RAF Kabrit

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RAF Kabrit was a Royal Air Force station in the Suez Canal Zone, Egypt. The name came from a nearby village, and in Egyptian means "light".

Contents 1 History 2 Operational units and aircraft 3 See also 4 References

[edit] History

[edit] Operational units and aircraft

Unit	Dates	Aircraft
No. 13 Squadron RAF	1943-1944	Martin Baltimore V and VI
	1946-1947	de Havilland Mosquito PR34
	1951-1955	Supermarine Spitfire PR11 then Gloster Meteor PR10
No. 14 Squadron RAF Detachment	1942	Bristol Blenheim IV
No. 32 Squadron RAF	1954-1955	de Havilland Venom FB1
No. 37 Squadron RAF	1946	Avro Lancaster B7
No. 39 Squadron RAF	1951-1955	de Havilland Mosquito NF36 then Gloster Meteor NF13
No. 40 Squadron RAF	1942	Vickers Wellington 1C
No. 55 Squadron RAF	1944	Martin Baltimore IV and V
No. 70 Squadron RAF	1946	Avro Lancaster B1(FE)
No. 73 Squadron RAF	1952	de Havilland Vampire FB9
No. 78 Squadron RAF	1947-1950	Douglas Dakota
No. 80 Squadron RAF	1943-1944	Supermarine Spitfire IX
No. 104 Squadron RAF	1942	Vickers Wellington II
No. 108 Squadron RAF	1941	Vickers Wellington IC
	1942	Consolidated Liberator II
No. 113 Squadron RAF	1941	Bristol Blenheim IV
No. 114 Squadron RAF	1947-1951	Douglas Dakota then Vickers Valetta C1
No. 148 Squadron RAF	1941-1942	Vickers Wellington IC & II
No. 162 Squadron RAF	1942	Vickers Wellington IC & II
No. 203 Squadron RAF	1941	Bristol Blenheim IV
No. 204 Squadron RAF	1947-1951	Douglas Dakota then Vickers Valetta C1
No. 208 Squadron RAF	1951	Gloster Meteor FR9
No. 215 Squadron RAF	1947-1948	Douglas Dakota
No. 216 Squadron RAF	1947-1951	Douglas Dakota then Vickers Valetta C1
No. 219 Squadron RAF	1951-1954	de Havilland Mosquito NF36 then Gloster Meteor NF13
No. 683 Squadron RAF	1951	Vickers Valleta C1

[edit] See also

• List of RAF stations

[edit] References

• G G Jefford, RAF Squadrons, second edition 2001, Airlife Publishing, UK, ISBN 1-84037-141-2.