The squadron was formed at RAF Elvington on 15 May 1944 from Groupes 2/23 ‘Guyenne’ airmen who had been based in North Africa. It was equipped with British Halifaxheavy bomber aircraft and then took part in night bombing raids over Germany.
The squadron moved to Bordeaux in October 1945 after hostilities had ceased and transferred from RAF to French control on 15 November 1945.
squadron, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, february, 2013, l. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources No 346 Squadron RAF news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message The No 346 Squadron RAF was a French Air Force bomber squadron given a Royal Air Force squadron number during World War II No 346 GB II 23 Guyenne Squadron RAFActive15 May 1944 15 November 1945Country United KingdomAllegiance Free French ForcesBranch Royal Air ForcePart ofRAF Bomber CommandNickname s GB II 23 Guyenne Contents 1 History 2 Aircraft operated 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe squadron was formed at RAF Elvington on 15 May 1944 from Groupes 2 23 Guyenne airmen who had been based in North Africa It was equipped with British Halifax heavy bomber aircraft and then took part in night bombing raids over Germany The squadron moved to Bordeaux in October 1945 after hostilities had ceased and transferred from RAF to French control on 15 November 1945 Aircraft operated editAircraft operated by no 346 Squadron RAF From To Aircraft VariantMay 1944 Jun 1944 Handley Page Halifax VMay 1944 Apr 1945 Handley Page Halifax IIIMar 1945 Nov 1945 Handley Page Halifax VI 1 References edit C G Jefford 1988 RAF Squadrons UK Airlife Publishing ISBN 1 85310 053 6 External links editSquadron history on the official RAF website nbsp This article about a specific French military unit is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title No 346 Squadron RAF amp oldid 1111223421, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
