avia.wikisort.org - Air_ForcesNo. 276 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force Squadron formed as an air-sea rescue unit in World War II.
Former flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
No. 276 Squadron RAF |
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Active | 21 October 1941 – 14 November 1945 |
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Country | United Kingdom |
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Branch | Royal Air Force |
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Motto(s) | Retrieve |
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Squadron Badge | The head of a labrador Retriever dog |
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Squadron Code | AQ (October 1941 - November 1945) |
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Military unit
History
The squadron formed at RAF Harrowbeer, Devon on 21 October 1941 equipped with the Lysander and Walrus, with the responsibility of Air Sea Rescue over the Western part of the English Channel and the Bristol Channel.[1] Hurricanes, Defiants, Spitfires and Ansons were then supplied, the fighter aircraft being used for spotting downed aircrew at sea and for dropping dinghies to the downed airmen.[2][3]
Warwicks which could drop lifeboats were operated from April 1944 until they were transferred to No. 277 Squadron RAF. A detachment and then the whole squadron relocated to Querqueville, France, and then Belgium following the Normandy landings. The squadron then moved to Kjevik, Norway, on 23 August 1945 and it returned to RAF Dunsfold on 10 November 1945 where it disbanded on 14 November 1945.
Aircraft operated
References
- Dunnell Aeroplane April 2018, p. 60.
- Rawlings 1982, pp. 250–251.
- Dunnell Aeroplane April 2018, p. 61.
- C.G.Jefford (1988). RAF Squadrons. UK Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
- Dunnell, Ben (April 2018). "'The Sea Shall Not Have Them'". Aeroplane. Vol. 46, no. 4. pp. 60–61. ISSN 0143-7240.
- Rawlings, John D. R. (1982). Coastal, Support and Special Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft. London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7106-0187-5.
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- Air Training Corps
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Personnel |
- Officer ranks
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Appointments |
- Chief of Air Staff
- Assistant Chief of the Air Staff
- Air Member for Personnel
- Air Secretary
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- Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment
- Warrant Officer of the RAF
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- Ensign
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- Uniform
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