No. 266 (Rhodesia) Squadron RAF

RAF Fighter Command 1939 - 1945
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No. 266 (Rhodesia) Squadron RAF
Group Squadron Base County Arrived Comments
11 266 Sutton Bridge Lincolnshire 30/10/39 Reformed. Battle I, 12/39. Spitfire I, 01/40.
11 266 Martlesham Heath Suffolk 01/03/40
12 266 Wittering Northamptonshire 14/05/40
11 266 Eastchurch Kent 12/08/40
11 266 Hornchurch Essex 14/08/40
12 266 Wittering Northamptonshire 21/08/40 Spitfire IIa, 09/40. Spitfire IIb, 09/41.
11 266 Martlesham Heath Suffolk 28/09/41
12 266 Collyweston Northamptonshire 03/10/41 Spitfire Vb, 10/41.
12 266 King's Cliffe Northamptonshire 24/10/41
12 266 Duxford Cambridgeshire 29/01/42 Typhoon Ia, 02/42. Typhoon Ib, 03/42.
12 266 Matlaske Norfolk 02/08/42
12 266 Duxford Cambridgeshire 11/08/42
10 266 Warmwell Dorset 21/09/42
10 266 Exeter Devon 08/01/43
11 266 Gravesend Kent 07/09/43
10 266 Exeter Devon 10/09/43
10 266 Harrowbeer Devon 21/09/43
10/11 266 Bolt Head Devon 07/03/44
10 266 Harrowbeer Devon 12/03/44
13 266 Acklington Northumberland 15/03/44
2TAF 266 Tangmere Sussex 23/03/44
2TAF 266 Needs Oar Point Hampshire 10/04/44
2TAF 266 Eastchurch Kent 29/06/44
2TAF 266 Hurn Hampshire 13/07/44 To Sommervieu, B8, 20/07/44.
10 266 Fairwood Common Glamorganshire 25/04/45 Ex-Drope, B105. To Ahlhorn, B11, 04/06/45.
Copyright: Ross McNeill May 1999