RAF Derna

RAF Derna
Derna, Derna District in Libya
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Air Force
Site history
Built	1941 (1941)
In use	1941 - 1943 (1943)
Airfield information
Runways Direction Length and surface 00/00

Royal Air Force Derna or more simply RAF Derna is a former Royal Air Force station located near Derna, Libya.

History

On 4 November 1943 No. 1586 Flight RAF was formed at RAF Derna. ^[1]

The following squadrons were also here at some point:

• No. 6 Squadron RAF between 5 and 8 April 1941 with the Hawker Hurricane ^[2]
• No. 45 Squadron RAF between 4 and 6 April 1941 with the Bristol Blenheim IV ^[3]
• No. 55 Squadron RAF between 4 and 7 April 1941 with the Bristol Blenheim IV ^[4]
• No. 80 Squadron RAF between 7 September and 19 October 1943 with the Supermarine Spitfire VC & IX ^[5]
• No. 148 Squadron RAF between 5 April and 1 September 1943 with the Consolidated Liberator I and Handley Page Halifax II ^[6]
• Detachment of No. 223 Squadron RAF between September 1942 and March 1943 with the Martin Baltimore III ^[7]
• No. 227 Squadron RAF between 5 May and 24 June 1943 then again between 19 July and 16 August 1943 with the Bristol Beaufighter VIC ^[7]
• No. 274 Squadron RAF between 9 August and 7 October 1943 with the Supermarine Spitfire VB & VC ^[8]
• Detachment of No. 294 Squadron RAF between September 1943 and March 1944 with the Vickers Wellington IC & Supermarine Walrus ^[9]
• Detachment of No. 680 Squadron RAF between February and August 1943 with the Supermarine Spitfire IX ^[10]

See also

• Martuba Airbase nearby

References

1. "Military History Encyclopedia on the Web" . Retrieved 27 April 2013.
2. Jefford 1988, p. 25.
3. Jefford 1988, p. 40.
4. Jefford 1988, p. 42.
5. Jefford 1988, p. 49.
6. Jefford 1988, p. 62.
7. Jefford 1988, p. 73.
8. Jefford 1988, p. 82.
9. Jefford 1988, p. 84.
10. Jefford 1988, p. 105.

• Jefford, C. G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife. ISBN   1-85310-053-6.