No. 280 Squadron RAF

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No. 280 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron.

The squadron motto was We Shall Be There

Contents 1 History 2 Aircraft Operated 3 See also 4 References

[edit] History

No. 280 Squadron was formed at RAF Thorney Island, England on the 10 December 1941 as an air-sea rescue squadron. The squadron was equipped with the Avro Anson and was responsible for air-sea rescue along the south coast of England and East Anglia.

The squadron re-equipped with the Vickers Warwick in October 1943.

At the end of the second world war the squadron disbanded at RAF Thornaby on 21 June 1946.

[edit] Aircraft Operated

• 1942 - Avro Anson I
• 1943 - Vickers Warwick I

[edit] See also

• List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons

[edit] References

• G G Jefford, RAF Squadrons, second edition 2001, Airlife Publishing, UK, ISBN 1-84037-141-2.