680th RAF Squadron
No. 680 Squadron RAF
period of existence / Active
680 Squadron RAF [1943-1946]
Motto and Squadron Badge
unassigned / No Authorised
history
01.02.1943 - Formed at Matariya base in Egypt as a photo reconnaissance unit and operated mainly in North Africa, the eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans until the end of the war, operating in Palestine in the post-war period and its detachments in Iraq and Iran
01.09.1946 - disbanded by re-designation as 13th Squadron
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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._680_Squadron_RAF
http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/680squadron.cfm
http://www.rafweb.org/Squadrons/Sqn671-1435.htm
www.historyofwar.org
No. 680 Squadron RAF
period of existence / Active
680 Squadron RAF [1943-1946]
Motto and Squadron Badge
unassigned / No Authorised
history
01.02.1943 - Formed at Matariya base in Egypt as a photo reconnaissance unit and operated mainly in North Africa, the eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans until the end of the war, operating in Palestine in the post-war period and its detachments in Iraq and Iran
01.09.1946 - disbanded by re-designation as 13th Squadron
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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._680_Squadron_RAF
http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/680squadron.cfm
http://www.rafweb.org/Squadrons/Sqn671-1435.htm
www.historyofwar.org