No. 354 Squadron RAF
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No. 354 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
It was first formed at Drigh Road, Karachi on 10 May 1943 as part of Coastal Command, rebasing to Cuttack in August, where it recieived Liberator V bombers. A detachment of the squadron was based at Sigirya
The squadron redeployed to Minneriya in Ceylon in October 1944, with a detachment at Kankesanturai, and returned to Cuttack in January 1945 where they received the Liberator VI. The squadron was disbanded on 18 May 1945.
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- No. 354 Squadron RAF movement and equipment history
- "Burma Liberators"by John R.W. Gwynne-Timothy (ISBN 1-895578-02-7)