199. squadron RAF
No. 199 Squadron RAF
the period of existence
199. squadron RFC [1917-1918]
199. squadron RAF [1918-1919]
199. squadron RAF [1942-1945]
199. squadron RAF [1951-1958]
motto
Years of Tyrants Tremble (Let tyrants tremble)
history
01.06.1917 - arises at the base of Rochford as training for practicing night flying bomber pilots
DD.06.1919 - disbanded
07.11.1942 - restored as a bomber at the base Blyton and undertake night raids on targets in Germany and occupied Europe, beginning of the year 1944 is intended for electronic warfare (e.g. jamming enemy radar) and in this role operates up to the end of the war
29.07.1945 - dissolved
16.07.1951 - restored at the base of the Watton again as a unit for electronic warfare
15.12.1958 - dissolved, from the squadron armed with machine Valiant created 18. squadron
resources
Halley, James J.: The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918-1988, Air Britain Ltd., 1988, ISBN 0 85130 164 9
http://www.rafweb.org/Sqn196-200.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._199_Squadron_RAF
http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/199squadron.cfm
www.raf.mod.uk
http://www.bomber-command.info/0199.htm
http://www.lancaster-archive.com/bc_sqn-199.htm
www.historyofwar.org
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No. 199 Squadron RAF
the period of existence
199. squadron RFC [1917-1918]
199. squadron RAF [1918-1919]
199. squadron RAF [1942-1945]
199. squadron RAF [1951-1958]
motto
Years of Tyrants Tremble (Let tyrants tremble)
history
01.06.1917 - arises at the base of Rochford as training for practicing night flying bomber pilots
DD.06.1919 - disbanded
07.11.1942 - restored as a bomber at the base Blyton and undertake night raids on targets in Germany and occupied Europe, beginning of the year 1944 is intended for electronic warfare (e.g. jamming enemy radar) and in this role operates up to the end of the war
29.07.1945 - dissolved
16.07.1951 - restored at the base of the Watton again as a unit for electronic warfare
15.12.1958 - dissolved, from the squadron armed with machine Valiant created 18. squadron
resources
Halley, James J.: The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918-1988, Air Britain Ltd., 1988, ISBN 0 85130 164 9
http://www.rafweb.org/Sqn196-200.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._199_Squadron_RAF
http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/199squadron.cfm
www.raf.mod.uk
http://www.bomber-command.info/0199.htm
http://www.lancaster-archive.com/bc_sqn-199.htm
www.historyofwar.org
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