512th RAF Squadron
No 512 Squadron RAF
period of existence
512. peruť RAF [1943-1946]
motto
Pegasus militatis (Pegasus at war / Pegasus ve válce)
history
Formed 18.06.1943 at Hendon as a transport unit providing transport between Great Britain, Gibraltar and North Africa. In February 1944, he begins training for airborne operations and then participates in the Normandy landings (Operation Overlord), the Arnheim landings (Operation Market Garden) and the Rhine crossing (Operation Varsity). After the end of the fighting, it returned to transport duties and was disbanded on 14 March 1946.
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://www.rafweb.org/Squadrons/Sqn500-520.htm
http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/512squadron.cfm
httpS://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._512_Squadron_RAF
http://www.pegasusarchive.org/arnhem/batt_512.htm
www.historyofwar.org
No 512 Squadron RAF
period of existence
512. peruť RAF [1943-1946]
motto
Pegasus militatis (Pegasus at war / Pegasus ve válce)
history
Formed 18.06.1943 at Hendon as a transport unit providing transport between Great Britain, Gibraltar and North Africa. In February 1944, he begins training for airborne operations and then participates in the Normandy landings (Operation Overlord), the Arnheim landings (Operation Market Garden) and the Rhine crossing (Operation Varsity). After the end of the fighting, it returned to transport duties and was disbanded on 14 March 1946.
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://www.rafweb.org/Squadrons/Sqn500-520.htm
http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/512squadron.cfm
httpS://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._512_Squadron_RAF
http://www.pegasusarchive.org/arnhem/batt_512.htm
www.historyofwar.org
