| Název: Name: | 291. peruť RAF | No. 291 Squadron RAF |
| Originální název: Original Name: | No. 291 Squadron RAF | |
| Datum vzniku: Raised/Formed: | 01.12.1943 | |
| Předchůdce: Predecessor: | 1613., 1629. a 1634. letka | Nos. 1613, 1629 and 1634 Flights |
| Datum zániku: Disbanded: | 26.06.1945 | |
| Nástupce: Successor: | - | - |
| Nadřízené velitelství: Higher Command: | DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR | DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR |
| Dislokace: Deployed: | 01.12.1943-26.06.1945 Hutton Cranswick, Royal Air Force Station Hutton Cranswick | |
| Velitel: Commander: | 01.12.1943-21.01.1944 Benson, J. D. (Flight Lieutenant) 21.01.1944-DD.07.1944 Cohen, G. (Squadron Leader) DD.07.1944-25.01.1945 Lusk, (Squadron Leader) 25.01.1945-26.06.1945 Hammerbeck, O. R. W. (Squadron Leader) | |
| Výzbroj: Armament: | DD.12.1943-DD.06.1945 Miles M.25 Martinet DD.12.1943-DD.03.1944 Hawker Henley Mk.III DD.03.1944-DD.06.1945 Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIC DD.04.1944-DD.06.1945 Hawker Hurricane Mk.IV DD.01.1944-DD.06.1945 Vultee Vengeance Mk.I DD.11.1944-DD.06.1945 Vultee Vengeance Mk.II | |
| Poznámka: Note: | kódové označení MM (přiděleno 04.1939-09.1939) historie jednotky | Squadron Codes MM (Allocated 04.1939-09.1939) 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/Sqn291-295.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._291_Squadron_RAF http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/291squadron.cfm www.historyofwar.org | |