No. 527 Squadron RAF
No. 527 Squadron RAF | |
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Active | 15 Jun 1943 – 15 Apr 1946 1 Aug 1952 – 21 Aug 1958 No. 90 (Signals) Group RAF, Home Command (52–58)[3] |
Motto(s) | Silently we serve[4] |
Insignia | |
Squadron Badge heraldry | In front of a flash of lightning, a crystal[4] |
Squadron Codes | WN (Jun 1943 – Apr 1946)[5][6] |
No. 527 Squadron RAF was a radar calibration unit of the Royal Air Force between 1943 and 1958.
History
Formation
No. 527 Squadron was formed from various calibration flights
Reformation
The squadron reformed on 1 August 1952 at RAF Watton, when the 'N' and 'R' Calibration Squadrons of the Central Signal Establishment were redesignated to No. 527 Squadron.[4][7] A great variety of types, amongst them Avro Lincolns, Avro Ansons, English Electric Canberras and Gloster Meteors, were flown for high-level calibration[7] until 21 August 1958, when the unit was disbanded by being renumbered to No. 245 Squadron RAF.[1][4][7]
Aircraft operated
From | To | Aircraft | Version |
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June 1943 | May 1945 | Bristol Blenheim | Mk.IV |
June 1943 | April 1944 | Hawker Hurricane | Mk.I |
December 1943 | September 1944 | de Havilland Hornet Moth | |
February 1944 | April 1945 | Hawker Hurricane | Mk.IIb |
July 1944 | April 1946 | Supermarine Spitfire | Mk.Vb |
September 1944 | April 1946 | Airspeed Oxford | Mk.II |
April 1945 | April 1946 | Vickers Wellington | Mk.X |
May 1945 | April 1946 | de Havilland Dominie |
Mk.I |
August 1952 | March 1954 | Avro Anson | C.19 |
August 1952 | January 1954 | de Havilland Mosquito | B.35 |
August 1952 | May 1957 | Avro Lincoln | B.2 |
June 1953 | July 1955 | Gloster Meteor | NF.11 |
June 1954 | August 1958 | Vickers Varsity | T.1 |
August 1954 | October 1955 | Gloster Meteor | NF.14 |
December 1954 | August 1958 | English Electric Canberra | B.2 |
April 1956 | June 1956 | English Electric Canberra | PR.7 |
September 1957 | November 1957 | Gloster Meteor | NF.11 |
Squadron bases
From | To | Base | Remark |
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15 June 1943 | 28 February 1944 | RAF Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire | |
28 February 1944 | 28 April 1944 | RAF Snailwell, Suffolk | |
28 April 1944 | 8 November 1945 | RAF Digby, Lincolnshire | Dets at RAF Longman, Inverness and RAF Tealing, Angus |
8 November 1945 | 15 April 1946 | RAF Watton, Norfolk | |
1 August 1952 | 21 August 1958 | RAF Watton, Norfolk |
References
Notes
- ^ a b c d e Jefford 2001, p. 97.
- ^ Delve 1994, p. 79.
- ^ Delve 1994, p. 86.
- ^ a b c d e f g Halley 1988, p. 401.
- ^ Bowyer & Rawlings 1979, p. 109.
- ^ Flintham & Thomas 2003, p. 116.
- ^ a b c d e f g Rawlings 1982, p. 261.
Bibliography
- Bowyer, Michael J.F.; Rawlings, John D.R. (1979). Squadron Codes, 1937–56. Cambridge, UK: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 0-85059-364-6.
- Delve, Ken (1994). The Source Book of the RAF. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-85310-451-5.
- Flintham, Vic; Thomas, Andrew (2003). Combat Codes: A Full Explanation and Listing of British, Commonwealth and Allied Air Force Unit Codes since 1938. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-84037-281-8.
- Halley, James J. (1988). The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth, 1918–1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-164-9.
- Jefford, C.G. (2001). RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912 (2nd ed.). Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
- Rawlings, John D.R. (1982). Coastal, Support and Special Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft. London: Jane's Publishing Company Ltd. ISBN 0-7106-0187-5.