RAF Derna | |||||||
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| Derna, Derna District in Libya | |||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Built | 1941 (1941) | ||||||
| In use | 1941 - 1943 (1943) | ||||||
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Royal Air Force Derna or more simply RAF Derna is a former Royal Air Force station located near Derna, Libya.
History
On 4 November 1943 No. 1586 Flight RAF was formed at RAF Derna.1
The following squadrons were also here at some point:
- No. 6 Squadron RAF between 5 and 8 April 1941 with the Hawker Hurricane2
- No. 45 Squadron RAF between 4 and 6 April 1941 with the Bristol Blenheim IV 3
- No. 55 Squadron RAF between 4 and 7 April 1941 with the Bristol Blenheim IV 4
- No. 80 Squadron RAF between 7 September and 19 October 1943 with the Supermarine Spitfire VC & IX5
- No. 148 Squadron RAF between 5 April and 1 September 1943 with the Consolidated Liberator I and Handley Page Halifax II 6
- Detachment of No. 223 Squadron RAF between September 1942 and March 1943 with the Martin Baltimore III7
- No. 227 Squadron RAF between 5 May and 24 June 1943 then again between 19 July and 16 August 1943 with the Bristol Beaufighter VIC7
- No. 274 Squadron RAF between 9 August and 7 October 1943 with the Supermarine Spitfire VB & VC 8
- Detachment of No. 294 Squadron RAF between September 1943 and March 1944 with the Vickers Wellington IC & Supermarine Walrus9
- Detachment of No. 680 Squadron RAF between February and August 1943 with the Supermarine Spitfire IX10
References
References
- "Military History Encyclopedia on the Web". Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- Jefford 1988, p. 25.
- Jefford 1988, p. 40.
- Jefford 1988, p. 42.
- Jefford 1988, p. 49.
- Jefford 1988, p. 62.
- Jefford 1988, p. 73.
- Jefford 1988, p. 82.
- Jefford 1988, p. 84.
- Jefford 1988, p. 105.
- Jefford, C. G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.