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Warwick - Aircraft Details - Aviation Directory

Warwick

Name : Warwick

Squadrons for : Warwick
A list of all squadrons known to have flown the Warwick. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
Squadron	Info
No.179 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 1st September 1942 Fate : Disbanded 30th September 1946 Delentem deleo - I destroy the destroyer Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.179 Sqn RAF	No.179 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available.
No.269 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 6th October 1918 Fate : Disbanded 24th May 1963 Omnia videmus - We see all things Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.269 Sqn RAF	No.269 Sqn RAF No. 269 Squadron was transferred to RAF Wick on 10 October 1939, and executed aerial attacks against surfaced German U-boats on 15 September, 18 October, 28 October, 3 November, 19 November, and 3 December. Postwar examination of Kriegsmarine records showed that these attacks either did little damage or a U-boat was not on patrol in the area of attack Aircraft from No. 269 Squadron made six separate attacks on German U-boats during February 1940, plus attacks on 8 August. No. 269 Squadron also carried out a number of missions in addition to its maritime patrol duties: 1 March â€” The Stavanger airfield was attacked. 11 June â€” The German battleships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Admiral Hipper were attacked while at anchor in Trondheim harbor. 22 June â€” Aircraft from the No. 269 Squadron and No. 442 Squadron RAF attacked the German battleship Scharnhorst while at sea north of Bergen, but inflicted little damage on the German warship. 27 June â€” No. 269 Squadron executed a special mission reconnaissance of Norwegian coast. The squadron also began receiving new Lockheed Hudson patrol bombers starting in March 1940, completing the transition on 15 April, while it ceased operating Avro Anson aircraft as of 1 June. By 15 July, No, 269 Squadron was fully operational with 18 Hudson Mk1 aircraft After a year of operations against enemy shipping from RAF Wick, No. 269 Squadron began transferring to Iceland starting on 12 April 1941, with the last Hudson aircraft arriving on 30 May. The squadron completed its re-deployment to Iceland on 10 July. A detachment of No. 269 Squadron deployed to RAF Reykjavik on 12 December.[4] On 9 April, six aircraft from RAF Wick bombed the aluminium factory at Hoyanger, Norway. Also during late May, the squadron participated in the pursuit of the German battleship Bismarck. Aircraft from No. 269 Squadron also made four separate attacks on surfaced U-boats during June. On 6 August, Hudson patrol bombers from No. 269 Squadron escorted USAF fighter aircraft of the 33rd Pursuit Squadron to the Reykjavik airfield after being catapulted off the aircraft carrier USS Wasp. On 16 August, No. 269 Squadron flew twelve sorties escorting the battleship HMS Prince of Wales, with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill aboard for the upcoming, top-secret conference with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Aircraft from No. 269 Squadron made four separate attacks on surfaced U-boats during June. Aircraft of the No. 269 Squadron also attacked U-432 on 29 August, U-85 on 2 September, and U-439 and U-552 on 14 September, and they were also present during the Greer Incident. On 27 August 1941, Squadron Leader J.H. Thompson of the No. 269 Squadron made RAF history by becoming the only aircraft captain to have a U-boat (U-570) surrender to him. Thompson and his navigator/bomb-aimerâ€”Flying Officer John Colemanâ€”were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross on 23 September 1941 Aircraft of the No. 269 Squadron attacked U-510 on 14 July, U-609 on 23 July, U-164 and U-210 on 26 July, and U-595 on 30 July and 31 July. No. 269 aircraft made eight separate U-boat attacks during August. Six U-boats were attacked during September. U-183 was attacked on 3 October. No. 269 Squadron scored its first confirmed U-boat kill by sinking U-619 on 5 October
No.279 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 16th November 1941 Fate : Disbanded 10th March 1946 To see and be seen Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.279 Sqn RAF	No.279 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available.
No.280 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 10th December 1941 Fate : Disbanded 21st June 1946 We shall be there Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.280 Sqn RAF	No.280 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available.
No.281 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 29th March 1942 Fate : Disbanded 24th October 1945 Volamus servaturi - We fly to serve Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.281 Sqn RAF	No.281 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available.
No.282 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 1st January 1943 Fate : Disbanded 19th July 1945 Volamus servaturi - We fly to serve Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.282 Sqn RAF	No.282 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available.
No.283 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 11th February 1943 Fate : Disbanded 31st March 1946 Attende et vigila - Be alert and on guard,/i> Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.283 Sqn RAF	No.283 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available.
No.293 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 28th November 1943 Fate : Disbanded 5th April 1946 Ex aere salus - Safely from the air Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.293 Sqn RAF	No.293 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available.
No.301 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 26th July 1940 Fate : Disbanded 10th December 1946 Polish Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.301 Sqn RAF	No.301 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available.
No.304 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 22nd August 1940 Fate : Disbanded 18th December 1946 Polish - Land of Silesia Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.304 Sqn RAF	No.304 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available.
No.38 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 1st April 1916 Fate : Disbanded 31st March 1967 Ante lucem - Before the dawn Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.38 Sqn RAF	No.38 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available.

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