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No.164 Sqn RAF |
Name : No.164 Sqn RAF Founded : 6th April 1942 Disbanded : 31st August 1946 Country : UK Fate : Disbanded 31st August 1946 More Details : Argentine British Firmes Volamos - Firmly we fly |
Known Service Details : | |||||||
Pilot or Aircrew | Rank | Start of Service | End of Service | Known Dates | Aircraft | Airframes | Notes |
unknown | unknown |
Pilots and Aircrew for : No.164 Sqn RAF | ||
A list of all aircrew from our database who are associated with this squadron. A profile page is available by clicking their name. | ||
Name | Info | |
Beake, Percival H Click the name above to see a profile of Beake, Percival H
| Beake, Percival H Joining the RAFVR in April 1939, Percival Beake was mobilised at the outbreak of war. Posted to 64 Squadron on Spitfires in the summer of 1940 at the height of the Battle of Britain, he flew with them until June 1941 when he was posted first to 92 Squadron at Biggin Hill, and then 601 Squadron at Duxford. On February 2nd 1941 Percy made a forced landing in a field at Sheperdswell in Kent. He tried to make a wheels-down landing to save his aircraft but ended up head down in the mud. Percyâs aircraft was a write-off and he suffered concussion for which he was treated in the RAF Officers Hospital in Torquay. He did not get back to the Squadron until March 27th. On May 16th the Squadron was posted to Turnhouse near Edinburgh. On June 26th Percy complained to the CO about the lack of combat opportunity there and the following day he was posted to 92 Squadron at Biggin Hill. On July 8, having taken part in a mission over France, he was shot down by an Me 109 just after leaving the French coast but he managed to bale out over the sea and was picked up 18 miles east of Dover by an RAF Rescue Launch. Towards the end of October the Squadron moved to Digby in Lincolnshire and by the end of the year Percy had completed 100 operation sorties and was declared âtour expiredâ. In January 1942 Percy was posted to 601 Squadron which at the time was equipped with Aircobras. These aircraft had serious maintenance problems and were never made operational. However, the Squadron was re-equipped with Spitfires in March and was posted to Malta. The CO said âBeaky you are tour expiredâ so I canât take you to Malta â you will have to go to instructing at an OUT. So it was he arrived at 58 OUT in Grangemouth on April 1st 1942. After a spell instructing he returned for his second tour in December 1942, joining 193 Squadron as a Flight Commander. In May 1944 he took command of 164 Squadron at Thorney Island flying Typhoons, moving to France shortly after the Normandy Invasion. With two victories to his credit he was awarded the DFC in September 1944. "Starting with 6th August 1944 my log book records that a successful attack was carried out on an enemy strong point in a quarry and that on the following morning I flew home on a very rare 48 hour leave. For a few days after my return we had only one specific target - an enemy dump which we effectively bombarded with rockets on 11th August - so we were deployed on armed reconnaissances. After landing from one of these on 13th August my Wing Commander, Walter Dring, called me to his caravan and said - Beaky, you have just done your last op. You are not to fly again and that is an order, until returning to the UK. I am arranging for your relief as soon as possible. - I was absolutely stunned and my lasting memory of that period is not of carnage but of acute embarrassment at having been grounded. I just hated sending the squadron up without myself leading and remember making frequent calls to the met office hoping to get forecasts of filthy weather that would make operational flying impossible. In the event, my relief, Squadron Leader Ian Waddy, was shot down by flak within two or three days of taking over command, so maybe Wally Dring had some sort of premonition that prompted my grounding." | |
Farnes, Paul Click the name above to see a profile of Farnes, Paul | Farnes, Paul Paul Farnes was born in Boscombe, Hampshire, July 16, 1918. He joined the RAFVR in April 1938 and is mobilized in July 1939 before being posted to 501 Squadron, 14 September 1939. He accompanied the Squadron when it was sent to France in May 1940, winning his first victories in the campaign of France and during the Battle of Britain. In October, he was awarded the DFM after eight victories and was promoted to officer the following month. In February 1941 he was transferred to 57 OTU as an instructor and then to 73 OTU in November, in Aden. In late February 1942, he was posted to 229 Squadron in North Africa as Flight Commander. On March 27, 1942, he flew to Malta with the rest of the Squadron aboard the Hurricane IIc BN122. After a period of intense and difficult battles in which defenders of the island will lose many fighters, during which he took command of the Squadron, he returned to Egypt with the survivors of his unit May 27, 1942. He then transferred to Iraq where he joined the Headquarters and remained there until March 1945. He then returned to Great Britain and three weeks after upgrading to the UTO 53, he took command of 124 Squadron, a position he held until the end of the war. He joined the Tangmere before making command of 611 Squadron equipped Mustang IV July 7, 1945. In August, the Squadron was disbanded and it supports the 164 Squadron with Spitfire IX. 63 Squadron was designated in August 1946. In January 1947, he became an officer of Liaison with training centres with the Air Ministry until October 1948. He then became an instructor in various centres. He continued his career in the RAF until 1958 and left active service with the rank of Wing Commander. He returned to his civilian career in the industry. |
Known Individual Aircraft of No.164 Sqn RAF : | ||||||||
Type | Serial | Codes | First Flew | Squadron History | Aircrew History | History Notes | Engine | Factory |
JH-V | 09/10/1941 | Merlin 45 | Chattis Hill | |||||
GW-M | 11/11/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Chattis Hill | |||
12/12/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45M | High Post | ||||
12/02/1942 | no information | no information | Merlin 47 | Eastleigh | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Westland | ||||
SK-D | - | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | |||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
16/04/1942 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
SD-Q | - | Merlin 45M | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | |||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 47 | Eastleigh | ||||
25/04/1942 | no information | no information | Merlin 47 | Eastleigh | ||||
28/04/1942 | no information | Merlin 47 | Eastleigh | |||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 47 | Eastleigh | ||||
25/06/1942 | no information | no information | Merlin 47 | Eastleigh | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 46 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 46 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 46 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
AH-Z | 09/12/1938 | no information | no information | Merlin II | Eastleigh | |||
12/06/1939 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | ||||
AH-S | 23/06/1939 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | |||
17/10/1939 | Merlin III | Eastleigh | ||||||
ZR-D | - | no information | no information | Merlin XII | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | |||
- | no information | no information | Merlin XII | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
NK-T | - | no information | no information | Merlin XII | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | |||
- | no information | no information | Merlin XII | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin XII | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
OU-N | - | no information | no information | Merlin XII | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | |||
- | no information | no information | Merlin XII | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
GW-O | - | no information | no information | Merlin 45M | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | |||
30/04/1940 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | ||||
SH-R | 02/05/1940 | Merlin III | Eastleigh | |||||
S6H | 10/05/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | |||
UM-B | 03/07/1940 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | |||
14/07/1940 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | ||||
AH-F | 24/07/1940 | Merlin III | Eastleigh | |||||
01/02/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | ||||
14/02/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | ||||
18/03/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Eastleigh | ||||
AH-Y | 27/03/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Eastleigh | |||
28/03/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Eastleigh | ||||
19/04/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Chattis Hill | ||||
AH-J | 11/04/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Eastleigh | |||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 70 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | |||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | |||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | |||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | |||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | |||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | Birmingham | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | |||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | Birmingham | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | Birmingham | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | |||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | |||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 70 | |||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | |||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | |||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 70 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 70 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 70 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 70 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 70 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 70 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 70 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 70 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 70 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | |||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | |||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | |||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | Cosford | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | |||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 70 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 70 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 70 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 70 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 70 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
YT-W | - | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | |||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | |||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | |||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 70 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 70 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
UB-B | - | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | |||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | |||||
YT-Y | - | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | ||||
UB-D | - | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | |||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | |||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | |||||
UB-E | - | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | ||||
YT-B | - | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 266 | |||||
14/05/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Chattis Hill | ||||
17/05/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Chattis Hill | ||||
30/04/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Eastleigh | ||||
AZ-W | 22/06/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Eastleigh | |||
GW-H | - | no information | no information | Merlin 45M | High Post | |||
11/08/1940 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | ||||
AH-L | 17/08/1940 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | |||
12/09/1940 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | ||||
12/10/1940 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | ||||
AH-E | 19/02/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh |
Aircraft for : No.164 Sqn RAF | ||
A list of all aircraft associated with No.164 Sqn RAF. A profile page including a list of all art prints for the aircraft is available by clicking the aircraft name. | ||
Aircraft | Info | |
Auster
| Auster Full profile not yet available. | |
Hurricane
Manufacturer : Hawker Production Began : 1936 Number Built : 14533 | Hurricane Royal Air Force Fighter, the Hawker Hurricane had a top speed of 320mph, at 18,200 feet and 340mph at 17,500, ceiling of 34,200 and a range of 935 miles. The Hurricane was armed with eight fixed wing mounted .303 browning machine guns in the Mark I and twelve .303 browning's in the MKIIB in the Hurricane MKIIC it had four 20mm cannon. All time classic fighter the Hurricane was designed in 1933-1934, the first prototype flew in June 1936 and a contract for 600 for the Royal Air Force was placed. The first production model flew ion the 12th October 1937 and 111 squadron of the Royal Air Force received the first Hurricanes in January 1938. By the outbreak of World war two the Royal Air Force had 18 operational squadrons of Hurricanes. During the Battle of Britain a total of 1715 Hurricanes took part, (which was more than the rest of the aircraft of the Royal air force put together) and almost 75% of the Victories during the Battle of Britain went to hurricane pilots. The Hawker Hurricane was used in all theatres during World war two, and in many roles. in total 14,533 Hurricanes were built. | |
Meteor
Manufacturer : Gloster Production Began : 1944 Number Built : 3947 | Meteor The Gloster Meteor was the first British jet fighter and the Allies' first operational jet. Designed by George Carter, and built by the Gloster Aircraft Company, Armstrong-Whitworth, the Meteor first flew in 1943 and commenced operations on 27 July 1944 with 616 Squadron of the Royal Air Force (RAF). The Gloster Meteor was not an aerodynamically advanced aircraft but the Gloster design team succeeded in producing an effective jet fighter that served the RAF and other air forces for decades. Meteors saw action with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in the Korean War and other air forces used the Meteor. The Royal Danish Air Force, The Belgian Air Force and Isreali Air Force kept the Meteor in service until the early 1970's. A Total of 3947 meteors were built and two Meteors, WL419 and WA638, remain in service with the Martin-Baker company as ejection seat testbeds. | |
Spitfire
Manufacturer : Supermarine Production Began : 1936 Retired : 1948 Number Built : 20351 | Spitfire Royal Air Force fighter aircraft, maximum speed for mark I Supermarine Spitfire, 362mph up to The Seafire 47 with a top speed of 452mph. maximum ceiling for Mk I 34,000feet up to 44,500 for the mark XIV. Maximum range for MK I 575 miles . up to 1475 miles for the Seafire 47. Armament for the various Marks of Spitfire. for MK I, and II . eight fixed .303 browning Machine guns, for MKs V-IX and XVI two 20mm Hispano cannons and four .303 browning machine guns. and on later Marks, six to eight Rockets under the wings or a maximum bomb load of 1,000 lbs. Designed by R J Mitchell, The proto type Spitfire first flew on the 5th March 1936. and entered service with the Royal Air Force in August 1938, with 19 squadron based and RAF Duxford. by the outbreak of World war two, there were twelve squadrons with a total of 187 spitfires, with another 83 in store. Between 1939 and 1945, a large variety of modifications and developments produced a variety of MK,s from I to XVI. The mark II came into service in late 1940, and in March 1941, the Mk,V came into service. To counter the Improvements in fighters of the Luftwaffe especially the FW190, the MK,XII was introduced with its Griffin engine. The Fleet Air Arm used the Mk,I and II and were named Seafires. By the end of production in 1948 a total of 20,351 spitfires had been made and 2408 Seafires. The most produced variant was the Spitfire Mark V, with a total of 6479 spitfires produced. The Royal Air Force kept Spitfires in front line use until April 1954. | |
Typhoon
Manufacturer : Hawker Production Began : 1941 Number Built : 3330 | Typhoon Single engine fighter with a maximum speed of 412 mph at 19,000 feet and a ceiling of 35,200 feet. range 510 miles. The Typhoon was armed with twelve browning .303inch machine guns in the wings (MK1A) Four 20mm Hispano cannon in wings (MK!B) Two 1000ilb bombs or eight 3-inch rockets under wings. The first proto type flew in February 1940, but due to production problems the first production model flew in May 1941. with The Royal Air Force receiving their first aircraft in September 1941. Due to accidents due to engine problems (Sabre engine) The Hawker Typhoon started front line service in December 1941.The Hawker Typhoon started life in the role of interceptor around the cost of England but soon found its real role as a ground attack aircraft. especially with its 20mm cannon and rockets. This role was proved during the Normandy landings and the period after. The total number of Hawker typhoons built was 3,330. |
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