No. 691 Squadron RAF

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No. 691 Squadron RAF
Active1 December 1943 – 11 February 1949
Country Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Branch Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg Royal Air Force
TypeInactive
RoleAnti-aircraft cooperation
Part of No. 70 Group RAF, Air Defense of Great Britain (1943–1944) [1]
No. 11 Group RAF, Fighter Command (1944–1949) [2]
Motto(s) Latin: Volamus Ut Serviamus
(Translation: "We fly to serve") [3]
Insignia
Squadron BadgeIn front of a sword and anchor in saltire, a popinjay [3]
Squadron Codes5S (Dec 1943 – Feb 1949) [4] [5]

No. 691 Squadron RAF was an Anti-aircraft cooperation squadron of the Royal Air Force from 1943 to 1949.

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History

The squadron was formed on 1 December 1943 at RNAS Roborough from 1623 (anti-aircraft co-operation) Flight. [3] [6] [7] It was tasked with anti-aircraft co-operation duties in the Plymouth area operating a variety of aircraft in this role. Most of the work was to fly as training targets for Royal Navy ships. The squadron moved a number of times from the end of the war to RAF Exeter, RAF Weston Zoyland, RAF Fairwood Common, and finally to RAF Chivenor. Its existence ended there when it was renumbered to No. 17 Squadron RAF on 11 February 1949. [3] [8]

Aircraft operated

A Miles Martinet. Aircraft as this were used as target tug by no. 691 squadron Miles Martinet.jpg
A Miles Martinet. Aircraft as this were used as target tug by no. 691 squadron
Aircraft operated by no. 691 Squadron RAF, data from [3] [8] [9]
FromToAircraftVariant
December 1943March 1945 Fairey Barracuda Mk.II
December 1943April 1945 Boulton Paul Defiant Mks.I & II
December 1943March 1944 Hawker Hurricane Mk.I
December 1943February 1949 Airspeed Oxford Mks. I & II
March 1944April 1945 Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIc
April 1945May 1947 Vultee Vengeance Mk.IV
July 1945August 1945 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb
August 1945February 1949 Miles Martinet
August 1945February 1949Supermarine SpitfireMk.XVI
November 1945February 1949 North American Harvard Mk.IIb

Squadron bases

Air bases and airfields used by no. 691 Squadron RAF, data from [3] [8] [9]
FromToNameRemark
1 December 194321 February 1945 RNAS Roborough, Devon Formed here
21 February 19451 August 1945 RAF Harrowbeer, Devon
1 August 194531 January 1946 RAF Exeter, Devon
31 January 19464 October 1946 RAF Fairwood Common, Glamorgan (now County of Swansea), Wales
July 19464 October 1946 RAF Weston Zoyland, Somerset Detachment
4 October 194611 February 1949 RAF Chivenor, DevonDisbanded here

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