No. 1300 Flight RAF | |
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![]() The Mosquito B.Mk XVI
ML963 of
571 Squadron | |
Active | 31 Jul 1943 – 30 May 1946 1 Jun 1946 – 15 Mar 1947 |
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Branch |
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Role | Meteorological reconnaissance |
Part of | No. 231 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. 1300 (Meteorological) Flight was formed on 31 July 1943 at RAF Alipore, West Bengal, British India, by re-designating No. 1 Meteorological Flight RAF. [2] [3] The flight, strength of which had been reduced to three Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIs by this time, [3] was disbanded on 30 May 1946 at RAF Kallang, Malaya, as No. 1300 (Meteorological THUM) Flight, THUM standing for Temperature and Humidity.
No. 1300 (Meteorological Reconnaissance) Flight was re-formed on 1 June 1946 at RAF Mingaladon, Burma, moving to RAF Butterworth, in Malaya, where it disbanded on 15 March 1947 to become No. 18 Squadron RAF. [2] [3]
From | To | Aircraft | Version | Example |
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July 1943 | ? | Vultee Vengeance | ||
November 1943 | ? | Bristol Blenheim | Mk.IV | Z9811 |
August 1944 | May 1946 | Hawker Hurricane | Mk.IIc | LF201 |
August 1944 | May 1946 | Hawker Hurricane | Mk.IId | KW879 |
August 1944 | 1946 | Hawker Hurricane | Mk.IV | KZ248 |
1945 | 1946 | Supermarine Spitfire | Mk.XI | PL920 |
June 1945 | March 1947 | de Havilland Mosquito | FB.6 | TE595; TE848 |
June 1945 | March 1947 | North American Harvard | T.2b | FS923 (Support aircraft) |
From | To | Base |
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31 July 1943 | 11 April 1944 | RAF Alipore, West Bengal, British India |
11 April 1944 | 19 September 1944 | RAF Baigachi, West Bengal, British India |
19 September 1944 | 21 December 1945 | RAF Alipore, West Bengal, British India |
21 December 1945 | 30 May 1946 | RAF Kallang, Malaya |
1 June 1946 | 13 December 1946 | RAF Mingaladon, Burma |
13 December 1946 | 15 March 1947 | RAF Butterworth, Malaya |
No. 1300 Flight RAF | |
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![]() The Mosquito B.Mk XVI
ML963 of
571 Squadron | |
Active | 31 Jul 1943 – 30 May 1946 1 Jun 1946 – 15 Mar 1947 |
Country |
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Branch |
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Role | Meteorological reconnaissance |
Part of | No. 231 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. 1300 (Meteorological) Flight was formed on 31 July 1943 at RAF Alipore, West Bengal, British India, by re-designating No. 1 Meteorological Flight RAF. [2] [3] The flight, strength of which had been reduced to three Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIs by this time, [3] was disbanded on 30 May 1946 at RAF Kallang, Malaya, as No. 1300 (Meteorological THUM) Flight, THUM standing for Temperature and Humidity.
No. 1300 (Meteorological Reconnaissance) Flight was re-formed on 1 June 1946 at RAF Mingaladon, Burma, moving to RAF Butterworth, in Malaya, where it disbanded on 15 March 1947 to become No. 18 Squadron RAF. [2] [3]
From | To | Aircraft | Version | Example |
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July 1943 | ? | Vultee Vengeance | ||
November 1943 | ? | Bristol Blenheim | Mk.IV | Z9811 |
August 1944 | May 1946 | Hawker Hurricane | Mk.IIc | LF201 |
August 1944 | May 1946 | Hawker Hurricane | Mk.IId | KW879 |
August 1944 | 1946 | Hawker Hurricane | Mk.IV | KZ248 |
1945 | 1946 | Supermarine Spitfire | Mk.XI | PL920 |
June 1945 | March 1947 | de Havilland Mosquito | FB.6 | TE595; TE848 |
June 1945 | March 1947 | North American Harvard | T.2b | FS923 (Support aircraft) |
From | To | Base |
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31 July 1943 | 11 April 1944 | RAF Alipore, West Bengal, British India |
11 April 1944 | 19 September 1944 | RAF Baigachi, West Bengal, British India |
19 September 1944 | 21 December 1945 | RAF Alipore, West Bengal, British India |
21 December 1945 | 30 May 1946 | RAF Kallang, Malaya |
1 June 1946 | 13 December 1946 | RAF Mingaladon, Burma |
13 December 1946 | 15 March 1947 | RAF Butterworth, Malaya |