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
flight letter | location(s) | period(s) | aircraft | notes |
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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 |
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 Santa Cruz |
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 |
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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 |
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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
- List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons
- List of Battle of Britain squadrons
- List of conversion units of the Royal Air Force
- List of Royal Air Force units & establishments
- List of Royal Air Force schools
- List of Royal Air Force aircraft independent flights
- University Air Squadron
- Air Experience Flight
- Volunteer Gliding Squadron
- List of Air Training Corps squadrons
- List of RAF Regiment units
- List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadrons
- List of Army Air Corps aircraft units
- List of RAF squadron codes
- United Kingdom military aircraft registration number
- United Kingdom aircraft test serials
- British military aircraft designation systems
- Royal Air Force roundels
References
Citations
- Lake 1999, p. 35.
Bibliography
- Lake, A. (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury, England: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.
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