No. 322 Squadron RAF

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No. 322 Squadron RAF
Active	12 June 1943
Role	Fighter Squadron
Motto	'"Niet praten maar doen" (Dutch) ("Actions, not words" or "Don't prattle, act")
Equipment	Spitfire
Insignia
Identification symbol	Perched on a Branch, a Parrot

No. 322 (Dutch) Squadron of the Royal Air Force was a Fighter Squadron during the Second World War

1 History
2 Aircraft Operated
3 References
4 External links
5 See also

[edit] History

No. 322 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was formed from No. 167 Squadron RAF on 12 June 1943 at RAF Woodvale. It served at RAF West Malling and other stations during the Second World War.

From 20 Jun to 21 Jul 1944, and equipped with Spitfire Mk XIVs, the squadron was tasked with intercepting the V-1 Flying Bomb "doodlebug" missiles launched from the Dutch and French coasts towards London.^[1]

On 7 October 1945 the squadron disbanded in Germany as part of the RAF, but the Squadron number was afterwards revived for a unit of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (KLu) in recognition of the squadron's wartime record. ^[2]

[edit] Aircraft Operated

From	To	Aircraft
June 1943	March 1944	Supermarine Spitfire VB, VC
March 1944	August 1944	Supermarine Spitfire XIV
August 1944	November 1944	Supermarine Spitfire IXB
November 1944	October 1945	Supermarine Spitfire XVIE

[edit] References

^ Rafweb Retrieved 10 July 2007
^ Halley 1980, p. 289.

Halley, James J. The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1980. ISBN 0-85130-083-9.
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, C.G. RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988 (second edition 2001). ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
Rawlings, John. Fighter Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft. London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd., 1969 (second edition 1976). ISBN 0-354-01028-X.