No. 56 (Punjab) Squadron RAF

RAF Fighter Command 1939 - 1945
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No. 56 (Punjab) Squadron RAF
Group Squadron Base County Arrived Comments
11 56 North Weald Essex 03/09/39 Hurricane I.
11 56 Martlesham Heath Suffolk 22/10/39
11 56 North Weald Essex 22/02/40 1 Flight to France 16/05/40.
12 56 Digby Lincolnshire 31/05/40
11 56 North Weald Essex 05/06/40
10 56 Boscombe Down Wiltshire 01/09/40
10 56 Middle Wallop Hampshire 29/11/40
11 56 North Weald Essex 17/12/40
11 56 Martlesham Heath Suffolk 23/06/41 Hurricane IIb, 02/41.
12 56 Duxford Cambridgeshire 26/06/41 Typhoon Ia, 09/41. Typhoon Ib, 03/42.
12 56 Snailwell Suffolk 30/03/42
11 56 Manston Kent 29/05/42
12 56 Snailwell Suffolk 01/06/42
12 56 Matlaske Norfolk 24/08/42
11 56 Manston Kent 22/07/43
11 56 Martlesham Heath Suffolk 06/08/43
11 56 Manston Kent 15/08/43
11 56 Bradwell Bay Essex 23/08/43
11 56 Martlesham Heath Suffolk 04/10/43
13 56 Scorton Yorkshire 15/02/44
13 56 Acklington Northumberland 23/02/44
13 56 Scorton Yorkshire 07/03/44
13 56 Ayr Ayrshire 30/03/44
13 56 Scorton Yorkshire 07/04/44 Spitfire IX, 04/44.
2TAF 56 Newchurch Kent 28/04/44 Tempest V, 06/44.
2TAF 56 Matlaske Norfolk 23/09/44 To Grimbergen, B60, 28/09/44.
Copyright: Ross McNeill May 1999