Název: Name: | 77. peruť RAF | No. 77 Squadron RAF |
Originální název: Original Name: | No. 77 Squadron RAF | |
Datum vzniku: Raised/Formed: | 14.06.1937 | |
Předchůdce: Predecessor: | 102. peruť RAF ('B' letka) | No. 102 Squadron RAF ('B' Flight) |
Datum zániku: Disbanded: | 01.11.1946 | |
Nástupce: Successor: | 31. peruť RAF | No. 31 Squadron RAF |
Nadřízené velitelství: Higher Command: | DD.MM.1938-DD.05.1942 4. skupina RAF DD.05.1942-DD.10.1942 19. skupina RAF DD.10.1942-DD.05.1945 4. skupina RAF DD.05.1945-DD.11.1946 Velitelství dopravního letectva | DD.MM.1938-DD.05.1942 No. 4 Group RAF DD.05.1942-DD.10.1942 No. 19 Group RAF DD.10.1942-DD.05.1945 No. 4 Group RAF DD.05.1945-DD.11.1946 Transport Command |
Dislokace: Deployed: | 14.06.1937-07.07.1937 Finningley, Royal Air Force Station Finningley 07.07.1937-25.07.1938 Troston, Royal Air Force Station Honington 25.07.1938-28.08.1940 Driffield, Royal Air Force Station Driffield 28.08.1940-05.10.1940 Linton-on-Ouse, Royal Air Force Station Linton-on-Ouse 05.10.1940-05.09.1941 Topcliffe, Royal Air Force Station Topcliffe 05.09.1941-06.05.1942 Leeming, Royal Air Force Station Leeming 06.05.1942-05.10.1942 Braunton, Royal Air Force Station Chivenor 05.10.1942-15.05.1944 Elvington, Royal Air Force Station Elvington 15.05.1944-31.08.1945 Full Sutton, Royal Air Force Station Full Sutton 31.08.1945-20.09.1945 Broadwell, Royal Air Force Station Broadwell 20.09.1945-30.09.1945 přesun do Indie / Left to India, ? 30.09.1945-22.10.1945 Kota, Kargi Road Airfield 22.10.1945-01.11.1946 Karáčí, Royal Air Force Station Mauripur | |
Velitel: Commander: | 02.08.1937-16.11.1938 Appleton, C. H. (Squadron Leader) 16.11.1938-20.02.1939 Strudwick, C. R. (Wing Commander) 20.02.1939-01.11.1939 Bradbury, J. (Wing Commander) 01.11.1939-01.06.1940 Appleton, C. H. (Wing Commander) 01.06.1940-14.08.1940 MacDonald, J. (Wing Commander) 14.08.1940-21.05.1941 Jarman, Geoffrey Twyford (Wing Commander) 21.05.1941-09.09.1941 Hanafin, D. P. (Wing Commander) 09.09.1941-02.12.1941 Young, D. O. (Wing Commander) 02.12.1941-14.04.1942 Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (Wing Commander) 14.04.1942-10.12.1942 Embling, John Robert Andre (Wing Commander) 10.12.1942-12.10.1943 Lowe, A. E. (Wing Commander) 12.10.1943-15.09.1944 Roncoroni, J. A. (Wing Commander) 15.09.1944-21.12.1944 Clark, D. S. (Wing Commander) 21.12.1944-07.07.1945 Forbes, J. D. R. (Wing Commander) 07.07.1945-01.11.1946 Cooke, J. K. M. (Wing Commander) | |
Výzbroj: Armament: | DD.06.1937-DD.11.1937 Hawker Audax DD.11.1937-DD.11.1938 Vickers Wellesley DD.11.1938-DD.10.1939 Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk.III DD.09.1939-DD.10.1942 Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk.V DD.10.1942-DD.06.1944 Handley Page Halifax Mk.II DD.04.1944-DD.05.1944 Handley Page Halifax Mk.V DD.05.1944-DD.03.1945 Handley Page Halifax Mk.III DD.03.1945-DD.08.1945 Handley Page Halifax Mk.VI DD.07.1945-DD.11.1946 Douglas Dakota Mk.III DD.07.1945-DD.11.1946 Douglas Dakota Mk.IV | |
Poznámka: Note: | kódové označení ZL (11.1938-09.1939) KN (09.1939-11.1946) TB (1943-05.1945 - pouze letka C) historie jednotky | Squadron Codes ZL (11.1938-09.1939) KN (09.1939-11.1946) TB (1943-05.1945 - C Flight only) 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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._77_Squadron_RAF http://www.rafweb.org/Squadrons/Sqn076-80.htm https://www.raf.mod.uk/history/77squadron.cfm https://77squadron.org.uk/ www.raf.mod.uk www.historyofwar.org http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/77_squadron.html http://www.rafcommands.com/Ross/Bomber/77B.html |