No. 1300 Flight RAF

No. 1300 Flight RAF
The Mosquito B.Mk XVI ML963 of 571 Squadron
Active 31 Jul 1943 – 30 May 1946
1 Jun 1946 – 15 Mar 1947
Country United Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Role Meteorological reconnaissance
Part of No. 231 Group RAF, Air Command South East Asia[1]
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldry No known badge
Squadron Codes No known identification code for the flight is known to have been carried

No. 1300 (Meteorological) Flight was formed on 31 July 1943 at RAF Alipore, West Bengal, British India, by re-designating No. 1 Meteorological Flight RAF.[2][3] The flight, strength of which had been reduced to three Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIs by this time,[3] was disbanded on 30 May 1946 at RAF Kallang, Malaya, as No. 1300 (Meteorological THUM) Flight, THUM standing for Temperature and Humidity.

No. 1300 (Meteorological Reconnaissance) Flight was re-formed on 1 June 1946 at RAF Mingaladon, Burma, moving to RAF Butterworth, in Malaya, where it disbanded on 15 March 1947 to become No. 18 Squadron RAF.[2][3]

Aircraft operated

Aircraft operated by no. 1300 Flight RAF, data from[2][3]
FromToAircraftVersionExample
July 1943?Vultee Vengeance
November 1943?Bristol BlenheimMk.IVZ9811
August 1944May 1946Hawker HurricaneMk.IIcLF201
August 1944May 1946Hawker HurricaneMk.IIdKW879
August 19441946Hawker HurricaneMk.IVKZ248
19451946Supermarine SpitfireMk.XIPL920
June 1945March 1947de Havilland MosquitoFB.6TE595; TE848
June 1945March 1947North American HarvardT.2bFS923 (Support aircraft)

Flight bases

Bases and airfields used by no. 1300 Flight RAF, data from[2][3]
FromToBase
31 July 194311 April 1944RAF Alipore, West Bengal, British India
11 April 194419 September 1944RAF Baigachi, West Bengal, British India
19 September 194421 December 1945RAF Alipore, West Bengal, British India
21 December 194530 May 1946RAF Kallang, Malaya
1 June 194613 December 1946RAF Mingaladon, Burma
13 December 194615 March 1947RAF Butterworth, Malaya

See also

References

Notes
  1. ↑ Delve 1994, pp. 77, 84.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Lake 1999, p. 84.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Sturtivant and Hamlin 2007, p. 118.
Bibliography

  • Delve, Ken. The Source Book of the RAF. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1994. ISBN 1-85310-451-5.
  • Lake, Alan. Flying Units of the RAF. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.
  • Sturtivant, Ray, ISO and John Hamlin. RAF Flying Training And Support Units since 1912. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 2007. ISBN 0-85130-365-X.


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