No. 691 Squadron RAF
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No. 691 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force from 1943 to 1949.
The squadron motto was Volamus Ut Serviamus (We fly to serve).
The squadron was formed on 1 December 1943 at RAF Roborough from 1623 Flight. It was tasked with anti-aircraft co-operation duties in the Plymouth area operating a variety of aircraft in this role. Most of the work was to fly as training targets for Royal Navy ships.
The squadron moved a number of time from the end of the war to RAF Exeter, RAF Westland Zoyland, RAF Fairwood Common, and finally RAF Chivenor.
At RAF Chivenor it was redesignated as No. 17 Squadron RAF on 11 February 1949.
[edit] Aircraft Operated
- 1943 - Fairey Barracuda II
- 1943 - Boulton Paul Defiant I & II
- 1943 - Hawker Hurricane I
- 1943 - Airspeed Oxford
- 1944 - Hawker Hurricane IIC
- 1945 - Vultee Vengeance IV
- 1945 - Supermarine Spitfire VB
- 1945 - Miles Martinet
- 1945 - Supermarine Spitfire XVI
- 1946 - North American Harvard IIB
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- History of No. 691 Squadron
- G G Jefford, RAF Squadrons, second edition 2001, Airlife Publishing, UK, ISBN 1-84037-141-2.
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