Alphabetically named Flights RAF/RFC

The table below lists the independent aircraft flights of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and Royal Air Force (RAF) which were given alphabetical designations.

Flights

flight letter	location(s)	period(s)	aircraft	notes
B, Palestine	RAF Aboukir Weli Sheikh Nuran, Palestine	1917 - December 1917	B.E.2C B.E.12	formed by re-designating an element of 23 Training Squadron^[1]
G	MAEE Helensburgh RAF Bowmore	21 September 1940 – 13 March 1941	Short S.23 Short S.26	became 119 Squadron
H	RAF Ambala RAF Drigh Road RAF Ambala RAF Lahore	25 August 1939 – 9 February 1940 January 1940 - October 1940	Blenheim I	became 'W' Flight on 9 Feb 1940, formed Jan 1940 from an element of Battle Flight RAF, last known at Lahore
I	Fauquembergues, France Serny, France	9 July 1918 – 14 January 1919	F.E.2b B.E.12	re-designated from Special Duty Flight, Royal Flying Corps
J	RAF Melton Mowbray RAF Cairo West	28 September 1945 – 10 October 1945	Stirling V	disbanded at Cairo West to become No. 1589 (Heavy Freight) Flight RAF
K	Auxi-le-Château, France unknown Summit, Sudan RAF Aqir, Palestine RAF Melton Mowbray RAF Santacruz	9 July 1918 - unknown 1 September 1940 – 1 April 1941 16 September 1945 – 10 October 1945	R.E.8 Gladiator I Gladiator II Stirling V	re-designated from 'B' Flight No. 112 Squadron RAF 1 Sep 1940 at Summit; became No. 1588 (Heavy Freight) Flight RAF at Santa Cruz on 10 Oct 1945
M	Longuenesse, Saint-Omer, France Hangelar, Germany	6 October 1918 - August 1919	F.2b DH.9 Fokker D.VII S.E.5a
N	Vert Galand, France unknown	18 September 1919 - unknown	F.2b	records begin on 18 September 1919
O	Premont Farm, France unknown	23 October 1918 - unknown	F.2b	date and location of disbandment unknown
P	Serny, France unknown Ismailia, Egypt Jeddah, Arabia	29 August 1918 - unknown 9 June 1919 – 25 May 1919	R.E.8 F.2b	date and location of disbandment unknown; formed at Ismailia from a detached Flight of No. 113 Squadron RAF
Q	RAF Ambala RAF Rednal	25 August 1939 – 15 December 1940 October 1943 - January 1944	Blenheim I Gladiator I Vickers Wellington	formed at Ambala by re-designating an element of No. 60 Squadron RAF; disbanded to become No. 4 Coastal Defence Flight, Indian Air Force Volunteer Reserve disbanded
V	RAF Ambala RAF Juhu unknown	25 August 1939 - unknown	Blenheim I Hawker Audax	formed at Ambala by re-designating an element of No. 60 Squadron RAF, disbanded finally at unknown location and date
W	RAF Drigh Road	9 February 1940 – 15 December 1940	Blenheim I	re-designated from 'H' Flight
X	Aqaba, Egypt RAF Haifa RAF Habbaniya RAF Abadan	24 November 1917 – 19 October 1918 May 1940 - June 1940 6 June 1941 – 30 June 1941 16 July 1942 – 30 October 1942	B.E.2C B.E.12 Bristol F2b Nieuport 17 Gladiator I Gladiator II	initially formed from Special Duty Flight RFC
Y	RAF Ambala RAF St. Thomas Mount unknown	1917	Blenheim I Audax
Z	Istrana, Italy Villaverla, Italy Taganrog, Russia Rostov, Russia RAF Ambala RAF Dum-Dum	March 1918 - 3 July 1918 30 November 1919 - January 1920 28 August 1939 December 1940	Bristol F.2b R.E.8 Blenheim I	formed, at Istrana, by re-designating an element of No. 34 Squadron RAF; re-formed at RAF Ambala, by re-designating an element of 60 Squadron

See also

• List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons
• List of Battle of Britain squadrons
• List of conversion units of the Royal Air Force
• List of Royal Air Force units & establishments
• List of Royal Air Force schools
• List of Royal Air Force aircraft independent flights
• University Air Squadron
• Air Experience Flight
• Volunteer Gliding Squadron
• List of Air Training Corps squadrons
• List of RAF Regiment units
• List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadrons
• List of Army Air Corps aircraft units
• List of RAF squadron codes
• United Kingdom military aircraft registration number
• United Kingdom aircraft test serials
• British military aircraft designation systems
• Royal Air Force roundels

References

Citations

1. Lake 1999, p. 35.

Bibliography

• Lake, A. (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury, England: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.