No. 1302 Flight RAF

No. 1302 Flight RAF
A Hawker Hurricane from the Battle of Britain flight
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
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. The flight was disbanded on 1 June 1946 at RAF Bangalore, Karnataka, British India.

Aircraft operated

Aircraft operated by no. 1302 Flight RAF, data from

From	To	Aircraft	Version	Example
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

Camps and airfields used by No. 1302 Flight RAF, data from

From	To	Base
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

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.