Temporary Disabled. :) please Go back No. 345 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia www.fgks.org » Address: [go: up one dir, main page] Include Form Remove Scripts Accept Cookies Show Images Show Referer Rotate13 Base64 Strip Meta Strip Title Session Cookies Home Random Nearby Log in Settings Donate About Wikipedia Disclaimers Search No. 345 Squadron RAF Article Talk Language Watch Edit This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: "No. 345 Squadron RAF" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this message) The No. 345 Squadron RAF was a Free French ground attack fighter squadron given a Royal Air Force squadron number during World War II. No. 345 (GC II/2 'Berry') Squadron RAFActive30 January 1944 – 27 November 1945Country United KingdomAllegiance Free French ForcesBranch Royal Air ForceNickname(s)GC II/2 'Berry'Motto(s)Latin: Nil actum credo si quid supersii agendum (I think nothing done if anything remains undone)InsigniaIdentificationsymbolA stork Contents 1 History 2 Aircraft operated 3 References 4 External links History edit The squadron was formed in RAF Ayr, Scotland on 30 January 1944 from GC II/2 Free French airmen who had been based in the Middle East and was equipped with British Spitfire aircraft. It then moved to RAF stations in England including Shoreham, Fairwood Common and Biggin Hill. For Operation Overlord (the Allied invasion of Normandy) it was equipped with the Spitfire V LF operating from RAF Shoreham as part of Air Defence of Great Britain, though under the operational control of RAF Second Tactical Air Force (2nd TAF).[1] With 2nd TAF it followed the allied advance from the Normandy beachheads across Europe and by November 1945 was based at Friedrichshafen, Germany. It was under RAF control until 27 November 1945 when it transferred to French control. Aircraft operated edit Aircraft operated by no. 345 Squadron RAF From To Aircraft Variant Mar 1944 Sep 1944 Supermarine Spitfire VB Sep 1944 Apr 1945 Supermarine Spitfire HF IX Apr 1945 Nov 1945 Supermarine Spitfire XVI [2] References edit ^ Ken Delve, D-Day: The Air Battle, London: Arms & Armour Press, 1994, ISBN 1-85409-227-8, p. 137. ^ C.G.Jefford (1988). RAF Squadrons. UK Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-85310-053-6. External links edit Squadron history on the official RAF website This article about a specific French military unit is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.vte
The No. 345 Squadron RAF was a Free French ground attack fighter squadron given a Royal Air Force squadron number during World War II.
The squadron was formed in RAF Ayr, Scotland on 30 January 1944 from GC II/2 Free French airmen who had been based in the Middle East and was equipped with British Spitfire aircraft. It then moved to RAF stations in England including Shoreham, Fairwood Common and Biggin Hill.
For Operation Overlord (the Allied invasion of Normandy) it was equipped with the Spitfire V LF operating from RAF Shoreham as part of Air Defence of Great Britain, though under the operational control of RAF Second Tactical Air Force (2nd TAF).[1]
With 2nd TAF it followed the allied advance from the Normandy beachheads across Europe and by November 1945 was based at Friedrichshafen, Germany. It was under RAF control until 27 November 1945 when it transferred to French control.
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