No. 575 Squadron RAF

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No. 575 Squadron RAF
Active	1944-1946
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Motto	The air is our path

No. 575 Squadron RAF was a transport squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.

The squadron was formed at RAF Hendon on 1 February 1944 from elements of 512 Squadron. It moved straight away to RAF Broadwell to work-up as a tactical transport squadron with the Douglas Dakota. The squadron's first operations were leaflet raids on France, on the eve of D-Day it dropped 5 Para into the invasion drop zone. On the 6 June it towed 21 gliders into France. In the next few weeks it started a casualty evacuation service from France back to England. In September 1945 it was involved in operations at Arneham were it suffered severe casualties.

After the end of the war the squadron began flying to and from India from RAF Melbourne in Yorkshire and later from RAF Blakehill Farm. In January 1946 it moved to RAF Bari in Italy to operate an internal service within Italy. It was disbanded at Bari on 15 August 1946