No.500 (County of Kent) Squadron RAF

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No.500 (County of Kent) Squadron RAF
Group Squadron Base County Arrived Comments
16 500 Detling Kent 03/09/39 Anson I. Blenheim IV, 04/41.
16 500 Bircham Newton Norfolk 30/05/41 Hudson III, 11/41. Hudson V, 11/41.
15 500 Stornoway Outer Hebrides 01/03/42 Day of month arbitrary.
19 500 St. Eval Cornwall 01/08/42 Day of month arbitrary.
19 500 Portreath Cornwall 01/11/42 Day of month arbitrary.
Gibraltar 500 North Front Gibraltar 05/11/42
500 Tafaroui 01/05/43 Day of month arbitrary.
500 Montecorvino Sicily 01/12/43 Day of month arbitrary. Ventura V, 12/43.
500 Grottaglie Italy 01/01/44 Day of month arbitrary.
500 La Senia 30/01/44 Day of month arbitrary. Disbanded by renumbering as No.17 Squadron SAAF, 11/07/44.
           
15 500 Carew Cheriton Pembrokeshire 01/06/41 Date arbitrary. Detachment. Left 03/42.
15 500 Limavady Londonderry 01/03/42 Date arbitrary. Detachment. Left 08/42.
500 Blida Algeria 05/11/42 Date arbitrary. Detachment. Left 05/43.
500 Tafaroui 05/11/42 Date arbitrary. Detachment. Left 05/43.
500 Blida Algeria 01/05/43 Date arbitrary. Detachment. Left 12/43.
500 Bone Algeria 01/05/43 Date arbitrary. Detachment. Left 12/43.
500 Bone Algeria 01/02/44 Date arbitrary. Detachment. Left 07/44.
500 Ghisoniacca 01/02/44 Date arbitrary. Detachment. Left 07/44.
500 Bo Rizzo 01/02/44 Date arbitrary. Detachment. Left 07/44.
500 Blida Algeria 01/02/44 Date arbitrary. Detachment. Left 07/44.
Copyright: Ross McNeill August 1999