244th RAF Squadron
No. 244 Squadron RAF
period of existence / Active
244 Squadron RAF [1918-1919]
244th RAF Squadron [1940-1945]
Motto and Squadron Badge
unassigned / No Authorised
history
15.08.1918 - Formed at Bangor Base by the amalgamation of several separate squadrons (Nos. 521, 522 and 530) and continued anti-submarine patrols along the Welsh coast until the end of the war
22.01.1919 - disbanded
01.11.1940 - reconstituted at Shaibah base in Iraq, where it performed mainly "policing" and reconnaissance duties
DD.05.1942 - after rearmament carried out anti-submarine patrols in the Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean until the end of the war
01.05.1945 - disbanded
sources
Halley, James J. The Squadrons of the Royal & Commonwealth Air Force 1918-1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air Britain (Historians) Ltd, 1988. ISBN 0-85130-164-9.
Jefford, Wing Commander C.G., MBE, BA, RAF(Retd.). 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.
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.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._244_Squadron_RAF
http://www.rafweb.org/Squadrons/Sqn241-245.htm
http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/244squadron.cfm
www.historyofwar.org
http://www.rquirk.com/med/244sqn/244sqn.html
http://www.habbaniya.org/244_Sqn.html
No. 244 Squadron RAF
period of existence / Active
244 Squadron RAF [1918-1919]
244th RAF Squadron [1940-1945]
Motto and Squadron Badge
unassigned / No Authorised
history
15.08.1918 - Formed at Bangor Base by the amalgamation of several separate squadrons (Nos. 521, 522 and 530) and continued anti-submarine patrols along the Welsh coast until the end of the war
22.01.1919 - disbanded
01.11.1940 - reconstituted at Shaibah base in Iraq, where it performed mainly "policing" and reconnaissance duties
DD.05.1942 - after rearmament carried out anti-submarine patrols in the Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean until the end of the war
01.05.1945 - disbanded
sources
Halley, James J. The Squadrons of the Royal & Commonwealth Air Force 1918-1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air Britain (Historians) Ltd, 1988. ISBN 0-85130-164-9.
Jefford, Wing Commander C.G., MBE, BA, RAF(Retd.). 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.
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.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._244_Squadron_RAF
http://www.rafweb.org/Squadrons/Sqn241-245.htm
http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/244squadron.cfm
www.historyofwar.org
http://www.rquirk.com/med/244sqn/244sqn.html
http://www.habbaniya.org/244_Sqn.html