No. 1300 Flight RAF

No. 1300 Flight RAF

The Mosquito B.Mk XVI ML963 of 571 Squadron
Active 31 Jul 1943 – 30 May 1946<br 1 Jun 1946 - 15 Mar 1947
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Role Meteorological reconnaissance
Part of No. 231 Group RAF, Air Command South East Asia[1]
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldry No known badge
Squadron Codes No known identification code for the flight is known to have been carried

No. 1300 (Meteorological) Flight was formed on 31 July 1943 at RAF Alipore, West Bengal, British India, by re-designating No. 1 Meteorological Flight RAF.[2][3] The flight, strength of which had been reduced to three Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIs by this time,[3] was disbanded on 30 May 1946 at RAF Kallang, Malaya, as No. 1300 (Meteorological THUM) Flight, THUM standing for Temperature and Humidity.

No. 1300 (Meteorological Reconnaissance) Flight was re-formed on 1 June 1946 at RAF Mingaladon, Burma, moving to RAF Butterworth, in Malaya, where it disbanded on 15 March 1947 to become No. 18 Squadron RAF.[2][3]

Contents

Aircraft operated

Aircraft operated by no. 1300 Flight RAF, data from[2][3]
From To Aircraft Version Example
July 1943  ? Vultee Vengeance
November 1943  ? Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV Z9811
August 1944 May 1946 Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIc LF201
August 1944 May 1946 Hawker Hurricane Mk.IId KW879
August 1944 1946 Hawker Hurricane Mk.IV KZ248
1945 1946 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XI PL920
June 1945 March 1947 de Havilland Mosquito FB.6 TE595; TE848
June 1945 March 1947 North American Harvard T.2b FS923 (Support aircraft)

Flight bases

Bases and airfields used by no. 1300 Flight RAF, data from[2][3]
From To Base
31 July 1943 11 April 1944 RAF Alipore, West Bengal, British India
11 April 1944 19 September 1944 RAF Baigachi, West Bengal, British India
19 September 1944 21 December 1945 RAF Alipore, West Bengal, British India
21 December 1945 30 May 1946 RAF Kallang, Malaya
1 June 1946 13 December 1946 RAF Mingaladon, Burma
13 December 1946 15 March 1947 RAF Butterworth, Malaya

See also

References

Notes
  1. ^ Delve 1994, pp. 77, 84.
  2. ^ a b c d Lake 1999, p. 84.
  3. ^ a b c d e Sturtivant and Hamlin 2007, p. 118.
Bibliography
  • Delve, Ken. The Source Book of the RAF. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1994. ISBN 1-85310-451-5.
  • Lake, Alan. Flying Units of the RAF. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.
  • Sturtivant, Ray, ISO and John Hamlin. RAF Flying Training And Support Units since 1912. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 2007. ISBN 0-85130-365-X.

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