RAF">103</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._104_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 104 Squadron RAF">104</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._105_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 105 Squadron RAF">105</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._106_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 106 Squadron RAF">106</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._107_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 107 Squadron RAF">107</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._108_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 108 Squadron RAF">108</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._109_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 109 Squadron RAF">109</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._110_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 110 Squadron RAF">110</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._111_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 111 Squadron RAF">111</a></li> <li><a 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 href="/wiki/No._214_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 214 Squadron RAF">214</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._215_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 215 Squadron RAF">215</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">217</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._218_(Gold_Coast)_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron RAF">218</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._219_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 219 Squadron RAF">219</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._220_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 220 Squadron RAF">220</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._221_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 221 Squadron RAF">221</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._222_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 222 Squadron RAF">222</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._223_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 223 Squadron RAF">223</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._224_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 224 Squadron RAF">224</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._225_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 225 Squadron RAF">225</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._226_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 226 Squadron RAF">226</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._227_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 227 Squadron RAF">227</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._228_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 228 Squadron RAF">228</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._229_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 229 Squadron RAF">229</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._231_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 231 Squadron RAF">231</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._232_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 232 Squadron RAF">232</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._233_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 233 Squadron RAF">233</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._234_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 234 Squadron RAF">234</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._235_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 235 Squadron RAF">235</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._236_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 236 Squadron RAF">236</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._237_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 237 Squadron RAF">237</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._238_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 238 Squadron RAF">238</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._239_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 239 Squadron RAF">239</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._240_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 240 Squadron RAF">240</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._241_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 241 Squadron RAF">241</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._242_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 242 Squadron RAF">242</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._243_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 243 Squadron RAF">243</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._244_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 244 Squadron RAF">244</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._245_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 245 Squadron RAF">245</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._246_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 246 Squadron RAF">246</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._247_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 247 Squadron RAF">247</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._248_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 248 Squadron RAF">248</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._249_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 249 Squadron RAF">249</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._250_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 250 Squadron RAF">250</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._251_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 251 Squadron RAF">251</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._252_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 252 Squadron RAF">252</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._253_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 253 Squadron RAF">253</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._254_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 254 Squadron RAF">254</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._255_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 255 Squadron RAF">255</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._256_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 256 Squadron RAF">256</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._257_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 257 Squadron RAF">257</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._258_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 258 Squadron RAF">258</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._259_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 259 Squadron RAF">259</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._260_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 260 Squadron RAF">260</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._261_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 261 Squadron RAF">261</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._262_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 262 Squadron RAF">262</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._263_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 263 Squadron RAF">263</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._264_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 264 Squadron RAF">264</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._265_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 265 Squadron RAF">265</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._266_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 266 Squadron RAF">266</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._267_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 267 Squadron RAF">267</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._268_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 268 Squadron RAF">268</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._269_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 269 Squadron RAF">269</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._270_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 270 Squadron RAF">270</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._271_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 271 Squadron RAF">271</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._272_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 272 Squadron RAF">272</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._273_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 273 Squadron RAF">273</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._274_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 274 Squadron RAF">274</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._275_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 275 Squadron 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> </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;">Argentine</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._164_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 164 Squadron RAF">164</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Belgian_Section_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian Section of the Royal Air Force">Belgian</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/349th_Squadron_(Belgium)" title="349th Squadron (Belgium)">349</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/350th_Squadron_(Belgium)" title="350th Squadron (Belgium)">350</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Eagle_Squadrons" title="Eagle Squadrons">United States</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="/wiki/No._71_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 71 Squadron RAF">71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._121_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 121 Squadron RAF">121</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._133_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 133 Squadron RAF">133</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Yugoslav</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._351_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 351 Squadron RAF">351</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._352_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 352 Squadron RAF">352</a></li></ul> </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> </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/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm">Fleet Air Arm of the RAF</a><br />(1924–1939)</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/712_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="712 Naval Air Squadron">712</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/715_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="715 Naval Air Squadron">715</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/718_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="718 Naval Air Squadron">718</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/800_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="800 Naval Air Squadron">800</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/801_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="801 Naval Air Squadron">801</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/802_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="802 Naval Air Squadron">802</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/803_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="803 Naval Air Squadron">803</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/810_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="810 Naval Air Squadron">810</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/811_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="811 Naval Air Squadron">811</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/812_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="812 Naval Air Squadron">812</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/813_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="813 Naval Air Squadron">813</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/814_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="814 Naval Air Squadron">814</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/820_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="820 Naval Air Squadron">820</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/821_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="821 Naval Air Squadron">821</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/822_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="822 Naval Air Squadron">822</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/823_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="823 Naval Air Squadron">823</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/824_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="824 Naval Air Squadron">824</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/825_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="825 Naval Air Squadron">825</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Volunteer_Gliding_Squadron" title="Volunteer Gliding Squadron">Volunteer Gliding<br />Squadrons</a> (VGS)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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