No. 163 Squadron RAF
Appearance
No. 163 Squadron RAF | |
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Active | 1 Jun 1918 – 17 Aug 1918 10 Jul 1942 – 16 Jun 1943 15 Jan 1945 – 10 Aug 1945 |
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Motto(s) | No motto |
No. 163 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force Squadron that was a communications and light bomber unit in World War II.
History
[edit]Formation and World War I
[edit]No. 163 Squadron Royal Flying Corps was formed on 1 June 1918, but it was not equipped with any aircraft and was disbanded on 17 August 1918 without becoming operational.
Reformation in World War II
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The squadron reformed on 10 July 1942 at Asmara, Egypt, and equipped with Hudson aircraft that operated a mail and communications service to Khartoum, Sudan, and other African countries. It was disbanded on 16 June 1943 and reformed at RAF Wyton on 15 January 1945 as a Mosquito Squadron on operations over Germany as part of the Night Striking Force, it finally disbanded on 10 August 1945.
Aircraft operated
[edit]From | To | Aircraft | Variant |
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Jul 1942 | Aug 1942 | Lockheed Hudson | IIIA |
Jul 1942 | Dec 1942 | Lockheed Hudson | VI |
Jan 1945 | Aug 1945 | de Havilland Mosquito | XXV |
May 1945 | Aug 1945 | de Havilland Mosquito | XVI |
References
[edit]- ^ C.G.Jefford (1988). RAF Squadrons. UK Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.