After the Japanese surrender, relief flights and supply drops to thousands of internees in the POW camps were flown to Java and Sumatra, and in October the squadron moved to its new base near Batavia, where the squadron passed to MLD control on 8 December 1945, keeping the same squadron number, No. 321 Squadron MLD. Along with 320 Squadron, it flew maritime patrol missions from Valkenburg for decades afterwards. The Squadron was disbanded in January 2005 due to budget cuts.[1]
^Evans, John (2005). Final Flights: Aviation Accidents in West Wales from the Great War to the 1990s (1 ed.). Pembroke Dock: Paterchurch Publications. pp. 16–18. ISBN1-870745-14-0.
Halley, James J. The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918–1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1988. ISBN0-85130-164-9.
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, 2001. ISBN1-84037-141-2.
Rawlings, John D.R. Coastal, Support and Special Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft. London: Jane's Publishing Company Ltd., 1982. ISBN0-7106-0187-5.
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netherlands, squadron, unit, royal, force, during, second, world, formed, from, personnel, marineluchtvaartdienst, royal, netherlands, naval, service, avro, anson, squadron, carrying, dutch, markings, tail, active1, june, 1940, january, 1941, august, 1942, dec. No 321 Netherlands Squadron RAF was a unit of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War formed from the personnel of the Marineluchtvaartdienst MLD the Royal Netherlands Naval Air Service No 321 Netherlands Squadron RAFAvro Anson of No 321 Squadron carrying Dutch markings on its tail Active1 June 1940 18 January 1941 15 August 1942 8 December 1945CountryUnited KingdomAllegianceDutch government in exileBranchRoyal Air ForceTypeInactivePart ofRAF Coastal CommandNickname s NetherlandsAircraftConsolidated Catalina Consolidated Liberator Contents 1 History 1 1 Formation 1 2 Catalinas 2 Aircraft operated 3 Commanding officers 4 References 4 1 Citations 4 2 Bibliography 5 External linksHistory editFormation edit Formed on 1 June 1940 at RAF Pembroke Dock the squadron moved to RAF Carew Cheriton on 28 July 1940 and became operational The squadron flew coastal and anti submarine patrols with Avro Ansons until the squadron was disbanded due to lack of personnel and merged with No 320 Netherlands Squadron on 18 January 1941 Catalinas edit The squadron was re activated at RAF Trincomalee Ceylon on 15 August 1942 It was equipped with Consolidated Catalinas which were crewed by MLD personnel who escaped to Ceylon The squadron s headquarters was located at RAF China Bay with detachments based in Mombasa Cocos Islands Socotra Masirah Ceylon Durban Port Elizabeth Aden and Cape Town Supplemented with Consolidated Liberators in July 1945 the air echelon moved to Cocos Island in preparation for Operation Zipper the proposed invasion of Malaya After the Japanese surrender relief flights and supply drops to thousands of internees in the POW camps were flown to Java and Sumatra and in October the squadron moved to its new base near Batavia where the squadron passed to MLD control on 8 December 1945 keeping the same squadron number No 321 Squadron MLD Along with 320 Squadron it flew maritime patrol missions from Valkenburg for decades afterwards The Squadron was disbanded in January 2005 due to budget cuts 1 Aircraft operated editFrom To Aircraft Version Jun 1940 Jan 1941 Avro Anson Mk I Aug 1942 Dec 1944 Consolidated Catalina Mk II Dec 1943 Aug 1945 Consolidated Catalina Mk III Dec 1944 Dec 1945 Consolidated Liberator Mk VI Aug 1945 Dec 1945 Consolidated Catalina Mk Va Dec 1945 Dec 1945 Consolidated Catalina Mk IVb 2 3 4 Commanding officers editFrom To Name Jun 1940 Aug 1940 Lt Cdr H Kolff Aug 1940 Oct 1940 Lt Cdr M G Smalt Oct 1940 Jan 1941 Lt Cdr W van Lier Jul 1942 1945 Lt Cdr W van Prooijen 2 References editCitations edit Evans John 2005 Final Flights Aviation Accidents in West Wales from the Great War to the 1990s 1 ed Pembroke Dock Paterchurch Publications pp 16 18 ISBN 1 870745 14 0 a b Rawlings 1982 p 201 Halley 1988 p 368 Jefford 2001 p 88 Bibliography edit 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 2001 ISBN 1 84037 141 2 Rawlings John D R Coastal Support and Special Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft London Jane s Publishing Company Ltd 1982 ISBN 0 7106 0187 5 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to No 321 Netherlands Squadron RAF Scramble The Aviation Magazine Squadron bases at RAF Commands RAF website Nos 310 330 Squadron Aircraft amp Markings on RAFweb Nos 310 347 Squadron Histories on RAFweb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title No 321 Netherlands Squadron RAF amp oldid 1219759508, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
