No. 85 Squadron RAF
RAF Fighter Command
1939 - 1945 Return
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No. 85 Squadron RAF
Group |
Squadron |
Base |
County |
Arrived |
Comments |
11 |
85 |
Debden |
Essex |
03/09/39 |
Hurricane
I. To BEF 09/09/39. |
11 |
85 |
Debden |
Essex |
23/05/40 |
Ex-BEF. |
11 |
85 |
Croydon |
Surrey |
19/08/40 |
|
11 |
85 |
Castle
Camps |
Essex |
03/09/40 |
|
12 |
85 |
Church
Fenton |
Yorkshire |
05/09/40 |
|
12 |
85 |
Kirton-in-Lindsey |
Lincolnshire |
23/10/40 |
|
11 |
85 |
Gravesend |
Kent |
23/11/40 |
|
11 |
85 |
Debden |
Essex |
01/01/41 |
Defiant
I, 01/41. |
11 |
85 |
Hunsdon |
Hertfordshire |
03/05/41 |
Havoc
I, 02/41. Havoc II, 07/41. Mosquito NFII, 08/42. Mosquito XV,
03/43. Mosquito XII, 03/43. |
11 |
85 |
West
Malling |
Kent |
13/05/43 |
Mosquito
XVII, 11/43. To
Bomber Command,
01/05/44. |
11 |
85 |
Castle
Camps |
Essex |
27/06/45 |
Ex-Bomber
Command.
Moved 01/10/45. Day of month arbitary. |
Copyright: Ross McNeill May 1999
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