Like it says in the title, gents... does anyone happen to know hich RAF squadron flew the most types of aircraft during WWII?
(I haven't got a scooby and I've tried googling without success.)
Which squadron flew the most types?
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Re: Which squadron flew the most types?
My public library in my teens had a book which listed every squadron in the RAF/RFC with its deployment dates, aircraft types and function from 1914-1974. That woud give you the answer.
Re: Which squadron flew the most types?
Not a clue, but it'll probably be something boring like a training or target-tugging squadron. There were target-tug units around here that had as many as 20 different types during WW2.
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Tugging squadron - long overseas deployment to a backwater.
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Re: Which squadron flew the most types?
Tugging squadron hehehe
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Didn’t tugging squadron come to a sticky end?
Re: Which squadron flew the most types?
It's likely to be one of the longer established squadrons, so pre-war regular or RAFVR squadrons, who'd initially have had the mix of prewar and early war types, then running through the various wartime upgrades and new designs as they came through.
A couple of other possibilities are in the FAA squadrons, who used many different types, sometimes at the same time, with detachments all over the place. The 'special duties' squadrons often had multiple aircraft types at the same time, eg 138 Squadron which had variously Lysanders, Whitleys, Halifaxes, Stirlings and Lancasters.
A couple of other possibilities are in the FAA squadrons, who used many different types, sometimes at the same time, with detachments all over the place. The 'special duties' squadrons often had multiple aircraft types at the same time, eg 138 Squadron which had variously Lysanders, Whitleys, Halifaxes, Stirlings and Lancasters.
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They practised shooting a lot
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I believe they were famed for short, wildly innacurate bursts that went everywhere
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Re: Which squadron flew the most types?
If you're bored you could trawl through this site and count them.
http://www.rafweb.org/Squadrons/Sqn%20M ... ark001.htm
http://www.rafweb.org/Squadrons/Sqn%20M ... ark001.htm