No. 609 (West Riding) Squadron RAF
RAF Fighter Command
1939 - 1945 Return
to Fighter Command Index
No. 609 (West Riding) Squadron RAF
Group |
Squadron |
Base |
County |
Arrived |
Comments |
13 |
609 |
Catterick |
Yorkshire |
03/09/39 |
Spitfire
I. |
13 |
609 |
Acklington |
Northumberland |
07/10/39 |
|
13 |
609 |
Drem |
East
Lothian |
17/10/39 |
|
14 |
609 |
Kinloss |
|
05/12/39 |
|
13 |
609 |
Drem |
East
Lothian |
10/01/40 |
|
11 |
609 |
Northolt |
Middlesex |
20/05/40 |
|
10 |
609 |
Middle
Wallop |
Hampshire |
06/07/40 |
|
10 |
609 |
Warmwell |
Dorset |
02/10/40 |
|
11 |
609 |
Biggin
Hill |
Kent |
24/02/41 |
Spitfire
IIa, 02/41. Spitfire Vb, 05/41. |
11 |
609 |
Gravesend |
Kent |
28/07/41 |
|
11 |
609 |
Biggin
Hill |
Kent |
24/09/41 |
|
12 |
609 |
Digby |
Lincolnshire |
19/11/41 |
|
12 |
609 |
Duxford |
Cambridgeshire |
30/03/42 |
Typhoon
Ia, 04/42. Typhoon Ib. |
11 |
609 |
Biggin
Hill |
Kent |
18/09/42 |
|
11 |
609 |
Manston |
Kent |
02/11/42 |
|
12 |
609 |
Matlaske |
Norfolk |
22/07/43 |
|
11 |
609 |
Lympne |
Kent |
18/08/43 |
|
11 |
609 |
Manston |
Kent |
04/12/43 |
|
10 |
609 |
Fairwood
Common |
Glamorganshire |
06/02/44 |
|
11 |
609 |
Manston |
Kent |
20/02/44 |
|
11 |
609 |
Tangmere |
Sussex |
16/03/44 |
|
13 |
609 |
Acklington |
Northumberland |
21/03/44 |
|
2TAF |
609 |
Thorney
Island |
Hampshire |
01/04/44 |
|
2TAF |
609 |
Llanbedr |
Merioneth |
22/04/44 |
|
2TAF |
609 |
Thorney
Island |
Hampshire |
30/04/44 |
|
2TAF |
609 |
Funtington |
Sussex |
18/06/44 |
To
Plemetot, B10, 09/07/44. |
10 |
609 |
Lasham |
Hampshire |
01/06/45 |
Day
of month arbitary. Ex-Wunstorf, B116. |
Copyright: Ross McNeill May 1999
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