No. 354 Squadron RAF

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No. 354 Squadron RAF
Patrol
Consolidated Liberator
ReconnaissanceConsolidated Liberator

No. 354 Squadron RAF was a general reconnaissance squadron of the

Second World War
.

History

No. 354 squadron was first formed at

Kankesanturai
and Cuttack, and returned to Cuttack whilst maintaining a detachment at Kankesanterai in January 1945, where they received the Liberator Mk.VI. The squadron was disbanded on 18 May 1945 at RAF Cuttack.

Aircraft operated

Aircraft operated by no. 354 Squadron RAF, data from[2][3][4]
From To Aircraft Version
August 1943 August 1944 Consolidated Liberator Mk.V
December 1943 April 1944 Consolidated Liberator Mk.IIIa
February 1944 May 1945 Consolidated Liberator Mk.VI

Squadron airfields

Stations and airfields used by No. 354 Squadron RAF, data from[2][3][4]
From To Airfield Remark
10 May 1943 17 August 1943
RAF Drigh Road, Karachi
 Formed here
17 August 1943 12 October 1944
Orissa
 Det. at
Madras, Tamil Nadu
12 October 1944 5 January 1945 Minneriya, Ceylon Det. at
RAF Kankesanturai
, Ceylon and Cuttack, Orissa
5 January 1945 18 May 1945 Cuttack, Orissa Det. at
Kankesanturai

Commanding officer

Officers commanding No. 354 Squadron RAF, data from[2]
From To Name
July 1943 May 1944
W/Cdr. K.J. Mellor, DFC
May 1944 March 1945 W/Cdr. D.T. MacPherson
March 1945 May 1945 W/Cdr. F.G. Paisey

References

Notes

  1. ^ Delve 1994, p. 76.
  2. ^ a b c d Rawlings 1982, p. 204.
  3. ^ a b Halley 1988, p. 384.
  4. ^ a b Jefford 2001, p. 90.

Bibliography

External links
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