No known identification code for the flight is known to have been carried
531 Sqn, which had taken over men and machines, carried on flying the Turbinlite Bostons and Havocs till the system was abandoned on 25 January 1943,[5] when Turbinlite squadrons were, due to lack of success on their part and the rapid development of AI radar, thought to be superfluous.[6]
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Aircraft and Markings of no. 511-598 sqn, amongst them 531 sqn, the successor of 1452 flt.
October 27, 2023
1452, flight, 1452, fighter, flight, formed, west, malling, 1941, equipped, with, turbinlite, douglas, boston, douglas, havoc, aircraft, operations, they, operated, first, with, boulton, paul, defiants, squadron, later, with, hawker, hurricanes, squadron, flig. No 1452 Fighter Flight was formed at RAF West Malling on 22 May 1941 equipped with Turbinlite Douglas Boston and Douglas Havoc aircraft 2 On operations they co operated at first with the Boulton Paul Defiants of 264 Squadron and later with the Hawker Hurricanes of 32 Squadron The flight was replaced with 531 Squadron on 8 September 1942 3 not on 2 September due to administrative reasons 4 but officially disbanded as late as 22 January 1943 3 No 1452 Flight RAFAn A 20 Havoc of the USAAF like the ones used by the flightActive7 Jul 1941 8 Sep 1942CountryUnited KingdomBranchRoyal Air ForceRoleNight Fighter Turbinlite Part ofNo 11 Group RAF Fighter Command 1 InsigniaSquadron Badge heraldryNo known badgeSquadron CodesNo known identification code for the flight is known to have been carried 531 Sqn which had taken over men and machines carried on flying the Turbinlite Bostons and Havocs till the system was abandoned on 25 January 1943 5 when Turbinlite squadrons were due to lack of success on their part and the rapid development of AI radar thought to be superfluous 6 Contents 1 Aircraft operated 2 Flight bases 3 Commanding officers 4 References 5 External linksAircraft operated editAircraft operated by no 1452 Flight RAF data from 2 3 7 From To Aircraft Version7 July 1941 8 September 1942 Douglas Havoc Mk I Turbinlite 7 July 1941 8 September 1942 Douglas Havoc Mk I7 July 1941 8 September 1942 Douglas Havoc Mk II Turbinlite 7 July 1941 8 September 1942 Douglas Havoc Mk II7 July 1941 8 September 1942 Douglas Boston Mk II Turbinlite 7 July 1941 8 September 1942 Douglas Boston Mk III Turbinlite Flight bases editBases and airfields used by no 1452 Flight RAF data from 2 3 7 From To Base7 July 1941 8 September 1942 RAF West Malling KentCommanding officers editOfficers commanding no 1457 Flight RAF data from 7 From To Name7 July 1941 April 1942 S Ldr J E Marschall DFCApril 1942 8 September 1942 S Ldr G R TurnerReferences editNotes Delve 1994 p 57 a b c Lake 1999 p 89 a b c d Sturtivant and Hamlin 2007 p 123 Jefford 2001 p 97 Halley 1988 p 402 Rawlings 1978 p 463 a b c Rawlings 1978 p 464 BibliographyDelve Ken The Source Book of the RAF Shrewsbury Shropshire UK Airlife Publishing 1994 ISBN 1 85310 451 5 Halley James J The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force amp Commonwealth 1918 1988 Tonbridge Kent UK Air Britain Historians Ltd 1988 ISBN 0 85130 164 9 Jefford C G RAF Squadrons a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912 Shrewsbury Shropshire UK Airlife Publishing 1988 second edition 2001 ISBN 1 85310 053 6 Lake Alan Flying Units of the RAF Shrewsbury Shropshire UK Airlife Publishing 1999 ISBN 1 84037 086 6 Rawlings John D R Fighter Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft London Macdonald amp Jane s Publishers Ltd 1969 2nd edition 1976 reprinted 1978 ISBN 0 354 01028 X 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 External links editAircraft and Markings of no 511 598 sqn amongst them 531 sqn the successor of 1452 flt Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title No 1452 Flight RAF amp oldid 930283548, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
