518. peruť RAF [1943-1946]

No. 518 Squadron RAF
     
Název:
Name
518. peruť RAF No. 518 Squadron RAF
Originální název:
Original Name:
No. 518 Squadron RAF
Datum vzniku:
Raised/Formed:
09.07.1943
Předchůdce:
Predecessor:
- -
Datum zániku:
Disbanded:
01.10.1946
Nástupce:
Successor:
202. peruť RAF No. 202 Squadron RAF
Nadřízené velitelství:
Higher Command:
09.07.1943-DD.MM.1945 15. skupina RAF
09.07.1943-DD.MM.1945 No. 15 Group RAF
Dislokace:
Deployed:
09.07.1943-25.09.1943 Stornoway, Royal Air Force Station Stornoway
25.09.1943-18.09.1945 Tiree, Royal Air Force Tiree
18.09.1945-01.10.1946 Aldergrove, Royal Air Force Station Aldergrove

Velitel:
Commander:
22.07.1943-23.03.1944 Lawson, H. R. (Wing Commander)
23.03.1944-21.01.1945 Morris, N. F. (Wing Commander)
29.01.1945-DD.MM.194? Angell, E. E. M. (Wing Commander)
Výzbroj:
Armament:
DD.07.1943-DD.06.1945 Handley Page Halifax Met.Mk V Series 1A
DD.03.1945-DD.MM.1946 Handley Page Halifax Met.Mk III
DD.09.1945-DD.10.1946 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VII
DD.09.1945-DD.10.1946 Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIC
DD.03.1946-DD.10.1946 Handley Page Halifax GR.Mk VI
Poznámka:
Note:
kódové označení
FM (přiděleno 04.1939-09.1939)
Y3 (06.1944-10.1946)

historie jednotky
Squadron Codes
FM (Allocated 04.1939-09.1939)
Y3 (06.1944-10.1946)

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/Sqn500-520.htm
http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/518squadron.cfm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._518_Squadron_RAF
www.historyofwar.org
http://www.rafcommands.com/Ross/Coastal/518C.html
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Detašmány / Detachments

period dislocation
DD.06.1945-DD.08.1945 RAF Wick
DD.08.1945-DD.09.1945 RAF Tain

Note/Note: The period is only approximate / Detachment dates indicate that and the detachment(s) took place at some point between these dates unless specific dates quoted.

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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Czechoslovak (Czechoslovak origin) pilots in the squadron during World War II


periodnamenote
19.03.1944-16.08.1944F/O Revilliod, Leonardnavigator, Swiss of Czech origin, grandson of T. G. Masaryk
KIA - crash during operational flight
Halifax Mk.V LL296 "S"

Pos. - ranks correspond to time of service with the squadron, KIA - killed in action


source
Rajlich, Jiří - Sehnal, Jiří: Nejen u třistajedenáctky, Historie a plastikové modelářství, 1/1994, ISSN 1210-1427
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