No. 1302 Flight RAF
Appearance
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No. 1302 Flight RAF | |
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Active | 31 July 1943 – 1 June 1946 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Air Force |
Role | Meteorological reconnaissance |
Part of | No. 225 Group RAF, Air Command South East Asia[1] |
Insignia | |
Squadron Badge heraldry | No known badge |
Squadron Codes | No known identification code for the flight is known to have been carried |
No. 1302 (Meteorological) Flight was formed at RAF Yelahanka, Karnataka, British India, on 31 July 1943 by re-designating No. 3 Meteorological Flight RAF.[2] The flight was disbanded on 1 June 1946[3] at RAF Bangalore, Karnataka, British India.
Aircraft operated
[edit]From | To | Aircraft | Version | Example |
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February 1944 | 1 June 1946 | Bristol Blenheim | Mk.IV | Z7611 |
March 1944 | 1 June 1946 | Vickers Wellington | Mk.Ic | HX773 |
? | 1 June 1946 | Boulton Paul Defiant | ||
August 1944 | 1 June 1946 | Hawker Hurricane | Mk.IIc | LD402 |
August 1944 | 1 June 1946 | Hawker Hurricane | Mk.IId | KX243 |
Flight airfields
[edit]From | To | Base |
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31 July 1943 | 14 March 1944 | RAF Yelahanka, Karnataka, British India |
14 March 1944 | ? | RAF St. Thomas Mount, Madras, British India |
? | 1 June 1946 | RAF Bangalore, Karnataka, British India |
References
[edit]- Notes
- Bibliography
- Delve, Ken. The Source Book of the RAF. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1994. ISBN 1-85310-451-5.
- Lake, Alan. Flying Units of the RAF. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.
- Sturtivant, Ray, ISO and John Hamlin. RAF Flying Training And Support Units since 1912. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 2007. ISBN 0-85130-365-X.