| Název: Name: | 587. peruť RAF | No. 587 Squadron RAF |
| Originální název: Original Name: | No. 587 Squadron RAF | |
| Datum vzniku: Raised/Formed: | 01.12.1943 | |
| Předchůdce: Predecessor: | 1600. letka 1601. letka 1625. letka | No. 1600 Flight No. 1601 Flight No. 1625 Flight |
| Datum zániku: Disbanded: | 15.06.1946 | |
| Nástupce: Successor: | - | - |
| Nadřízené velitelství: Higher Command: | 01.12.1943-DD.MM.1945 70. skupina RAF | 01.12.1943-DD.MM.1945 No. 70 Group RAF |
| Dislokace: Deployed: | 01.12.1943-10.04.1944 Westonzoyland, Royal Air Force Station Weston Zoyland 10.04.1944-01.10.1944 Churchstanton, Royal Air Force Station Culmhead 01.10.1944-01.06.1946 Westonzoyland, Royal Air Force Station Weston Zoyland 01.06.1946-15.06.1946 Tangmere, Royal Air Force Station Tangmere | |
| Velitel: Commander: | 01.12.1943-15.06.1946 ?, ? ( ) | |
| Výzbroj: Armament: | DD.12.1943-DD.02.1944 Airspeed Oxford DD.12.1943-DD.05.1944 Hawker Henley Mk.III DD.12.1943-DD.06.1945 Hawker Hurricane Mk.IV DD.12.1943-DD.08.1945 Miles Martinet Mk.I DD.03.1944-DD.06.1945 Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIC DD.10.1944-DD.06.1946 Vultee Vengeance Mk.IV DD.04.1945-DD.05.1945 North American Mustang Mk.I DD.07.1945-DD.06.1946 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVI | |
| Poznámka: Note: | kódové označení M4 (12.1943-06.1946) historie jednotky | Squadron Codes M4 (12.1943-06.1946) 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/Sqn541-598.htm http://www.raf.mod.uk/history_old/h587.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._587_Squadron_RAF www.historyofwar.org | |