RAF Ein Shemer
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RAF Ein Shemer was a Royal Air Force station in Palestine between 1945 and 1948. Since 1948, it has been the Israeli Army base Ein Shemer Airfield.
[edit] Operational units
- No. 6 Squadron RAF (1946) Supermarine Spitfire LF9
- No. 13 Squadron RAF (1946) de Havilland Mosquito PR34
- No. 18 Squadron RAF (1946) Avro Lancaster ASR3
- No. 32 Squadron RAF (1946-1948) Supermarine Spitfire IX and FR18
- No. 37 Squadron RAF (1947) Avro Lancaster MR3
- No. 38 Squadron RAF detachment (1946-1947) Avro Lancaster GR3
- No. 178 Squadron RAF (1945) Consolidated Liberator VI
- No. 208 Squadron RAF (1946-1948) Supermarine Spitfire VII and FR18
- No. 214 Squadron RAF (1945) Consolidated Liberator VIII
- No. 621 Squadron RAF (1946) Avro Lancaster ASR3
- No. 651 Squadron RAF (1946-1947) Auster III and Auster AOP6
- No. 680 Squadron RAF (1946) de Havilland Mosquito PR34
[edit] References
- G G Jefford, RAF Squadrons, second edition 2001, Airlife Publishing, UK, ISBN 1-84037-141-2.