No.240 Squadron RAF

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No.240 Squadron RAF
Group Squadron Base County Arrived Comments
18 240 Invergordon Cromarty 03/09/39 London II. Lerwick I
18 240 Sullom Voe Shetland 04/11/39
18 240 Invergordon Cromarty 12/02/40
18 240 Sullom Voe Shetland 17/04/40
15 240 Pembroke Dock Pembrokeshire 27/05/40 Stranraer I, 06/40.
15 240 Stranraer Wigtownshire 30/07/40
15 240 Killadeas Fermanagh 01/03/41 Day of month arbitrary. Catalina I, 03/41. Catalina II, 03/41.
15 240 Castle Archdale Fermanagh 01/08/41 Day of month arbitrary.
240 Red Hills Lake India 01/06/42 Day of month arbitrary. Catalina Ib, 11/43. Catalina IIa, 04/43. Catalina IVb, 12/44. Disbanded, 01/07/45. Reformed by renumbering No.212 Squadron, 01/07/45.
           
18 240 Sullom Voe Shetland 09/09/39 Detachment. Left 04/11/39.
15 240 Mount Batten Devon 16/09/39 Detachment. Left 20/09/39.
15 240 Falmouth Cornwall 20/09/39 Detachment. Left 10/39.
18 240 Sullom Voe Shetland 12/02/40 Detachment. Left 17/04/40.
18 240 Oban Argyll 19/07/40 Detachment. Left 09/40.
Iceland 240 Reykjavik Iceland 13/05/41 Detachment. Left 28/05/41.
Iceland 240 Reykjavik Iceland 04/07/41 Detachment. Left 31/07/41.
Iceland 240 Reykjavik Iceland 12/09/41 Detachment. Left 21/09/41.
240 Addu Atoll 01/06/42 Date arbitrary. Detachment. Left 07/45
240 Aden 01/06/42 Date arbitrary. Detachment. Left 07/45.
240 Coconada 01/06/42 Date arbitrary. Detachment. Left 07/45.
240 Kelia 01/06/42 Date arbitrary. Detachment. Left 07/45.
240 Diego Guarcia 01/06/42 Date arbitrary. Detachment. Left 07/45.
240 Koggala Ceylon 01/06/42 Date arbitrary. Detachment. Left 07/45.
Copyright: Ross McNeill December 1999