| Název: Name: | 516. peruť RAF | No. 516 Squadron RAF |
| Originální název: Original Name: | No. 516 Squadron RAF | |
| Datum vzniku: Raised/Formed: | 18.04.1943 | |
| Předchůdce: Predecessor: | 1441. letka | No 1441 (Combined Operations) Flight |
| Datum zániku: Disbanded: | 02.12.1944 | |
| Nástupce: Successor: | - | - |
| Nadřízené velitelství: Higher Command: | 18.04.1943-15.08.1944 105. křídlo RAF 15.08.1944-02.12.1944 44. skupina RAF | 18.04.1943-15.08.1944 No. 105 Wing RAF 15.08.1944-02.12.1944 No. 44 Group RAF |
| Dislokace: Deployed: | 28.04.1943-02.12.1944 Dundonald, Royal Air Force Station Dundonald | |
| Velitel: Commander: | 18.04.1943-02.12.1944 ?, ? ( ) | |
| Výzbroj: Armament: | DD.04.1943-DD.03.1944 North American P-51 Mustang Mk.I DD.04 1943-DD.12 1943 Westland Lysander Mk.II DD.04.1943-DD.12.1943 Westland Lysander Mk.III DD.04 1943-DD.12.1943 Avro Anson Mk.I DD.05.1943-DD.12.1943 Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV DD.12.1943-DD.12.1944 Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIB DD.12.1943-DD.12.1944 Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIC | |
| Poznámka: Note: | kódové označení FP (přiděleno 04.1939-09.1939) historie jednotky | Squadron Codes FP (Allocated 04.1939-09.1939) 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. 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_old/h516.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._516_Squadron_RAF www.historyofwar.org http://www.combinedops.com/516%20Sqd.htm | |