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Revision as of 22:32, 5 January 2008
No. 280 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron.
The squadron motto was We Shall Be There
History
No. 280 Squadron was formed at RAF Thorney Island, England on the 10 December 1941 as an air-sea rescue squadron. The squadron was equipped with the Avro Anson and was responsible for air-sea rescue along the south coast of England and East Anglia.
The squadron re-equipped with the Vickers Warwick in October 1943.
At the end of the second world war the squadron disbanded at RAF Thornaby on 21 June 1946.
Aircraft Operated
- 1942 - Avro Anson I
- 1943 - Vickers Warwick I
See also
References
- G G Jefford, RAF Squadrons, second edition 2001, Airlife Publishing, UK, ISBN 1-84037-141-2.