No. 49 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia
No. 49 Squadron was a bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force from 1938 to 1965. They were the first squadron to receive the Hampden in September 1938. The unit achieved fame through the Victoria Cross awarded to Rod Learoyd in 1940 [3] and for its role in the British atomic and hydrogen bomb programmes.
No. 49 Squadron Royal Air Force in the Second World War 1939 …
Sgt Kenneth Heard was posted to 49 Squadron in January 1942, based at Scampton in Leicestershire, flying Hampden bombers. He flew as Navigator on Operation Fuller - the Channel Dash - the operation to prevent the breakout of the German warships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen from Brest.
49 Squadron Association
49 Squadron remained in being as part of the post-war RAF, moving to Mepal on 29 September 1945 and to Upwood on 30 July 1946. During this period it carried out the routine peacetime training of Bomber Command. In November 1949 the first Avro Lincoln B2 arrived and by April 1950 the squadron was fully re equipped.
49 Squadron Association : Home
Welcome to the website of the 49 Squadron Association. The aim of the website is to provide a source of information for anyone with an interest in the history of the squadron and the personnel who served with the squadron. The squadron badge is displayed by kind permission of the Ministry of Defence.
Virtual War Memorial | No. 49 Squadron (RAF) - vwma.org.au
On 10 February 1936, No. 49 Squadron re-formed at Bircham Newton in Norfolk, from a nucleus provided by 'C' Flight of No 18 Squadron. It was equipped with Hawker Hind light bombers and initially commanded by Flt Lt J C Cunningham.
No. 49 Squadron (RAF): Second World War - HistoryOfWar.org
2007年3月24日 · No.49 Squadron had been created from C Flight of No.18 Squadron in 1936. By the start of the Second World War it was equipped with the Handley Page Hampden, which it kept until 1942. Like most Bomber Command units No.49 Squadron spent the first few months of the war on a mix of reconnaissance, mine laying and leaflet dropping duties, while the ...
Avro Lancaster III (JA691 EA-L) on a mission to Peenemunde on …
On Tuesday, 17 August 1943, (a part of) the aircraft of the 49 squadron (RAF), took off for a mission to Peenemunde in Germany from a station (airfield) in or near Fiskerton. One of the crew members was Flying Officer H J Randall.
49 Squadron Association : Crew Pictures
Their Lancaster O-Oboe became a veteran flying 68 operations with 49 Sqn before making way for the AGLT Lancs. She was passed to 467 RAAF Sqn at Waddington where she soldiered on until failing to return from Royan 5/6 Jan 1945 after a collision with Lancaster ME300.
World War 2 - RAF 49 Squadron, May/June 1940 - Epibreren
When war came again No.49 was flying Hampdens from Scampton, Lincolnshire, and in April 1940, helped inaugurate the RAF's sea-mining campaign. Soon afterwards it began to drop bombs as well as mines, and in August 1940, one of the squadron's pilots, Flight Lieutenant RAB Learoyd, won the first Bomber Command VC for his part in a joint low-level ...
RAF Kinloss in the Second World War 1939-1945 - The Wartime …
RAF Kinloss opened on the 1st of April 1939 home to 14 Flying Training School (FTS) and 45 Maintenance Unit, and from July 1940 19 Operational Training Unit . Today Kinloss is still an operational airfield with the RAF, best known for its Search and Rescue role. Squadrons stationed at RAF Kinloss 14 Flying Training School (FTS)
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