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This post lists the combat squadrons of the Royal Air Force worldwide on 1st September 1939. The post is divided into three parts, i.e.:
PART SUBJECT
II Squadrons sorted by station
III Squadrons sorted by type of aircraft
I. SQUADRONS SORTED BY NUMBER
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Each listing contains (1) the squadron designation, (2) the station, (3) the aircraft operated and (4) the squadron code.
No 1 Sqn/Tangmere, Sussex/Hurricane I/NA
No 2 Sqn/Hawkinge, Kent/Lysander I/KO
No 3 Sqn/Biggin Hill, Kent/Hurricane I/OP
No 4 Sqn/Odiham, Hampshire/Lysander I and II/TV
No 5 Sqn/Risalpur, India/Wapiti IIA/QN
No 6 Sqn/Ramleh, Palestine/Gauntlet II; Hardy I/ZD
No 7 Sqn/Finningley, Yorkshire/Anson I; Hampden I/LT
No 8 Sqn/Khormaksar, Aden Blenheim I; Vincent I/YO
No 9 Sqn/Honington, Suffolk/Wellington I/KA
No 10 Sqn/Dishforth, Yorkshire/Whitley IV/PB
No 11 Sqn/Tengah, Singapore Blenheim I/OY
No 12 Sqn/Bicester, Oxfordshire/Battle I/QE
No 13 Sqn/Odiham, Hampshire/Lysander I and II/AN
No 14 Sqn/Ismalia, Egypt/Wellesley I/BF
No 15 Sqn/Abingdon, Berkshire/Battle I/EF
No 16 Sqn/Old Sarum, Wiltshire/Lysander II/KJ
No 17 Sqn/North Weald, Essex/Hurricane I/UV
No 18 Sqn/Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire Blenheim I/GU
No 19 Sqn/Duxford, Cambridgeshire/Spitfire I/WZ
No 20 Sqn/Miramshah, India/Audax I/PM
No 21 Sqn/Watton, Norfolk Blenheim I/JP
No 22 Sqn/Thorney Island, Sussex/Vildebeest III/VR
No 23 Sqn/Wittering, Northamptonshire Blenheim IF/MS
No 24 Sqn/Hendon, Middlesex/Various aircraft/ZK
No 25 Sqn/Northolt, Middlesex Blenheim IF/RX
No 26 Sqn/Catterick, Yorkshire/Lysander II/HL
No 27 Sqn/Kohat, India/Wapiti IIA/MY
No 28 Sqn/Kohat, India/Audax I/US
No 29 Sqn/Debden, Essex Blenheim IF/YB
No 30 Sqn/Ismalia, Egypt Blenheim IF/DP
No 31 Sqn/Lahore, India/Valentia I/ZA
No 32 Sqn/Biggin Hill, Kent/Hurricane I/KT
No 33 Sqn/Qasaba, Egypt/Gladiator II/TN
No 34 Sqn/Enroute Watton, Norfolk-Singapore Blenheim I/LB
No 35 Sqn/Cranfield, Bedfordshire/Anson I; Battle I/WT
No 36 Sqn/Seletar, Singapore/Vildebeest III/VU
No 37 Sqn/Feltwell, Norfolk/Wellington I/FJ
No 38 Sqn/Marham, Norfolk/Wellington I/NH
No 39 Sqn/Tengah, Singapore Blenheim I/SF
No 40 Sqn/Abingdon, Berkshire/Battle I/OX
No 41 Sqn/Catterick, Yorkshire/Spitfire I/PN
No 42 Sqn/Bircham Newton, Norfolk/Vildebeest II, IV/QD
No 43 Sqn/Tangmere, Sussex/Hurricane I/NQ
No 44 Sqn/Waddington, Lincolnshire/Hampden I/JW
No 45 Sqn/Fuka, Egypt Blenheim I/DD
No 46 Sqn/Digby, Lincolnshire/Hurricane I/RJ
No 47 Sqn/Khartoum, Sudan/Vincent I; Wellesley I/EW
No 48 Sqn/Thorney Island, Sussex/Anson I/ZW
No 49 Sqn/Scampton, Lincolnshire/Hampden I/XU
No 50 Sqn/Waddington, Lincolnshire/Hampden I/QX
No 51 Sqn/Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire/Whitley I, III/UT
No 52 Sqn/Upwood, Huntingdon/Anson I; Battle I/MB
No 53 Sqn/Odiham, Hampshire Blenheim IV/TE
No 54 Sqn/Hornchurch, Essex/Spitfire I/DL
No 55 Sqn/Ismalia, Egypt Blenheim I/GM
No 56 Sqn/North Weald, Essex/Hurricane I/LR
No 57 Sqn/Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire Blenheim I/EQ
No 58 Sqn/Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire/Whitley III/BW
No 59 Sqn/Andover, Hampshire Blenheim IV, Hector I/PJ
No 60 Sqn/Ambala, India with "Z" Flt at Dum Dum, India Blenheim I/AD
No 61 Sqn/Hemswell, Lincolnshire/Hampden I/LS
No 62 Sqn/Enroute Cranfield, Bedfordshire-Tengah, Singapore/ Blenheim I/JO
No 63 Sqn/Upwood, Huntingdon/Anson I; Battle I, II/ON
No 64 Sqn/Church Fenton, Yorkshire/ Blenheim IF/XQ
No 65 Sqn/Hornchurch, Essex/Spitfire I/FZ
No 66 Sqn/Duxford, Cambridgeshire/Spitfire I/RB
No 70 Sqn/Helwan, Egypt with det at Habbaniya, Iraq/Valentia I/DU
No 72 Sqn/Church Fenton, Yorkshire/Spitfire I/SD
No 73 Sqn/Digby, Lincolnshire/Hurricane I/HV
No 74 Sqn/Hornchurch, Essex/Spitfire I/JH
No 75 Sqn/Stradishall, Suffolk/Wellington I/FO
No 76 Sqn/Finningley, Yorkshire/Anson I; Hampden I/NM
No 77 Sqn/Driffield, Yorkshire/Whitley III/ZL
No 78 Sqn/Dishforth, Yorkshire/Whitley IV/YY
No 79 Sqn/Biggin Hill, Kent/Hurricane I/AL
No 80 Sqn/Amriya, Egypt/Gladiator II/GK
No 82 Sqn/Watton, Norfolk/ Blenheim IV/OZ
No 83 Sqn/Scampton, Lincolnshire/Hampden I/QQ
No 84 Sqn/Shaibah, Iraq/ Blenheim I/UR
No 85 Sqn/Debden, Essex/Hurricane I/NO
No 87 Sqn/Debden, Essex/Hurricane I/PD
No 88 Sqn/Boscombe Down, Wiltshire/Battle I/HY
No 90 Sqn/Bicester, Oxfordshire/ Blenheim IV/TW
No 94 Sqn/Sheikh Othman, Aden/Gladiator I/ZG
No 97 Sqn/Leconfield, Yorkshire/Anson I; Whitley II, III/MR
No 98 Sqn/Hucknall, Nottinghamshire/Battle I/QF
No 99 Sqn/Mildenhall, Suffolk/Wellington I/VF
No 100 Sqn/Seletar, Singapore/Vildebeest I, III/RA
No 101 Sqn/West Raynham, Norfolk/ Blenheim IV/LU
No 102 Sqn/Driffield, Yorkshire/Whitley III/TQ
No 103 Sqn/Benson, Oxfordshire/Battle I/GV
No 104 Sqn/Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire/ Blenheim I/PO
No 105 Sqn/Harwell, Berkshire/Battle I/MT
No 106 Sqn/Evanton, Ross and Cromarty/Anson I; Hampden I/XS
No 107 Sqn/Wattisham, Suffolk/ Blenheim IV/BZ
No 108 Sqn/Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire/ Blenheim I/MF
No 110 Sqn/Wattisham, Suffolk/ Blenheim IV/AY
No 111 Sqn/Northolt, Middlesex/Hurricane I/TM
No 112 Sqn/Helwan, Egypt/Gladiator I/XO
No 113 Sqn/Heliopolis, Egypt/ Blenheim I/BT
No 114 Sqn/Wyton, Huntingdon/ Blenheim IV/FD
No 115 Sqn/Marham, Norfolk/Harrow I; Wellington I/BK
No 139 Sqn/Wyton, Huntingdon/ Blenheim I/SY
No 142 Sqn/Bicester, Oxfordshire/Battle I/KB
No 144 Sqn/Hemswell, Lincolnshire/Hampden I/NV
No 148 Sqn/Stradishall, Suffolk/Anson I; Wellington I/BS
No 149 Sqn/Mildenhall, Suffolk/Wellington I/LY
No 150 Sqn/Benson, Oxfordshire/Battle I/DG
No 151 Sqn/North Weald, Essex/Hurricane I/GG
No 166 Sqn/Leconfield, Yorkshire/Heyford III; Whitley I/GB
No 185 Sqn/Cottesmore, Rutland/Hampden I; Hereford I/ZM
No 201 Sqn/Sullom Voe, Shetland Is/London II/VQ
No 202 Sqn/Kalafrana, Malta/London II/JU
No 203 Sqn/Basra, Iraq/Singapore III/PP
No 204 Sqn/Mount Batten, Devon/Sunderland I/RF
No 205 Sqn/Seletar, Singapore/Singapore III/KM
No 206 Sqn/Bircham Newton, Norfolk/Anson I/WD
No 207 Sqn/Cranfield, Bedfordshire/Anson I; Battle I/NJ
No 208 Sqn/Mersa Matruh, Egypt/Lysander I/GA
No 209 Sqn/Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty/Stranraer I/FK
No 210 Sqn/Pembroke Dock, Pembroke/Sunderland I/VG
No 211 Sqn/El Daba, Egypt/ Blenheim I/LJ
No 213 Sqn/Wittering, Northamptonshire/Hurricane I/AK
No 214 Sqn/Feltwell, Norfolk/Wellington I/UX
No 215 Sqn/Honington, Suffolk/Harrow II; Wellington I/BH
No 216 Sqn/Heliopolis, Egypt/Valentia I/VT
No 217 Sqn/Warmwell, Dorset/Anson I/YQ
No 218 Sqn/Boscombe Down, Wiltshire/Battle I/SV
No 220 Sqn/Thornaby, Yorkshire/Anson I/HU
No 223 Sqn/Nairobi, Kenya/Wellesley I/AO
No 224 Sqn/Leuchars, Fife/Hudson I/PW
No 226 Sqn/Harwell, Berkshire/Battle I/KP
No 228 Sqn/Alexandria, Egypt/Sunderland I/TO
No 230 Sqn/Seletar, Singapore/Sunderland I/FV
No 233 Sqn/Leuchars, Fife/Anson I; Hudson I/EY
No 240 Sqn/Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty/London II/SH
No 269 Sqn/Montrose, Angus/Anson I/KL
No 273 Sqn/China Bay, Ceylon/Seal; Vildebeest III/HH
No 500 Sqn/Detling, Kent/Anson I/SQ
No 501 Sqn/Filton, Gloucestershire/Hurricane I/ZH
No 502 Sqn/Aldergrove, Co Antrim/Anson I/KQ
No 504 Sqn/Digby, Lincolnshire/Hurricane I/AW
No 600 Sqn/Northolt, Middlesex/ Blenheim IF/MV
No 601 Sqn/Hendon, Middlesex/ Blenheim IF/YN
No 602 Sqn/Abbotsinch, Renfrew/Spitfire I/ZT
No 603 Sqn/Turnhouse, Midlothian/Gladiator I/RL
No 604 Sqn/Hendon, Middlesex/ Blenheim IF/WQ
No 605 Sqn/Tangmere, Sussex/Gladiator II; Hurricane I/HE
No 607 Sqn/Usworth, Durham/Gladiator II/LW
No 608 Sqn/Thornaby, Yorkshire/Anson I/PG
No 609 Sqn/Catterick, Yorkshire/Hind; Spitfire I/BL
No 610 Sqn/Hooton Park, Cheshire/Hind/JE
No 611 Sqn/Duxford, Cambridgeshire/Spitfire I/GZ
No 612 Sqn/Dyce, Aberdeenshire/Anson I; Hector I/DJ
No 613 Sqn/Ringway, Cheshire/Hind/ZR
No 614 Sqn/Cardiff, Glamorgan/Hector I/YX
No 615 Sqn/Old Sarum, Wiltshire/Gladiator II/RR
No 616 Sqn/Doncaster, Yorkshire/Battle I; Gauntlet II/QJ
PART II. SQUADRONS SORTED BY STATIONS
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This section is sorted by stations in (1) England, (2) Ireland, (3) Scotland, (4) Shetland Islands, (5) Wales and (6) various overseas locations.
ENGLAND
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Bedfordshire: Cranfield
No 35 Sqn/Anson I; Battle I/WT
No 207 Sqn/Anson I, Battle I/NJ
Berkshire
Abingdon
No 15 Sqn/Battle I/EF
No 40 Sqn/Battle I/OX
Harwell
No 105 Sqn/Battle I/MT
No 226 Sqn/Battle I/KP
Cambridgeshire
Bassingbourne
No 104 Sqn/ Blenheim I/PO
No 108 Sqn/ Blenheim I/MF
Duxford
No 19 Sqn/Spitfire I/WZ
No 66 Sqn/Spitfire I/RB
No 611 Sqn/Spitfire I/GZ
Cheshire
Hooton Park: No 610 Sqn/Hind/JE
Ringway: No 613 Sqn/Hind/ZR
Devon: Mount Batten: No 204 Sqn/Sunderland I/RF
Dorset: Warmwell: No 217 Sqn/Anson I/YQ
Durham: Usworth: No 607 Sqn/Gladiator I, II/LW
Essex
Debden
No 29 Sqn/ Blenheim IF/YB
No 85 Sqn/Hurricane I/NO
No 87 Sqn/Hurricane I/PD
Hornchurch
No 54 Sqn/Spitfire I/DL
No 65 Sqn/Spitfire I/FZ
No 74 Sqn/Spitfire I/JH
North Weald
No 17 Sqn/Hurricane I/UV
No 56 Sqn/Hurricane I/LR
No 151 Sqn/Hurricane I/GG
Gloucestshire: Filton: No 501 Sqn/Hurricane I/ZH
Hampshire
Andover: No 59 Sqn/ Blenheim IV, Hector I/PJ
Odiham
No 4 Sqn/Lysander I and II/TV
No 13 Sqn/Lysander I and II/AN
No 53 Sqn/ Blenheim IV/TE
Huntingdon
Upwood
No 52 Sqn/Anson I, Battle I/MB
No 63 Sqn/Anson I, Battle I, II/ON
Wyton
No 114 Sqn/ Blenheim IV/FD
No 139 Sqn/ Blenheim I/SY
Kent
Biggin Hill
No 3 Sqn/Hurricane I/OP
No 32 Sqn/Hurricane I/KT
No 79 Sqn/Hurricane I/AL
Detling: No 500 Sqn/Anson I/SQ
Hawkinge: No 2 Sqn/Lysander I/KO
Lincolnshire
Digby
No 46 Sqn/Hurricane I/RJ
No 73 Sqn/Hurricane I/HV
No 504 Sqn/Hurricane I/AW
Hemswell
No 61 Sqn/Hampden I/LS
No 144 Sqn/Hampden I/NV
Scampton
No 49 Sqn/Hampden I/XU
No 83 Sqn/Hampden I/QQ
Waddington
No 44 Sqn/Hampden I/JW
No 50 Sqn/Hampden I/QX
Middlesex
Hendon
No 24 Sqn/Various aircraft/ZK
No 601 Sqn/ Blenheim IF/YN
No 604 Sqn/ Blenheim IF/WQ
Northolt
No 25 Sqn/ Blenheim IF/RX
No 111 Sqn/Hurricane I/TM
No 600 Sqn/ Blenheim IF/MV
Norfolk
Bircham Newton
No 42 Sqn/Vildebeest III, IV/QD
No 206 Sqn/Anson I/WD
Feltwell
No 37 Sqn/Wellington I/FJ
No 214 Sqn/Wellington I/UX
Marham
No 38 Sqn/Wellington I/NH
No 115 Sqn/Harrow I; Wellington I/BK
Watton
No 21 Sqn/ Blenheim I/JP
No 82 Sqn/ Blenheim IV/OZ
West Raynham: No 101 Sqn/ Blenheim IV/LU
Northamptonshire: Wittering
No 23 Sqn/ Blenheim IF/MS
No 213 Sqn/Hurricane I/AK
Nottinghamshire: Hucknall: No 98 Sqn/Battle I/QF
Oxfordshire
Benson
No 103 Sqn/Battle I/GV
No 150 Sqn/Battle I/DG
Bicester
No 12 Sqn/Battle I/QE
No 90 Sqn/ Blenheim I, IV/TW
No 142 Sqn/Battle I/KB
Upper Heyford
No 18 Sqn/ Blenheim I/GU
No 57 Sqn/ Blenheim I/EQ
Rutland: Cottesmore: No 185 Sqn/Hampden I; Hereford I/ZM
Suffolk
Honington
No 9 Sqn/Wellington I/KA
No 215 Sqn/Harrow II; Wellington I/BH
Mildenhall
No 99 Sqn/Wellington I/VF
No 149 Sqn/Wellington I/LY
Stradishall
No 75 Sqn/Wellington I/FO
No 148 Sqn/Anson I, Wellington I/BS
Wattisham
No 107 Sqn/ Blenheim IV/BZ
No 110 Sqn/ Blenheim IV/AY
Sussex
Tangmere
No 1 Sqn/Hurricane I/NA
No 43 Sqn/Hurricane I/NQ
No 605 Sqn/Gladiator I, II; Hurricane I/HE
Thorney Island
No 22 Sqn/Vildebeest III/VR
No 48 Sqn/Anson I/ZW
Wiltshire
Boscombe Down
No 88 Sqn/Battle I/HY
No 218 Sqn/Battle I/SV
Old Sarum
No 16 Sqn/Lysander II/KJ
No 615 Sqn/Gladiator I, II/RR
Yorkshire
Catterick
No 26 Sqn/Lysander I, II/HL
No 41 Sqn/Spitfire I/PN
No 609 Sqn/Hind; Spitfire I/BL
Church Fenton
No 64 Sqn/ Blenheim IF/XQ
No 72 Sqn/Spitfire I/SD
Dishforth
No 10 Sqn/Whitley IV/PB
No 78 Sqn/Whitley I, IV/YY
Doncaster: No 616 Sqn/Battle I; Gauntlet II/QJ
Driffield
No 77 Sqn/Whitley III/ZL
No 102 Sqn/Whitley III/TQ
Finningley
No 7 Sqn/Anson I; Hampden I/LT
No 76 Sqn/Anson I; Hampden I/NM
Leconfield
No 97 Sqn/Anson I, Whitley II, III/MR
No 166 Sqn/Heyford III; Whitley I/GB
Linton-on-Ouse
No 51 Sqn/Whitley II, III/UT
No 58 Sqn/Whitley III/BW
Thornaby
No 220 Sqn/Anson I/HU
No 608 Sqn/Anson I/PG
IRELAND
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Co Antrim: Aldergrove: No 502 Sqn/Anson I/KQ
SCOTLAND
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Aberdeenshire: Dyce: No 612 Sqn/Anson I; Hector I/DJ
Angus: Montrose: No 269 Sqn/Anson I/KL
Fife: Leuchars
No 224 Sqn/Hudson I/PW
No 233 Sqn/Anson I; Hudson I/EY
Midlothian: Turnhouse: No 603 Sqn/Gladiator I/RL
Renfrew: Abbotsinch: No 602 Sqn/Spitfire I/ZT
Ross and Cromarty
Evanton: No 106 Sqn/Anson I, Hampden I/XS
Invergordon
No 209 Sqn/Stranraer I/FK
No 240 Sqn/London II/SH
SHETLAND ISLANDS
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Sullom Voe: No 201 Sqn/London I, II/VQ
WALES
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Glamorgan: Cardiff: No 614 Sqn/Hector I/YX
Pembroke: Pembroke Dock: No 210 Sqn/Sunderland I/VG
OVERSEAS
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Aden
Khormaksar: No 8 Sqn/ Blenheim I; Vincent I/YO
Sheikh Othman: No 94 Sqn/Gladiator I/ZG
Ceylon: China Bay: No 273 Sqn/Seal; Vildebeest III/HH
Egypt
Alexandria: No 228 Sqn/Sunderland I/TO
Amriya: No 80 Sqn/Gladiator I, II/GK
El Daba: No 211 Sqn/ Blenheim I/LJ
Fuka: No 45 Sqn/ Blenheim I/DD
Heliopolis
No 113 Sqn/ Blenheim I/BT
No 216 Sqn/Valentia I/VT
Helwan
No 70 Sqn/Valentia I/DU
No 112 Sqn/Gladiator I/XO
Ismalia
No 14 Sqn/Wellesley I/BF
No 30 Sqn/ Blenheim I, IF/DP
No 55 Sqn/ Blenheim I/GM
Mersa Matruh: No 208 Sqn/Lysander I/GA
Qasaba: No 33 Sqn/Gladiator I, II/TN
India
Ambala: No 60 Sqn/ Blenheim I/AD
Dum Dum: "Z" Flt, No 60 Sqn/ Blenheim I/AD
Kohat
No 27 Sqn/Wapiti IIA/MY
No 28 Sqn/Audax I/US
Lahore: No 31 Sqn/Valentia I/ZA
Miramshah: No 20 Sqn/Audax I/PM
Risalpur: No 5 Sqn/Wapiti IIA/QN
Iraq
Basra: No 203 Sqn/Singapore III/PP
Habbaniya: Detachment, No 70 Sqn//Valentia I/DU
Shaibah: No 84 Sqn/ Blenheim I/UR
KENYA Nairobi: No 223 Sqn/Wellesley I/AO
MALTA: Kalafrana: No 202 Sqn/London II/JU
Palestine: Ramleh: No 6 Sqn/Gauntlet II; Hardy I/ZD
Singapore
Seletar
No 36 Sqn/Vildebeest III/VU
No 100 Sqn/Vildebeest II, III/RA
No 205 Sqn/Singapore III/KM
No 230 Sqn/Sunderland I/FV
Tengah
No 11 Sqn/ Blenheim I/OY
No 39 Sqn/ Blenheim I/SF
Units enroute from England to Singapore
No 34 Sqn/From Watton, Norfolk/ Blenheim I/LB
No 62 Sqn/From Cranfield, Bedfordshire/ Blenheim I/JO
SUDAN: Khartoum: No 47 Sqn/Vincent I; Wellesley I/EW
PART III. SORTED BY TYPE OF AIRCRAFT
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Anson Mk I, Avro 652 (Twin-engine general reconnaissance aircraft)
No 7 Sqn, Finningley, Yorkshire
No 35 Sqn, Cranfield, Bedfordshire
No 48 Sqn, Thorney Island, Sussex
No 52 Sqn, Upwood, Huntingdon
No 63 Sqn, Upwood, Huntingdon
No 76 Sqn, Finningley, Yorkshire
No 97 Sqn, Leconfield, Yorkshire
No 106 Sqn, Evanton, Ross and Cromarty
No 148 Sqn, Stradishall, Suffolk
No 206 Sqn, Bircham Newton, Norfolk
No 207 Sqn, Cranfield, Bedfordshire
No 217 Sqn, Warmwell, Dorset
No 220 Sqn, Thornaby, Yorkshire
No 233 Sqn, Leuchars, Fife
No 269 Sqn, Montrose, Angus
No 500 Sqn, Detling, Kent
No 502 Sqn, Aldergrove, Co Antrim
No 608 Sqn, Thornaby, Yorkshire
No 612 Sqn, Dyce, Aberdeenshire
Audax Mk I, Hawker (Single-engine Army Co-operation biplane)
No 20 Sqn, Miramshah, India
No 28 Sqn, Kohat, India
Battle, Fairey (Single-engine light bomber)
Mk I
No 12 Sqn, Bicester, Oxfordshire
No 15 Sqn, Abingdon, Berkshire
No 35 Sqn, Cranfield, Bedfordshire
No 40 Sqn, Abingdon, Berkshire
No 52 Sqn, Upwood, Huntingdon
No 63 Sqn, Upwood, Huntingdon
No 88 Sqn, Boscombe Down, Wiltshire
No 98 Sqn, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire
No 103 Sqn, Benson, Oxfordshire
No 105 Sqn, Harwell, Berkshire
No 142 Sqn, Bicester, Oxfordshire
No 150 Sqn, Benson, Oxfordshire
No 207 Sqn, Cranfield, Bedfordshire
No 218 Sqn, Boscombe Down, Wiltshire
No 226 Sqn, Harwell, Berkshire
No 616 Sqn, Doncaster, Yorkshire
Mk II
No 63 Sqn, Upwood, Huntingdon
Blenheim, Bristol 142 (Twin-engine light-bomber)
Mk I
No 8 Sqn, Khormaksar, Aden
No 11 Sqn, Tengah, Singapore
No 18 Sqn, Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire
No 21 Sqn, Watton, Norfolk
No 34 Sqn, Enroute Watton, Norfolk-Singapore
No 39 Sqn, Tengah, Singapore
No 45 Sqn, Fuka, Egypt
No 55 Sqn, Ismalia, Egypt
No 57 Sqn, Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire
No 60 Sqn, Ambala, India with "Z" Flt at Dum Dum, India
No 62 Sqn, Enroute Cranfield, Bedfordshire-Tengah, Singapore
No 84 Sqn, Shaibah, Iraq
No 104 Sqn, Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire
No 108 Sqn, Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire
No 113 Sqn, Heliopolis, Egypt
No 139 Sqn, Wyton, Huntingdon
No 211 Sqn, El Daba, Egypt
Mk IF (Night fighter version)
No 23 Sqn, Wittering, Northamptonshire
No 25 Sqn, Northolt, Middlesex
No 29 Sqn, Debden, Essex
No 30 Sqn, Ismalia, Egypt
No 64 Sqn, Church Fenton, Yorkshire
No 600 Sqn, Northolt, Middlesex
No 601 Sqn, Hendon, Middlesex
No 604 Sqn, Hendon, Middlesex
Mk IV
No 53 Sqn, Odiham, Hampshire
No 59 Sqn, Andover, Hampshire
No 82 Sqn, Watton, Norfolk
No 90 Sqn, Bicester, Oxfordshire
No 101 Sqn, West Raynham, Norfolk
No 107 Sqn, Wattisham, Suffolk
No 110 Sqn, Wattisham, Suffolk
No 114 Sqn, Wyton, Huntingdon
Gauntlet Mk II, Gloster (Single-engine biplane fighter)
No 6 Sqn, Ramleh, Palestine
No 616 Sqn, Doncaster, Yorkshire
Gladiator, Gloster (Single-engine biplane fighter)
Mk I
No 94 Sqn, Sheikh Othman, Aden
No 112 Sqn, Helwan, Egypt
No 603 Sqn, Turnhouse, Midlothian
Mk II
No 33 Sqn, Qasaba, Egypt
No 80 Sqn, Amriya, Egypt
No 605 Sqn, Tangmere, Sussex
No 607 Sqn, Usworth, Durham
No 615 Sqn, Old Sarum, Wiltshire
Hampden Mk I, Handley Page HP 52 (Twin-engine medium bomber)
No 7 Sqn, Finningley, Yorkshire
No 44 Sqn, Waddington, Lincolnshire
No 49 Sqn, Scampton, Lincolnshire
No 50 Sqn, Waddington, Lincolnshire
No 61 Sqn, Hemswell, Lincolnshire
No 76 Sqn, Finningley, Yorkshire
No 83 Sqn, Scampton, Lincolnshire
No 106 Sqn, Evanton, Ross and Cromarty
No 144 Sqn, Hemswell, Lincolnshire
No 185 Sqn, Cottesmore, Rutland
Hardy Mk I, Hawker (Single-engine general purpose biplane)
No 6 Sqn, Ramleh, Palestine
Harrow, Handley Page (Twin-engine heavy bomber)
Mk I
No 115 Sqn, Marham, Norfolk
Mk II
No 215 Sqn, Honington, Suffolk
Hector Mk I, Hawker (Single-engine Army Co-operation biplane)
No 59 Sqn, Andover, Hampshire
No 612 Sqn, Dyce, Aberdeenshire
No 614 Sqn, Cardiff, Glamorgan
Hereford Mk I, Handley Page (Twin-engine medium bomber)
No 185 Sqn, Cottesmore, Rutland
Heyford Mk III, Handley Page (Twin-engine biplane heavy night-bomber)
No 166 Sqn, Leconfield, Yorkshire
Hind Mk I, Hawker (Single-seat biplane light bomber)
No 609 Sqn, Catterick, Yorkshire
No 610 Sqn, Hooton Park, Cheshire
No 613 Sqn, Ringway, Cheshire
Hudson Mk I, Lockheed (Twin-engine maritime general reconnaissance
aircraft)
No 224 Sqn, Leuchars, Fife
No 233 Sqn, Leuchars, Fife
Hurricane Mk I, Hawker (Single-engine fighter)
No 1 Sqn, Tangmere, Sussex
No 3 Sqn, Biggin Hill, Kent
No 17 Sqn, North Weald, Essex
No 32 Sqn, Biggin Hill, Kent
No 43 Sqn, Tangmere, Sussex
No 46 Sqn, Digby, Lincolnshire
No 56 Sqn, North Weald, Essex
No 73 Sqn, Digby, Lincolnshire
No 79 Sqn, Biggin Hill, Kent
No 85 Sqn, Debden, Essex
No 87 Sqn, Debden, Essex
No 111 Sqn, Northolt, Middlesex
No 151 Sqn, North Weald, Essex
No 213 Sqn, Wittering, Northamptonshire
No 501 Sqn, Filton, Gloucestershire
No 504 Sqn, Digby, Lincolnshire
No 605 Sqn, Tangmere, Sussex
London Mk II, Saro (Twin-engine general reconnaissance biplane
flying-boat)
No 201 Sqn, Sullom Voe, Shetland Is
No 202 Sqn, Kalafrana, Malta
No 240 Sqn, Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty
Lysander, Westland (Single-engine Army Co-operation)
Mk I
No 2 Sqn, Hawkinge, Kent
No 4 Sqn, Odiham, Hampshire
No 13 Sqn, Odiham, Hampshire
No 208 Sqn, Mersa Matruh, Egypt
Mk II
No 4 Sqn, Odiham, Hampshire
No 13 Sqn, Odiham, Hampshire
No 16 Sqn, Old Sarum, Wiltshire
No 26 Sqn, Catterick, Yorkshire
Seal, Fairey
No 273 Sqn, China Bay, Ceylon
Singapore Mk III, Short (Twin-engine general reconnaissance biplane
flying-boat)
No 203 Sqn, Basra, Iraq
No 205 Sqn, Seletar, Singapore
Spitfire Mk I, Vickers Supermarine (Single-engine fighter)
No 19 Sqn, Duxford, Cambridgeshire
No 41 Sqn, Catterick, Yorkshire
No 54 Sqn, Hornchurch, Essex
No 65 Sqn, Hornchurch, Essex
No 66 Sqn, Duxford, Cambridgeshire
No 72 Sqn, Church Fenton, Yorkshire
No 74 Sqn, Hornchurch, Essex
No 602 Sqn, Abbotsinch, Renfrew
No 609 Sqn, Catterick, Yorkshire
No 611 Sqn, Duxford, Cambridgeshire
Stranraer Mk I, Vickers Supermarine (Twin-engine general
reconnaissance biplane flying-boat)
No 209 Sqn, Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty
Sunderland Mk I, Short (Four-engine long-range general reconnaissance
and anti-submarine flying boat)
No 204 Sqn, Mount Batten, Devon
No 210 Sqn, Pembroke Dock, Pembroke
No 228 Sqn, Alexandria, Egypt
No 230 Sqn, Seletar, Singapore
Valentia Mk I, Vickers (Twin-engine biplane troop carrier)
No 31 Sqn, Lahore, India
No 70 Sqn, Helwan, Egypt with det at Habbaniya, Iraq
No 216 Sqn, Heliopolis, Egypt
Various aircraft
No 24 Sqn, Hendon, Middlesex
Vildebeest, Vickers (Single-engine biplane torpedo bomber)
Mk I
No 100 Sqn, Seletar, Singapore
Mk II
No 42 Sqn, Bircham Newton, Norfolk
Mk III
No 22 Sqn, Thorney Island, Sussex
No 36 Sqn, Seletar, Singapore
No 100 Sqn, Seletar, Singapore
No 273 Sqn, China Bay, Ceylon
Mk IV
No 42 Sqn, Bircham Newton, Norfolk
Vincent Mk I, Vickers (Single-engine general purpose biplane)
No 8 Sqn, Khormaksar, Aden
No 47 Sqn, Khartoum, Sudan
Wapiti Mk IIA, Westland (Single-engine general purpose biplane)
No 5 Sqn, Risalpur, India
No 27 Sqn, Kohat, India
Wellesley Mk I, Vickers (Single-engine general purpose bomber)
No 14 Sqn, Ismalia, Egypt
No 47 Sqn, Khartoum, Sudan
No 223 Sqn, Nairobi, Kenya
Wellington Mk I, Vickers (Twin-engine long-range night-bomber)
No 9 Sqn, Honington, Suffolk
No 37 Sqn, Feltwell, Norfolk
No 38 Sqn, Marham, Norfolk
No 75 Sqn, Stradishall, Suffolk
No 99 Sqn, Mildenhall, Suffolk
No 115 Sqn, Marham, Norfolk
No 148 Sqn, Stradishall, Suffolk
No 149 Sqn, Mildenhall, Suffolk
No 214 Sqn, Feltwell, Norfolk
No 215 Sqn, Honington, Suffolk
Whitley, Armstrong Whitworth (Twin-engine long-range night-bomber)
Mk I
No 51 Sqn, Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire
No 166 Sqn, Leconfield, Yorkshire
Mk II
No 97 Sqn, Leconfield, Yorkshire
Mk III
No 51 Sqn, Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire
No 58 Sqn, Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire
No 77 Sqn, Driffield, Yorkshire
No 97 Sqn, Leconfield, Yorkshire
No 102 Sqn, Driffield, Yorkshire
Mk IV
No 10 Sqn, Dishforth, Yorkshire
No 78 Sqn, Dishforth, Yorkshire
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