RAF Derna
{{Short description|Former Royal Air Force station in Derna, Libya}}
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Royal Air Force Derna or more simply RAF Derna is a former Royal Air Force station located near Derna, Libya.
History
On 4 November 1943 No. 1586 Flight RAF was formed at RAF Derna.{{cite web|title=Military History Encyclopedia on the Web|url=http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/148_wwII.html|accessdate=27 April 2013}}
The following squadrons were also here at some point:
- No. 6 Squadron RAF between 5 and 8 April 1941 with the Hawker Hurricane{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=25}}
- No. 45 Squadron RAF between 4 and 6 April 1941 with the Bristol Blenheim IV {{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=40}}
- No. 55 Squadron RAF between 4 and 7 April 1941 with the Bristol Blenheim IV {{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=42}}
- No. 80 Squadron RAF between 7 September and 19 October 1943 with the Supermarine Spitfire VC & IX{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=49}}
- No. 148 Squadron RAF between 5 April and 1 September 1943 with the Consolidated Liberator I and Handley Page Halifax II {{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=62}}
- Detachment of No. 223 Squadron RAF between September 1942 and March 1943 with the Martin Baltimore III{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=73}}
- No. 227 Squadron RAF between 5 May and 24 June 1943 then again between 19 July and 16 August 1943 with the Bristol Beaufighter VIC{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=73}}
- No. 274 Squadron RAF between 9 August and 7 October 1943 with the Supermarine Spitfire VB & VC {{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=82}}
- Detachment of No. 294 Squadron RAF between September 1943 and March 1944 with the Vickers Wellington IC & Supermarine Walrus{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=84}}
- Detachment of No. 680 Squadron RAF between February and August 1943 with the Supermarine Spitfire IX{{sfn|Jefford|1988|p=105}}
See also
- Martuba Airbase nearby
References
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- {{cite book |last1=Jefford |first1=C. G. |title= RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912 |year=1988 |publisher= Airlife |location= Shrewsbury, UK |isbn= 1-85310-053-6 }}
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