Raf 2 El

Scottish aviation twin.
Raf 2 el. For the loss of 68 aircraft this force harried and bombed the africa corps at every opportunity during the week s fighting and their effort contributed significantly to the. The squadron held their reformation parade at raf brüggen on 7 october 1971 with the occasion marked by a flypast of four phantom fgr 2s. The equivalent in the royal navy is navy command headquarters at portsmouth and the equivalent in the british army is army headquarters at. Near el adem raf.
Royal air force raf accident incidents. The desert air force daf also known chronologically as air headquarters western desert air headquarters libya the western desert air force and the first tactical air force 1taf was an allied tactical air force created from no. 31 squadron began to arrive at raf brüggen to help prepare the squadron for its conversion to the mcdonnell douglas phantom fgr 2. Date type registration operator fat.
Some coordinates may be incorrect. Usually that code is painted on the aircraft belonging to that unit. This is a partial list of british landing grounds lg in north africa used during world war ii there are over 250 known. The squadron code is usually presented along with an individual letter or character to form a call sign for the particular aircraft.
204 group raf under raf middle east command in north africa in 1941 to provide close air support to the british eighth army against axis forces. The unit was formed as number 2 armoured car company raf at heliopolis egypt on 7 april 1922 and placed under the command of squadron leader m. Most units of the royal air force are identified by a two character alphabetical or alpha numeric combination squadron code. In june 1971 crew from no.
Headquarters air command is the only command currently active in the royal air force it was formed by the merger of royal air force strike and personnel and training commands on 1 april 2007 and has its headquarters at raf high wycombe buckinghamshire. Raf op for smiths aviation. Vickers 668 varsity t 1. In 1924 the unit was engaged in active operations against the wahabi tribe who were causing unrest in transjordan then a.
When the battle of alam el halfa began at the end of august the raf had 565 aircraft in the western desert plus 165 heavy and medium bombers of no 205 group in support. 921 occurrences in the asn safety database showing occurrence 1 10. Some were depots some were repair stations and some were decoys.