No. 267 Squadron RAF

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No. 267 Squadron RAF
Dakota 267 Sqn RAF in flight over Adria 1944.jpg
A 267 Squadron Douglas Dakota C.III in flight, 1944
Active27 September 1918–1 August 1923
19 August 1940–30 June 1946
15 February 1954–1 November 1958
1 November 1962 – 30 June 1970
Disbanded30 June 1970
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
BranchEnsign of the Royal Air Force.svg  Royal Air Force
SizeSquadron
Motto(s)Sine Mora (Without delay)
Engagements First World War

Second World War

No. 267 Squadron RAF was a unit of the Royal Air Force that served during World War I & World War II. The squadron has been formed a total of four times.

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History

The squadron was formed at RAF Kalafrana, Malta on 27 September 1918 from Nos. 360, 361, 362 and 363 Flights equipped with a mixture of Felixstowe F.2a and F.3 flying boats and Short 184 floatplanes. [1] [2] It flew anti-submarine patrols over the Mediterranean Sea until the end of the First World War. [1] Unlike most of the RAF's maritime patrol units, it remained operational after the end of the war, supporting the Mediterranean Fleet. [3] In December 1920, the squadron received Fairey IIID floatplanes, with its Short 184s being retired in 1921. [1] [2] The squadron's IIIDs made deployments aboard the seaplane carrier Ark Royal. [2] On 1 August 1923, the squadron was disbanded, [3] with the Fairey IIID-equipped flight, which was deployed on Ark Royal in the Dardanelles at the time, becoming No. 481 (Coastal Reconnaissance) Flight. [4] The flight remained operational at Kalafrana until January 1929, when it was renumbered 202 Squadron. [4]

On 19 August 1940, the squadron was reformed from Communication Unit, Heliopolis RAF equipped with a variety of light aircraft, including Miles Magisters, Percival Proctors, Percival Q6s and Avro Ansons, with major duties including carrying mail to units in the Western Desert and VIP transport. [5] In 1941, the squadron acquired Westland Lysanders to carry out its mail runs, with a flight of Gloster Gladiator fighters used for metrological flights. [5] In August 1942, operations extended to transport throughout the Mediterranean area and also undertook supply-dropping missions to resistance fighters in Italy and the Balkans, including Operation Wildhorn, the operation to bring back parts of a recovered V-2 rocket from Poland. The squadron moved to Italy in November 1943 and later to India in February 1945 during the Fourteenth Army's final offensive during the Burma campaign. The squadron disbanded on 30 June 1946, although continued operations until 21 July.

Reformed on 15 February 1954 at RAF Kuala Lumpur, Malaya as a transport support and communications squadron. It was renumbered No. 209 Squadron on 1 November 1958. The squadron was again reformed as a transport squadron on 1 November 1962 at RAF Benson with No. 38 Group until being disbanded on 30 June 1970.

Aircraft operated

Source: [2]

DateTypeNotes
1918-1921 Short 184
1918-1921 Felixstowe F.3
1918-1923 Felixstowe F.2A
1920-1923 Fairey IIID
1940-1942VariousVariety of different aircraft for communications duties
1942-1943 Lockheed Hudson IV
1942-1943Lockheed Hudson VI
1943-1946 Douglas Dakota
1954-1958Douglas Dakota
1954-1958 Auster AOP.6
1954-1958 Scottish Aviation Pioneer CC.1
1954-1958 Percival Pembroke C.1
1954-1956 North American Harvard T.2B
1962-1970 Hawker Siddeley Argosy C.1

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