No. 1302 Flight RAF

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No. 1302 Flight RAF
Hurricane Mk IIC LF363.jpg
A Hawker Hurricane from the Battle of Britain flight
Active31 July 1943 – 1 June 1946
Country Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Branch Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg Royal Air Force
Role Meteorological reconnaissance
Part of No. 225 Group RAF, Air Command South East Asia [1]
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldryNo known badge
Squadron CodesNo known identification code for the flight is known to have been carried

No. 1302 (Meteorological) Flight was formed at RAF Yelahanka, Karnataka, British India, on 31 July 1943 by re-designating No. 3 Meteorological Flight RAF. [2] The flight was disbanded on 1 June 1946 [3] at RAF Bangalore, Karnataka, British India.

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Aircraft operated

Aircraft operated by no. 1302 Flight RAF, data from [2] [3]
FromToAircraftVersionExample
February 19441 June 1946 Bristol Blenheim Mk.IVZ7611
March 19441 June 1946 Vickers Wellington Mk.IcHX773
 ?1 June 1946 Boulton Paul Defiant
August 19441 June 1946 Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIcLD402
August 19441 June 1946 Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIdKX243

Flight airfields

Camps and airfields used by No. 1302 Flight RAF, data from [2] [3]
FromToBase
31 July 194314 March 1944 RAF Yelahanka, Karnataka, British India
14 March 1944 ? RAF St. Thomas Mount, Madras, British India
 ?1 June 1946 RAF Bangalore, Karnataka, British India

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References

Notes
  1. Delve 1994, pp. 76, 84.
  2. 1 2 3 Lake 1999, p. 84.
  3. 1 2 3 Sturtivant and Hamlin 2007, p. 118.
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