Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Squadron 138
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- Great Britain. Royal Air Force. 138 Squadron
Additional Information
Descriptor
- Squadron
Associated Locale
- Great Britain
Associated Language
- English
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Sources
- found: Life in the RAF, 2010:back cover (RAF 138 Squadron B flight)
- found: RAF History website, 16 August 2012Bomer Command (No. 138 Squadron, RAF was formed 30 September 1918. It was mobilising as a fighter-reconnaissance squadron at Chingford when the war ended and disbanded in February 1919. In it's next incarnation from August 1941, No. 138 was reformed at Newmarket as a "special duties" squadron) - http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/h138.html
- found: RAFweb.org website, 16 August 2012:No 138 Squadron (Retained as part of the post-war RAF it disbanded on 1 September 1950. The squadron reformed for the final time on 1 January 1955 at Gaydon as the RAF's first operator of the Vickers Valiant. These were taken in to action during the Suez Crisis of October 1956, but on 1 April 1962 the squadron disbanded. - http://www.rafweb.org/Sqn136-140.htm
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Change Notes
- 2012-08-16: new
- 2012-08-17: revised
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