RAF Tingley

RAF Tingley
RAF Tingley
Lake Fetzara, El Bouni District in Algeria
	RAF Tingley Shown within Algeria
Coordinates	36°49′01″N 07°36′15″E / 36.81694°N 7.60417°E
Type	Royal Air Force station
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Site history
Built	1940s
In use	1940s
Battles/wars	Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II

Royal Air Force Tingley or more simply RAF Tingley is a former Royal Air Force station located to the northeast of Lake Fetzara, El Bouni District, Algeria.

The following squadrons were here at some point:

No. 32 Squadron RAF between 21 May and 19 August 1943 with the Supermarine Spitfire VC & IX and the Hawker Hurricane IIC^[1]
No. 43 (China-British) Squadron RAF between 19 April and 2 May 1943 with the Spitfire VC^[2]
No. 81 Squadron RAF between 26 January and 17 March 1943 with the VC & IX^[3]
No. 87 (United Provinces) Squadron RAF between 22 May and 13 August 1943 with the Spitfire VB, VC & IX^[4]
No. 154 (Motor Industries) Squadron RAF between 17 January and 16 March 1943 with the Spitfire VB & IX^[5]
No. 232 Squadron RAF between 12 January and 16 March 1943 with the Spitfire VB^[6]
No. 242 (Canadian) Squadron RAF between 13 March and 19 April 1943 with the Spitfire VB^[7]
No. 243 Squadron RAF between 13 and 28 January 1943 with the Spitfire VB & VC^[8]
Detachment from No. 255 Squadron RAF between December 1942 and May 1943 with the Bristol Beaufighter VIF^[9]
No. 283 Squadron RAF between 13 and 30 May 1943 with the Supermarine Walrus^[10]
Detachment from No. 600 (City of London) Squadron AAF between January and June 1943 with the Beaufighter VIF^[11]

References

Jefford, C. G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.