8. peruť RAF [1920-1945]

No. 8 Squadron RAF
     
Název:
Name:
8. peruť RAF No. 8 Squadron RAF
Originální název:
Original Name:
No. 8 Squadron RAF
Datum vzniku:
Raised/Formed:
18.10.1920
Předchůdce:
Predecessor:
- -
Datum zániku:
Disbanded:
01.05.1945
Nástupce:
Successor:
- -
Nadřízené velitelství:
Higher Command:
DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR
DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR
Dislokace:
Deployed:
18.10.1920-11.12.1920 Káhira, Royal Air Force Station Helwan /
11.12.1920-23.02.1021 Suez, Suez Road Aerodrome /
23.02.1921-04.03.1921 Basra, Royal Air Force Station Basrah /
04.03.1921-29.12.1921 Bagdád, Baghdad West Aerodrome /
29.12.1921-26.05.1924 Bagdád, Royal Air Force Station Hinaidi /
26.05.1924-29.05.1924 Kirkuk, Kirkuk Aerodrome /
29.05.1924-27.02.1927 Bagdád, Royal Air Force Station Hinaidi /
27.02.1927-01.05.1945 Aden, Royal Air Force Station Khormaksar /

Velitel:
Commander:
18.10.1920-24.02.1922 Allen, D. L. (Squadron Leader)
24.02.1922-05.02.1924 Bowman, Geoffrey Hilton (Squadron Leader)
05.02.1924-27.10.1924 Sowrey, Frederick (Squadron Leader)
27.10.1924-01.02.1928 McClaughry, Wilfred Ashton (Squadron Leader)
01.02.1928-01.02.1929 Bowman, Geoffrey Hilton (Squadron Leader)
01.02.1929-14.11.1929 Cochrane, Ralph Alexander (Squadron Leader)
14.11.1929-02.01.1931 Vachell, John Lyne (Squadron Leader)
02.01.1931-13.01.1933 Sorley, Ralph Squire (Squadron Leader)
13.01.1933-09.02.1935 Russell, Herbert Bainbrigge (Squadron Leader)
09.02.1935-11.03.1937 Walmsley, Hugh Sidney Porter (Squadron Leader)
11.03.1937-20.01.1939 Barrett, J. F. T. (Squadron Leader)
20.01.1939-20.09.1939 Phillips, Ronald Lancelot (Squadron Leader)
20.09.1939-06.08.1941 Bradford, D. S. (Squadron Leader)
06.08.1941-11.10.1941 Foord-Kelsey, Alick (Wing Commander)
11.10.1941-20.11.1941 Hanlon, Thomas James (Wing Commander)
20.11.1941-10.08.1942 Humphries, R. H. (Wing Commander)
10.08.1942-13.07.1944 Reid, D. W. (Wing Commander)
13.07.1944-01.05.1945 Foster, M. G. L. (Wing Commander)
Výzbroj:
Armament:
DD.10.1920-DD.01.1928 Airco D.H.9A
DD.01.1928-DD.04.1935 Fairey IIIF
DD.04.1935-DD.03.1942 Vickers Vincent
DD.10.1935-DD.11.1935 Hawker Demon
DD.04.1939-DD.03.1942 Bristol Blenheim Mk.I
DD.08.1941-DD.04.1943 Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV
DD.09.1942-DD.01.1944 Bristol Blenheim Mk.V
DD.08.1940-DD.01.1941 Maryland Mk.I
DD.08.1940-DD.12.1940 Fairey Swordfish Mk.I
DD.02.1943-DD.01.1944 Lockheed Hudson Mk.VI
DD.12.1943-DD.05.1945 Vickers Wellington GR Mk.XIII
Poznámka:
Note:
kódové označení
YO
(04.1939-09.1939)
HV (09.1939-1940)
A (na letounech Wellington)


historie jednotky
Squadron Codes
YO
(04.1939-09.1939)
HV (09.1939-1940)
A (Carried on Wellingtons)


Units History
Zdroje:
Sources:
Halley, James J.: The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918-1988, Air Britain 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, Jane's Publishing Company Ltd., London 1982, ISBN 0-7106-0187-5
http://8squadron.co.uk/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._8_Squadron_RAF
http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/8squadron.cfm
http://www.rafweb.org/Squadrons/Sqn006-10.htm
www.historyofwar.org
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Detašmány / Detachments

period dislocation
DD.MM.1921-DD.MM.1927 different airport or landing area in the Middle east (Mosul, Sulaimania,
Kirkuk, Samawah, Diwaniyah)
DD.MM.1927-DD.MM.1945 different airport or landing field in the Persian gulf (Dhala, Ahwar,
Perim Island, Mukalla,Salalah, Kamaran, Beihan,
Nishab, Laudar, Mukeiras, Paris, Hargeisa, Fuwa, Burao, Riyan, Berber,
Sheikh Othman, Assasab, Aischa, Bandar Kassim, Scuscuiban)

resources
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://www.rafweb.org/Menu.htm#Station
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03.05.1944 potopilo 6 bombardérov Wellington 621. a 8. perute nemeckú ponorku U-852, ktorá uviazla v koralovom poraste pri pobreží Somálska. Pri bombardovaní zahynulo 7 príslušníkov posádky ponorky, zvyšných 52 (58) príslušníkov, ktorým velil Kapitänleutnant Heinz-Wilhelm Eck bolo na pobreží zajatých príslušníkmi Somaliland Camel Corps a miestnou domobranou.


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