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RAF Abingdon closed on 31 July 1992, with the Oxford and London University Air Squadron and No. 6 Air Experience Flight moving to RAF Benson. The station was transferred to the British Army and it was renamed Dalton Barracks. RAF Benson continues to use Abingdon as a diversion airfield and for helicopter training. Squadrons
The squadron was equipped with the Spitfires with to fly photo reconnaissance missions over Europe. Originally equipped with the Spitfire IV, it received the Mark VII in November, the Mk IX in February 1943, the Mk XI in April, the Mk XIX in May 1944, and the Mk X in July. After the end of the war, No. 542 Squadron was disbanded on 27 August 1945.
Reformed on 15 February 1954 at RAF Kuala Lumpur, Malaya as a transport support and communications squadron. It was renumbered No. 209 Squadron on 1 November 1958. The squadron was again reformed as a transport squadron on 1 November 1962 at RAF Benson with No. 38 Group until being disbanded on 30 June 1970.
RAF Bircham Newton was home to five No. 16 Group units and No. 521 Squadron, which was a meteorological observation unit, had split into Nos. 1401 and 1409 (Met) Flights and operated with Bristol Blenheim IV, Gloster Gladiator II, Supermarine Spitfire V, de Havilland Mosquito IV and Lockheed Hudson IIIA, with the latter Flight forming within No. 8 Group RAF Also at RAF Bircham Newton was No ...
No. 237 Operational Conversion Unit RAF. No. 237 (Photograhpic Reconnaissance) Operational Conversion Unit RAF. Active. 31 July 1947 - 1 December 1951. 23 October 1956 - 21 January 1958. 1 March 1971 - 1 October 1991. Country. United Kingdom. Branch.
No. 543 Squadron RAF was a photographic reconnaissance squadron of the Royal Air Force, active in two periods between 1942 and 1974. History [ edit ] The squadron was formed on 19 October 1942 [5] at RAF Benson as a photo-reconnaissance unit with the Supermarine Spitfire .
RAF Odiham. An RAF Chinook HC6 based at Odiham. / 51.23417°N 0.94278°W / 51.23417; -0.94278. See Based units section for full list. Royal Air Force Odiham or more simply RAF Odiham ( IATA: ODH, ICAO: EGVO) is a Royal Air Force station situated a little to the south of the village of Odiham in Hampshire, England.
