The squadron was formed at RAF Elvington on 20 June 1944 from GB I/25 ‘Tunisie’ airmen who had been based in the Middle East. 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, french, bomber, squadron, given, royal, force, squadron, number, during, world, tunisie, squadron, rafactive20, june, 1944, november, 1945country, united, kingdomallegiance, free, french, forcesbranch, royal, forcepart, ofraf, bomber, commandnickname. The No 347 Squadron RAF was a French bomber squadron given a Royal Air Force squadron number during World War II No 347 GB I 25 Tunisie Squadron RAFActive20 June 1944 15 November 1945Country United KingdomAllegiance Free French ForcesBranch Royal Air ForcePart ofRAF Bomber CommandNickname s GB I 25 Tunisie Contents 1 History 2 Aircraft operated 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe squadron was formed at RAF Elvington on 20 June 1944 from GB I 25 Tunisie airmen who had been based in the Middle East 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 edit nbsp 347 Squadron Halifax B Mark III at RAF ElvingtonAircraft operated by no 347 Squadron RAF From To Aircraft VariantJun 1944 Jul 1944 Handley Page Halifax VJul 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 edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to No 347 Squadron RAF Squadron 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 347 Squadron RAF amp oldid 1121272305, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
