Alphabetically named Flights RAF/RFC

The table below lists the independent aircraft flights of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and Royal Air Force (RAF) which were given alphabetical designations.

Flights[edit]

flight letter location(s) period(s) aircraft notes
B, Palestine RAF Aboukir
Weli Sheikh Nuran, Palestine		 1917 - December 1917 B.E.2C
B.E.12		 formed by re-designating an element of 23 Training Squadron[1]
G MAEE Helensburgh
RAF Bowmore		 21 September 1940 – 13 March 1941 Short S.23
Short S.26		 became 119 Squadron
H RAF Ambala
RAF Drigh Road
RAF Ambala
RAF Lahore		 25 August 1939 – 9 February 1940
January 1940 - October 1940		 Blenheim I became 'W' Flight on 9 Feb 1940, formed Jan 1940 from an element of Battle Flight RAF, last known at Lahore
I Fauquembergues, France
Serny, France		 9 July 1918 – 14 January 1919 F.E.2b
B.E.12		 re-designated from Special Duty Flight, Royal Flying Corps
J RAF Melton Mowbray
RAF Cairo West		 28 September 1945 – 10 October 1945 Stirling V disbanded at Cairo West to become No. 1589 (Heavy Freight) Flight RAF
K Auxi-le-Château, France
unknown
Summit, Sudan
RAF Aqir, Palestine
RAF Melton Mowbray
RAF Santacruz		 9 July 1918 - unknown
1 September 1940 – 1 April 1941
16 September 1945 – 10 October 1945		 R.E.8
Gladiator I
Gladiator II
Stirling V		 re-designated from 'B' Flight No. 112 Squadron RAF 1 Sep 1940 at Summit;
became No. 1588 (Heavy Freight) Flight RAF at Santa Cruz on 10 Oct 1945
M Longuenesse, Saint-Omer, France
Hangelar, Germany		 6 October 1918 - August 1919 F.2b
DH.9
Fokker D.VII
S.E.5a
N Vert Galand, France
unknown		 18 September 1919 - unknown F.2b records begin on 18 September 1919
O Premont Farm, France
unknown		 23 October 1918 - unknown F.2b date and location of disbandment unknown
P Serny, France
unknown
Ismailia, Egypt
Jeddah, Arabia		 29 August 1918 - unknown
9 June 1919 – 25 May 1919		 R.E.8
F.2b		 date and location of disbandment unknown; formed at Ismailia from a detached Flight of No. 113 Squadron RAF
Q RAF Ambala
RAF Rednal		 25 August 1939 – 15 December 1940
October 1943 - January 1944		 Blenheim I
Gladiator I
Vickers Wellington		 formed at Ambala by re-designating an element of No. 60 Squadron RAF; disbanded to become No. 4 Coastal Defence Flight, Indian Air Force Volunteer Reserve
disbanded
V RAF Ambala
RAF Juhu
unknown		 25 August 1939 - unknown Blenheim I
Hawker Audax		 formed at Ambala by re-designating an element of No. 60 Squadron RAF, disbanded finally at unknown location and date
W RAF Drigh Road 9 February 1940 – 15 December 1940 Blenheim I re-designated from 'H' Flight
X Aqaba, Egypt
RAF Haifa
RAF Habbaniya
RAF Abadan		 24 November 1917 – 19 October 1918
May 1940 - June 1940
6 June 1941 – 30 June 1941
16 July 1942 – 30 October 1942		 B.E.2C
B.E.12
Bristol F2b
Nieuport 17
Gladiator I
Gladiator II		 initially formed from Special Duty Flight RFC
Y RAF Ambala
RAF St. Thomas Mount
unknown		 1917 Blenheim I
Audax
Z Istrana, Italy
Villaverla, Italy
Taganrog, Russia
Rostov, Russia
RAF Ambala
RAF Dum-Dum		 March 1918 - 3 July 1918
30 November 1919 - January 1920
28 August 1939
December 1940		 Bristol F.2b
R.E.8
Blenheim I		 formed, at Istrana, by re-designating an element of No. 34 Squadron RAF; re-formed at RAF Ambala, by re-designating an element of 60 Squadron

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Citations[edit]

  1. ^ Lake 1999, p. 35.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Lake, A. (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury, England: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.


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