Název: Name: | 420. peruť RCAF | No. 420 Squadron RCAF |
Originální název: Original Name: | No. 420 (Snowy Owl) Squadron RCAF / No. 420 (RCAF) Squadron RAF | |
Datum vzniku: Raised/Formed: | 19.12.1941 | |
Předchůdce: Predecessor: | - | - |
Datum zániku: Disbanded: | 05.09.1945 | |
Nástupce: Successor: | - | - |
Nadřízené velitelství: Higher Command: | DD.12.1941-DD.08.1942 5. skupina RAF DD.08.1942-DD.01.1943 4. skupina RAF DD.01.1943-DD.06.1943 6. skupina RAF DD.06.1943-DD.10.1943 331. křídlo RAF DD.11.1943-DD.06.1945 6. skupina RAF | DD.12.1941-DD.08.1942 No. 5 Group RAF DD.08.1942-DD.01.1943 No. 4 Group RAF DD.01.1943-DD.06.1943 No. 6 Group RAF DD.06.1943-DD.10.1943 No. 331 Wing RAF DD.11.1943-DD.06.1945 No. 6 Group RAF |
Dislokace: Deployed: | 19.12.1941-07.08.1942 Waddington, Royal Air Force Station Waddington 07.08.1942-16.10.1942 Skipton-on-Swale, Royal Air Force Station Skipton-on-Swale 16.10.1942-16.05.1943 Middleton St George, Royal Air Force Station Middleton St George 16.05.1943-04.06.1943 přesun do severní Afriky / Left to North Africa, ? 04.06.1943-19.06.1943 Telergma, Telergma Airfield 19.06.1943-29.09.1943 Hammamet, Zina Airfield 29.09.1943-17.10.1943 Kairouan, Hani (East) Airfield 17.10.1943-06.11.1943 přesun do Velké Británie / en route UK, ? 06.11.1943-12.12.1943 Topcliffe, Royal Air Force Station Dalton 12.12.1943-12.06.1945 Tholthorpe, Royal Canadian Air Force Station Tholthorpe 12.06.1945-16.06.1945 přesun do Kanady / en route Canada, ? 16.06.1945-05.09.1945 Debert, Royal Canadian Air Force Station Debert | |
Velitel: Commander: | 19.12.1941-30.04.1942 Collier, John David Drought (Wing Commander) 30.04.1942-11.04.1943 Bradshaw, D. A. R. (Wing Commander) 12.04.1943-07.04.1944 McIntosh, D. (Wing Commander) 08.04.1944-23.10.1944 McKenna, G. A. (Wing Commander) 24.10.1944-23.11.1944 Edwards, G. J. (Wing Commander) 24.11.1944-27.01.1945 Phalen, W. G. (Wing Commander) 28.01.1945-23.04.1945 McCarthy, F. S. (Wing Commander) 24.04.1945-05.09.1945 Gray, R. J. (Wing Commander) | |
Výzbroj: Armament: | DD.01.1942-DD.08.1942 Handley Page Hampden Mk.I DD.08.1942-DD.04.1943 Vickers Wellington Mk.III DD.02.1943-DD.10.1943 Vickers Wellington Mk.X DD.12.1943-DD.05.1945 Handley Page Halifax Mk.III DD.04.1945-DD.09.1945 Avro Lancaster B Mk.X | |
Poznámka: Note: | kódové označení PT (1941-1945) historie jednotky | Squadron Codes PT (1941-1945) Units History |
Zdroje: Sources: | HALLEY, James J. The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 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. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._420_Squadron_RCAF http://www.rafweb.org/Sqn411-420.htm www.bombercommandmuseum.ca www.raf.mod.uk http://www.aquatax.ca/snowyowl.html www.historyofwar.org www.canadianwings.com |