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258:. The Royal Navy offered to take over in its entirety the at sea rescue role, the RAF declined and subsequently created the Directorate of Air Sea Rescue on 6 February 1941, which adopted the motto 'The sea shall not have them'. Operationally, it was to become known as Air Sea Rescue Services (ASRS), which ultimately became the RAF Search and Rescue Force. The headquarters of the ASRS was co-located with that of
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By the end of the Second World War, more than 8,000 aircrew and 5,000 civilians had been rescued. At the end of the Second World War, the MCS had some 300 HSLs and over a thousand other vessels, the largest fleet of such rescue craft in the world. This fleet and the RAF sailors that crewed it would
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As the vessels it had inherited from the Royal Navy began wear out, the RAF began to have built for launches capable of higher speeds, and in light of the larger crews of some aircraft, greater capacity. This would, in the late 1930s, lead to the acquiring of High Speed
Launches (HSL) for rescue
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for fighter pilots copied from the
Germans; the training of aircrew in ditching drills to maximise their chances of surviving to be retrieved; the development and fielding of air droppable survival equipment; and coordination between the different services, branches and units towards the goal of
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Although established with a primary role of military search and rescue, most of SARF's operational missions were spent in its secondary role, conducting civil search and rescue. This entails the rescue of civilians from the sea, on mountains, from flooded regions or other locations on land.
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Section became a force of 150 vessels, which in addition to supporting the operation of seaplanes, were equipped for rescue operations, with a launch being at the ready whenever an aircraft was flying over water. However, the training and seamanship of the crews,
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was announced as the 'preferred bidder' for the UK SAR programme. On 8 February 2011, days before the contract was due to be signed, the UK Government halted the process after
Soteria admitted that it had unauthorised access to commercially sensitive information regarding the programme.
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of
Coastal Command, had many other jobs to do and were not always available. The role of aircraft in the ASRS therefore, was to locate downed airmen and to keep them alive, by dropping them survival equipment and stores, until an ASRS launch, or one from the Royal Navy's
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announced that it had signed a contract with
Bristow Helicopters Ltd to provide search and rescue helicopter services in the UK with operations commencing progressively from 2015. The new service was fully operational across the United Kingdom by May 2019, and will use
3888:. All requests for assistance from the emergency services throughout the United Kingdom (Police, Fire, Ambulance, and Coastguard) were handled at this single ARCC until March 2016, when responsibility for the service was transferred to civilian personnel of
314:. Although the Walrus and Sea Otters could pick up survivors close to shore and in coastal waters further out to sea, it was still not possible for aircraft to routinely pick up survivors, the large flying boats that could do so, such as the
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In 1986, the Marine Branch was disbanded, the last of the RAF's vessels were retired. Henceforth the RAF's rescue operations would be entirely helicopter based, Air Sea Rescue
Services would be renamed the RAF Search and Rescue Force.
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and supplement the marine craft in the search and rescue role, their ability to hover giving them an ability to recover survivors that fixed wing aircraft did not have. It was not until the 1960s, with the introduction of the
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The SARF's primary roles were military search and rescue, and the provision of rescue for civilian aircraft in distress under the 1948 Chicago
Convention. The latter was a delegated responsibility to the UK
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had only a 20 percent chance of being returned to their squadrons, with over 200 pilots and aircrew being lost to the sea during the battle. An informal air-sea rescue was started in July 1940 by
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to rescue pilots downed in the
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rejected or withdrawn from front-line service by the RAF's other branches, or as in the case of the Walrus, begged from the Royal Navy. They used
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especially with regards to navigation, meant that the MCS at this time was only suitable for inshore rescue operations.
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amphibious craft were used to pick up aircrew from the water. Larger aircraft were used to drop
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contract as the RAF did, however it continued be found everywhere that the RAF flew over water.
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On 18 February 2016, the force's disbandment was officially marked with a parade in front of
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The military and civil roles were shared with the Sea King helicopters of the Royal Navy's
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which was disbanded that year. The Force supported search and rescue over the
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until 4 October 2015 when the role was privatised, and civilian contractor
5366:"Welcome – Royal Air Force Air Sea Rescue & Marine Craft Section Club"
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provision of search and rescue helicopters in order to replace the ageing
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The aeronautical search and rescue roles were complemented by the related
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22 Squadron Westland Wessex HAR.2 on display at RAF Finningley in 1977.
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In 2006, the government announced controversial plans to effectively
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In the United Kingdom, maritime search and rescue is coordinated by
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Whirlwind HC.4/HAR.10 and Sycamore HR.13 (April 1960-October 1964)
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In light of this, in 1941, an emergency meeting was convened by
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Lysander, Walrus, Hurricanes, Defiants, Spitfires, and Warwicks
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4740:"Chivenor Sea King completes final RAF UK operational sortie"
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Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912
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would take over the running of Stornoway and Sumburgh using
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Royal Air Force helicopter search and rescue unit, 1941-2016
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Sea King's from disbanded B Flight, 202 Sqn from June 1994
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Battle of Britain: The Pilots and Planes That Made History
5117:"Bristow Group to take over UK search and rescue from RAF"
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on 1 September 1976, it was disbanded on 1 December 1992.
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2917:Warwicks assigned to 277 Squadron in October 1944
240:, who with the approval of his senior officer at
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4226:"RAF Search and Rescue Force Disbandment Parade"
4201:"RAF Search and Rescue Force Disbandment Parade"
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3868:From 1941 until the end of 1997, there were two
2830:Converted to Whirlwind HAR.2/HAR.4 in March 1959
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3760:The RAF SAR Force headquarters was situated at
343:In the mid 1950s, helicopters began to replace
4312:"A force for good that's saved 1000s of lives"
4080:Planned operational locations of aeronautical
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271:locating and recovering of downed airmen.
5991:1941 establishments in the United Kingdom
5350:"Welcome to RAF Search and Rescue (SARF)"
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5981:Emergency services in the United Kingdom
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4268:The RAF Air Sea Rescue Service 1918–1986
4266:Sutherland, Jon; Canwell, Diane (2010).
4012:
3902:His Majesty's Coastguard § Aircraft
3870:Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centres
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2138:active 1989 during Marchioness disaster
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398:Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service
376:A SAR Force winchman practising drills.
105:Royal Air Force Search and Rescue Force
24:Royal Air Force Search and Rescue Force
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5782:Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment
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4160:based at ten locations around the UK.
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3849:and equipped with the Sea King HAR.3.
3739:Operational locations of aeronautical
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2726:10 January 1945 to 15 February 1945 -
2003:Whirlwind HAR.10 until November 1979,
1356:Westland Sea King HAR.3A from May 1997
1353:Westland Sea King HAR.3 from June 1994
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5705:List of equipment of the RAF Regiment
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2823:9 October 1957 to 1 September 1959 -
2814:18 November 1954 to 9 October 1957 -
2655:18 October 1944 to 10 January 1945 -
5976:Rescue aviation units and formations
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3464:3 September 1945 to 10 March 1946 -
2842:21 October 1941 to September 1944 -
1996:September 1976 to 1 December 1992 -
5606:Princess Mary's RAF Nursing Service
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5319:Sturtivant, R.; Hamlin, J. (2007).
3623:
3000:16 November 1941 to October 1944 –
2800:1 March 1953 to 18 November 1954 -
2601:7 August 1944 to 18 October 1944 -
599:Flight moved from Martlesham Heath
13:
5846:Combined Cadet Force (RAF section)
4985:"Private bids plan for air rescue"
4357:Royal Air Force Historical Society
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1691:3 June 1959 to 15 February 1971 -
1343:December 1992 to September 1997 -
298:to patrol for downed aircrew, and
198:(RNAS), and that of the Army, the
161:, himself a former SAR pilot, and
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5019:. 9 February 2010. Archived from
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3286:October 1944 to September 1945 -
2853:, Defiants, Spitfires, and Ansons
2797:Disbanded between 1945 and 1953.
1764:Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
1743:Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
448:was formed on 3 December 1979 at
424:Search and Rescue Helicopter Wing
186:high speed air-sea rescue launch
5986:Sea rescue in the United Kingdom
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5762:Assistant Chief of the Air Staff
5292:Pearson, S.; Gorman, E. (2020).
5227:Royal Air Force (Second Edition)
5200:Air Force - The RAF in the 1990s
4910:. 1 October 2015. Archived from
4746:. 5 October 2015. Archived from
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2183:1 December 1992 to April 2008 -
1790:August 1964 to September 1976 -
460:15 February 1955 to June 1955 -
302:to drop supplies and dinghies.
262:with which it operated closely.
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63:
29:
5856:RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine
5736:List of serving senior officers
5285:Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund
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5071:. Oil Industry News. 1 May 2019
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4676:Brown, Peter (5 October 2015).
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2859:replaced Ansons from April 1944
446:Search and Rescue Training Unit
440:Search and Rescue Training Unit
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163:Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
4904:"Sea Kings depart RAF Boulmer"
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4353:RAF Historical Society Journal
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4126:Maritime and Coastguard Agency
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150:assumed the role on behalf of
115:) was an official unit of the
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5277:Royal Air Force Yearbook 1990
4716:. 1 July 2015. Archived from
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3896:Privatisation and disbandment
2834:Disbanded into 228 Squadron.
2489:Disbanded into 202 Squadron.
2331:April 2008 to October 2015 -
1158:June 1976 to December 1992 -
849:April 1974 to January 1976 -
280:Royal Air Force Museum London
4961:Hendry, Ben (6 April 2016).
4819:Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007
4421:Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007
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2921:Unknown to 23 August 1945 -
2907:September 1944 to unknown -
2810:Bristol Sycamore HR.13/HR.14
2592:April 1944 to August 1944 -
2177:previously D Flight, 22 Sqn
1952:previously B Flight, 22 Sqn
1500:September 1997 to unknown -
979:January 1976 to June 1976 -
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5631:RAF Mountain Rescue Service
5626:RAF Search and Rescue Force
5354:RAF Search and Rescue Force
4346:"The ASR Air Orbat in WWII"
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3839:Operational Conversion Unit
2901:covering Normandy landings
339:Introduction of helicopters
10:
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5482:Operational Training units
5150:The Source Book of the RAF
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1601:Westland Sea King HAR.3/3A
1594:Unknown to October 2015 -
1507:Westland Sea King HAR.3/3A
626:June 1956 to April 1974 -
256:Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris
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159:William, Duke of Cambridge
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5731:List of notable personnel
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1780:Westland Whirlwind HAR.10
482:June 1955 to June 1956 -
325:Naval Sea Rescue Services
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5866:RAF Football Association
5767:Air Member for Personnel
5487:Schools / Training units
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5047:Department for Transport
4149:Department for Transport
3890:Her Majesty's Coastguard
3753:Her Majesty's Coastguard
2168:East Riding of Yorkshire
1296:East Riding of Yorkshire
1138:East Riding of Yorkshire
851:HQ at RAF Thorney Island
484:HQ at RAF Thorney Island
135:, from 1986 until 2016.
5777:Air Member for Materiel
4965:. The Press and Journal
2338:Westland Sea King HAR.3
2190:Westland Sea King HAR.3
387:Department of Transport
367:
46:1941 – 18 February 2016
36:Westland Sea King HAR3A
5302:Hodder & Stoughton
5248:Jefford, C.G. (1988).
4385:London, Peter (2003).
4344:Jefford, Jeff (2007).
3829:and equipped with the
3811:and equipped with the
2438:and Westland Whirlwind
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377:
316:Consolidated Catalinas
283:
196:Royal Navy Air Service
191:
5667:RAF Volunteer Reserve
5183:, UK: Crowood Press.
4175:Rescue (UK TV series)
4142:AgustaWestland AW139s
3785:Sea King HAR.3/HAR.3A
2951:RAF Stapleford Tawney
2009:Westland Wessex HAR.2
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1350:Westland Wessex HAR.2
1153:
741:reformed, disbanded.
697:moved from St Mawgan
375:
308:Supermarine Sea Otter
296:Boulton Paul Defiants
292:Supermarine Spitfires
277:
182:
5700:List of RAF missiles
5683:List of RAF aircraft
5601:RAF Medical Services
5586:RAF Chaplains Branch
5231:Ian Allan Publishing
5225:Jackson, P. (1995).
5198:Jackson, R. (1990).
4387:British Flying Boats
4154:AgustaWestland AW189
4090:AgustaWestland AW189
4077:class=notpageimage|
3772:and one independent
3736:class=notpageimage|
3524:No. 284 Squadron RAF
3518:No. 284 Squadron RAF
3513:No. 283 Squadron RAF
3507:No. 283 Squadron RAF
3502:No. 282 Squadron RAF
3496:No. 282 Squadron RAF
3491:No. 281 Squadron RAF
3485:No. 281 Squadron RAF
3480:No. 280 Squadron RAF
3474:No. 280 Squadron RAF
2996:No. 279 Squadron RAF
2991:No. 278 Squadron RAF
2985:No. 278 Squadron RAF
2967:RAF Martlesham Heath
2943:No. 277 Squadron RAF
2929:HQ at Kjevik, Norway
2844:HQ at RAF Harrowbeer
2838:No. 276 Squadron RAF
2825:HQ at RAF Leconfield
2517:Supermarine Spitfire
2513:Boulton Paul Defiant
2493:No. 275 Squadron RAF
2430:HQ at RAF Leconfield
2424:No. 228 Squadron RAF
1998:HQ at RAF Finningley
1886:previously D Flight
1771:No. 202 Squadron RAF
1687:No. 110 Squadron RAF
1160:HQ at RAF Finningley
565:RAF Martlesham Heath
217:However, during the
204:Marine Craft Section
5861:RAF Benevolent Fund
5796:symbols and uniform
5429:Ministry of Defence
5148:Delve, Ken (1994).
4683:North Devon Journal
4393:, Gloucestershire:
4236:on 25 February 2016
4147:In March 2013, the
4130:Bristow Helicopters
2118:No. 1564 Flight RAF
1782:of 202 Squadron at
1345:HQ at RAF St Mawgan
628:HQ at RAF St Mawgan
456:No. 22 Squadron RAF
383:Ministry of Defence
345:fixed-wing aircraft
268:inflatable dinghies
260:RAF Coastal Command
190:off Ceylon in 1943.
148:Bristow Helicopters
5841:Air Training Corps
5757:Chief of Air Staff
5621:RAF Music Services
5275:March, P. (1990).
5258:Airlife Publishing
5175:Flack, J. (2005).
5158:Airlife Publishing
4857:on 27 January 2016
4116:In February 2010,
4111:military personnel
3823:RAF Mount Pleasant
3793:equipped with the
3783:equipped with the
3288:HQ at RAF Thornaby
3209:RAF Davidstow Moor
3126:RAF Thorney Island
3004:RAF Bircham Newton
2909:HQ at Querqueville
2849:Lysander, Walrus,
2804:RAF Linton-on-Ouse
2509:Supermarine Walrus
1788:
1652:Wattisham Airfield
1558:Wattisham Airfield
1502:HQ at RMB Chivenor
1443:Wattisham Airfield
1156:
1050:moved to Leuchars
833:RAF Thorney Island
675:Moved to Chivenor
523:RAF Thorney Island
490:Westland Whirlwind
464:RAF Thorney Island
378:
350:Westland Whirlwind
329:Western Approaches
312:airborne lifeboats
304:Supermarine Walrus
284:
246:Supermarine Walrus
200:Royal Flying Corps
192:
5912:
5911:
5741:Personnel numbers
5636:RAF Marine Branch
5616:RAF ground trades
5562:
5561:
5376:on 2 January 2013
5360:on 17 March 2016.
5311:978-1-529-37807-8
4690:on 8 October 2015
4395:Sutton Publishing
4320:. 28 January 2011
4301:, pp. 31–33.
4199:Royal Air Force.
4082:search and rescue
4004:Stornoway Airport
3741:search and rescue
3711:Stornoway Airport
3462:
3461:
3328:Ross and Cromarty
3284:
3283:
3256:28 September 1943
3195:25 September 1942
2905:
2904:
2795:
2794:
2724:
2723:
2653:
2652:
2590:
2589:
2505:Westland Lysander
2487:
2486:
2421:
2420:
2329:
2328:
2185:HQ at RAF Boulmer
2181:
2180:
2005:Westland Sea King
1994:
1993:
1768:
1767:
1754:Brunei Darussalam
1684:
1683:
1592:
1591:
1498:
1497:
1341:
1340:
1148:
1147:
977:
976:
847:
846:
824:Operation Grapple
624:
623:
615:27 September 1955
358:Westland Sea King
320:Short Sunderlands
244:, began flying a
223:Battle of Britain
175:RAF Marine Branch
140:RAF Marine Branch
121:search and rescue
98:
97:
94:Search and Rescue
6003:
5953:
5952:
5951:
5941:
5940:
5939:
5929:
5928:
5927:
5920:
5902:
5901:
5832:associated civil
5596:RAF Legal Branch
5591:RAF Intelligence
5477:Conversion units
5442:
5441:
5413:
5406:
5399:
5390:
5389:
5385:
5383:
5381:
5372:. Archived from
5361:
5356:. Archived from
5338:
5334:978-0851-3036-59
5315:
5288:
5271:
5244:
5221:
5208:Guild Publishing
5194:
5171:
5135:
5134:
5132:
5130:
5113:
5107:
5106:
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5102:
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5078:
5076:
5065:
5059:
5058:
5056:
5054:
5039:
5033:
5032:
5030:
5028:
5023:on 12 April 2010
5009:
5003:
5002:
5000:
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4970:
4958:
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4951:
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4921:
4919:
4900:
4894:
4888:
4882:
4876:
4867:
4866:
4864:
4862:
4853:. Archived from
4843:
4834:
4828:
4822:
4816:
4810:
4804:
4795:
4789:
4760:
4759:
4757:
4755:
4736:
4730:
4729:
4727:
4725:
4706:
4700:
4699:
4697:
4695:
4686:. Archived from
4673:
4667:
4661:
4648:
4642:
4633:
4627:
4621:
4615:
4606:
4600:
4589:
4583:
4577:
4571:
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4554:
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4537:
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4447:
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4418:
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4382:
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4375:
4373:
4371:
4350:
4341:
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4327:
4325:
4308:
4302:
4296:
4290:
4289:
4263:
4246:
4245:
4243:
4241:
4232:. Archived from
4222:
4216:
4215:
4213:
4211:
4196:
4063:
4062:
4047:
4046:
4031:
4030:
4020:Sumburgh Airport
4015:
4014:
3999:
3998:
3983:
3982:
3967:
3966:
3951:
3950:
3935:
3934:
3919:
3918:
3912:
3884:in the north of
3843:No. 203 Squadron
3827:Falkland Islands
3791:No. 202 Squadron
3727:Sumburgh Airport
3722:
3721:
3706:
3705:
3690:
3689:
3674:
3673:
3658:
3657:
3642:
3641:
3626:
3625:
3610:
3609:
3594:
3593:
3578:
3577:
3562:
3561:
3546:
3545:
3539:
3392:27 December 1944
3374:27 December 1944
3297:
3296:
3238:14 December 1943
3047:Shetland Islands
3016:
3015:
2863:
2862:
2857:Vickers Warwicks
2789:15 February 1945
2770:15 February 1945
2735:
2734:
2664:
2663:
2610:
2609:
2560:30 November 1941
2526:
2525:
2499:HQ at RAF Valley
2442:
2441:
2436:Bristol Sycamore
2342:
2341:
2333:HQ at RAF Valley
2194:
2193:
2107:Falkland Islands
2093:Falkland Islands
2014:
2013:
1946:18 February 1973
1930:became C Flight
1804:
1803:
1800:Whirlwind HAR.10
1705:
1704:
1695:RAF Kuala Lumpur
1605:
1604:
1596:HQ at RAF Valley
1511:
1510:
1360:
1359:
1172:
1171:
1072:from Coltishall
993:
992:
989:Whirlwind HAR.10
860:
859:
856:Whirlwind HAR.10
822:preparation for
637:
636:
496:
495:
471:Bristol Sycamore
356:, and later the
219:Second World War
133:Falkland Islands
83:
68:
67:
54:18 February 2016
33:
21:
20:
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6006:
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5959:
5949:
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5937:
5935:
5925:
5923:
5915:
5913:
5908:
5875:
5851:RAF Association
5833:
5827:
5823:Heraldic badges
5791:
5745:
5709:
5671:
5650:
5576:Air Force Board
5568:
5558:
5532:
5506:
5437:
5431:
5422:
5420:Royal Air Force
5417:
5379:
5377:
5370:ASRMCS-Club.com
5364:
5348:
5345:
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5241:
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5128:
5126:
5125:. 26 March 2013
5115:
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5098:
5097:. 26 March 2013
5089:
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5050:
5049:. 26 March 2013
5041:
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4955:
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4917:
4915:
4914:on 4 March 2016
4908:Royal Air Force
4902:
4901:
4897:
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4858:
4851:Royal Air Force
4845:
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4753:
4751:
4750:on 4 March 2016
4744:Royal Air Force
4738:
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4733:
4723:
4721:
4720:on 4 March 2016
4714:Royal Air Force
4708:
4707:
4703:
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4503:
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4405:
4397:. p. 182.
4383:
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4309:
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4249:
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4230:Royal Air Force
4224:
4223:
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4209:
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4197:
4193:
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3898:
3855:
3819:No. 1564 Flight
3801:No. 84 Squadron
3781:No. 22 Squadron
3776:. These were:
3758:
3757:
3756:
3738:
3732:
3731:
3730:
3729:
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3715:
3714:
3713:
3707:
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3697:
3691:
3683:
3682:
3681:
3675:
3667:
3666:
3665:
3659:
3651:
3650:
3649:
3647:RAF Lossiemouth
3643:
3635:
3634:
3633:
3627:
3619:
3618:
3617:
3611:
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3531:
3526:
3520:
3515:
3509:
3504:
3498:
3493:
3487:
3482:
3476:
3385:RAF Fraserburgh
3371:31 October 1944
3293:Vickers Warwick
3216:5 February 1943
3177:5 February 1943
3011:Lockheed Hudson
2998:
2993:
2987:
2965:Detachments at
2945:
2840:
2786:10 January 1945
2767:10 January 1945
2718:10 January 1945
2715:18 October 1944
2699:10 January 1945
2696:18 October 1944
2647:18 October 1944
2578:Co. Londonderry
2495:
2426:
2387:RAF Lossiemouth
2295:RAF Lossiemouth
2146:RAF Lossiemouth
1939:RAF Lossiemouth
1859:21 October 1975
1841:21 October 1975
1773:
1689:
1201:South Yorkshire
1166:Westland Wessex
458:
421:
402:mountain rescue
385:(MoD) from the
370:
354:Westland Wessex
341:
231:English Channel
177:
171:
117:Royal Air Force
101:
85:Royal Air Force
62:
38:
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5641:RAF Air Cadets
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5177:The Modern RAF
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4847:"202 Squadron"
4835:
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4821:, p. 127.
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2762:
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2730:RAF Harrowbeer
2722:
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2480:flight became
2478:
2476:
2474:
2471:
2469:RAF Aldergrove
2466:
2462:
2461:
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2455:
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2449:
2446:
2440:
2439:
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2422:
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2409:East Yorkshire
2407:
2406:RAF Leconfield
2404:
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2399:
2397:
2394:
2391:
2388:
2385:
2381:
2380:
2378:
2375:
2372:
2371:Northumberland
2369:
2366:
2362:
2361:
2358:
2355:
2352:
2349:
2346:
2340:
2339:
2327:
2326:
2324:
2321:
2318:
2317:East Yorkshire
2315:
2314:RAF Leconfield
2312:
2308:
2307:
2305:
2302:
2299:
2296:
2293:
2289:
2288:
2286:
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2223:Northumberland
2221:
2218:
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2207:
2204:
2201:
2198:
2192:
2191:
2179:
2178:
2175:
2172:
2169:
2166:
2165:RAF Leconfield
2163:
2159:
2158:
2156:
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2150:
2147:
2144:
2140:
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2136:
2133:
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2120:
2114:
2111:
2108:
2105:
2100:
2096:
2095:
2089:
2086:
2083:
2080:
2079:RAF Coltishall
2077:
2073:
2072:
2070:
2067:
2065:
2062:
2057:
2053:
2052:
2050:
2047:
2044:
2043:Northumberland
2041:
2038:
2034:
2033:
2030:
2027:
2024:
2021:
2018:
2012:
2011:
1992:
1991:
1989:
1987:
1985:
1984:Northumberland
1982:
1977:
1973:
1972:
1970:
1968:
1966:
1963:
1958:
1954:
1953:
1950:
1949:September 1976
1947:
1944:
1941:
1936:
1932:
1931:
1928:
1925:
1924:September 1973
1922:
1919:
1917:RAF Coltishall
1914:
1910:
1909:
1906:
1903:
1900:
1897:
1895:RAF Coltishall
1892:
1888:
1887:
1884:
1883:September 1976
1881:
1878:
1875:
1873:RAF Coltishall
1870:
1866:
1865:
1863:
1862:September 1976
1860:
1857:
1856:Northumberland
1854:
1849:
1845:
1844:
1842:
1839:
1838:September 1974
1836:
1835:Northumberland
1833:
1831:RAF Acklington
1828:
1824:
1823:
1820:
1817:
1814:
1811:
1808:
1802:
1801:
1794:RAF Leconfield
1784:RAF Coltishall
1772:
1769:
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1762:
1759:
1756:
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1590:
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1583:September 1997
1581:
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1509:
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1482:RAF Coltishall
1480:
1476:
1475:
1473:
1472:September 1997
1470:
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1464:
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1364:
1358:
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1338:
1336:
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1331:
1328:
1327:RAF Coltishall
1325:
1321:
1320:
1318:
1316:
1314:
1311:
1308:
1304:
1303:
1301:
1299:
1297:
1294:
1292:RAF Leconfield
1289:
1285:
1284:
1282:
1279:
1276:
1273:
1270:
1266:
1265:
1263:
1260:
1257:
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1228:
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1223:
1222:1 October 1992
1220:
1217:
1214:
1210:
1209:
1207:
1206:1 October 1992
1204:
1202:
1199:
1198:RAF Finningley
1196:
1192:
1191:
1188:
1185:
1182:
1179:
1176:
1170:
1169:
1146:
1145:
1143:
1141:
1139:
1136:
1134:RAF Leconfield
1131:
1127:
1126:
1124:
1122:
1120:
1117:
1114:
1110:
1109:
1107:
1105:
1103:
1100:
1097:
1093:
1092:
1090:
1087:
1084:
1081:
1078:
1074:
1073:
1070:
1067:
1064:
1061:
1056:
1052:
1051:
1048:
1045:
1042:
1039:
1038:RAF Coltishall
1036:
1032:
1031:
1029:
1026:
1023:
1020:
1017:
1013:
1012:
1009:
1006:
1003:
1000:
997:
991:
990:
983:RAF Finningley
975:
974:
972:
970:
968:
965:
960:
956:
955:
953:
951:
949:
946:
941:
937:
936:
934:
931:
928:
925:
922:
918:
917:
915:
912:
909:
906:
905:RAF Coltishall
903:
899:
898:
896:
893:
890:
887:
884:
880:
879:
876:
873:
870:
867:
864:
858:
857:
845:
844:
842:
839:
837:
834:
831:
827:
826:
820:
818:
815:
812:
809:
805:
804:
802:
799:
796:
793:
788:
784:
783:
781:
778:
775:
772:
769:
765:
764:
761:
758:
755:
752:
750:RAF Coltishall
747:
743:
742:
739:
736:
733:
730:
725:
721:
720:
717:
714:
711:
708:
706:RAF Felixstowe
703:
699:
698:
695:
692:
689:
686:
681:
677:
676:
673:
670:
667:
664:
661:
657:
656:
653:
650:
647:
644:
641:
635:
634:
622:
621:
619:
616:
613:
610:
605:
601:
600:
597:
594:
591:
588:
586:RAF Felixstowe
583:
579:
578:
576:
573:
570:
567:
562:
558:
557:
555:
552:
549:
546:
541:
537:
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531:
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516:
515:
512:
509:
506:
503:
500:
494:
493:
480:
479:
478:
477:
457:
454:
434:RAF Finningley
432:was formed at
420:
417:
369:
366:
340:
337:
238:Russell Aitken
235:Flying Officer
173:Main article:
170:
167:
144:United Kingdom
125:United Kingdom
99:
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88:
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73:
72:
70:United Kingdom
60:
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52:
48:
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39:
34:
26:
25:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
6008:
5997:
5994:
5992:
5989:
5987:
5984:
5982:
5979:
5977:
5974:
5972:
5969:
5968:
5966:
5956:
5946:
5944:
5934:
5932:
5922:
5921:
5918:
5905:
5897:
5895:
5892:
5890:
5887:
5885:
5882:
5881:
5878:
5872:
5869:
5867:
5864:
5862:
5859:
5857:
5854:
5852:
5849:
5847:
5844:
5842:
5839:
5838:
5836:
5834:organisations
5830:
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5816:
5814:
5811:
5809:
5806:
5804:
5801:
5800:
5798:
5794:
5788:
5785:
5783:
5780:
5778:
5775:
5773:
5772:Air Secretary
5770:
5768:
5765:
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5760:
5758:
5755:
5754:
5752:
5748:
5742:
5739:
5737:
5734:
5732:
5729:
5727:
5724:
5722:
5721:Officer ranks
5719:
5718:
5716:
5712:
5706:
5703:
5701:
5698:
5694:
5691:
5689:
5686:
5685:
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5680:
5678:
5674:
5668:
5665:
5663:
5660:
5659:
5657:
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5644:
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5639:
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5627:
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5622:
5619:
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5614:
5612:
5609:
5607:
5604:
5602:
5599:
5597:
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5592:
5589:
5587:
5584:
5582:
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5529:
5526:
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5521:
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5516:
5515:
5513:
5509:
5503:
5500:
5498:
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5490:
5488:
5485:
5483:
5480:
5478:
5475:
5473:
5470:
5468:
5465:
5463:
5460:
5458:
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5450:
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5434:
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5425:
5421:
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5409:
5407:
5402:
5400:
5395:
5394:
5391:
5375:
5371:
5367:
5363:
5359:
5355:
5351:
5347:
5346:
5336:
5330:
5326:
5322:
5317:
5313:
5307:
5303:
5299:
5295:
5290:
5286:
5282:
5278:
5273:
5269:
5267:1-85310-053-6
5263:
5259:
5255:
5251:
5246:
5242:
5240:0-7110-2338-7
5236:
5232:
5228:
5223:
5219:
5213:
5209:
5205:
5201:
5196:
5192:
5190:1-86126-616-2
5186:
5182:
5178:
5173:
5169:
5167:1-85310-451-5
5163:
5159:
5155:
5151:
5146:
5145:
5124:
5123:
5118:
5112:
5096:
5095:UK Government
5092:
5086:
5070:
5064:
5048:
5044:
5038:
5022:
5018:
5014:
5008:
4992:
4991:
4986:
4980:
4964:
4957:
4941:
4940:
4935:
4929:
4913:
4909:
4905:
4899:
4893:, p. 16.
4892:
4887:
4881:, p. 15.
4880:
4875:
4873:
4856:
4852:
4848:
4842:
4840:
4833:, p. 82.
4832:
4827:
4820:
4815:
4809:, p. 68.
4808:
4803:
4801:
4793:
4788:
4786:
4784:
4782:
4780:
4778:
4776:
4774:
4772:
4770:
4768:
4766:
4749:
4745:
4741:
4735:
4719:
4715:
4711:
4705:
4689:
4685:
4684:
4679:
4672:
4666:, p. 30.
4665:
4660:
4658:
4656:
4654:
4647:, p. 24.
4646:
4641:
4639:
4632:, p. 13.
4631:
4626:
4619:
4614:
4612:
4604:
4599:
4597:
4595:
4588:, p. 12.
4587:
4582:
4576:, p. 14.
4575:
4570:
4568:
4566:
4559:, p. 91.
4558:
4553:
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4473:
4471:
4469:
4467:
4465:
4463:
4461:
4459:
4457:
4455:
4453:
4446:, p. 32.
4445:
4440:
4438:
4436:
4434:
4432:
4430:
4422:
4417:
4415:
4406:
4404:0-7509-2695-3
4400:
4396:
4392:
4388:
4381:
4366:
4362:
4358:
4354:
4347:
4340:
4338:
4336:
4319:
4318:
4313:
4307:
4300:
4295:
4287:
4281:
4277:
4276:Pen and Sword
4273:
4269:
4262:
4260:
4258:
4256:
4254:
4252:
4235:
4231:
4227:
4221:
4206:
4202:
4195:
4191:
4176:
4173:
4171:
4168:
4167:
4161:
4159:
4158:Sikorsky S-92
4155:
4150:
4145:
4143:
4139:
4135:
4131:
4127:
4122:
4119:
4114:
4112:
4108:
4104:
4095:
4094:Sikorsky S-92
4091:
4087:
4084:cover in the
4083:
4078:
4069:
4053:
4037:
4021:
4005:
3989:
3973:
3957:
3941:
3940:Lee-on-Solent
3925:
3911:
3903:
3893:
3891:
3887:
3883:
3879:
3875:
3871:
3866:
3864:
3860:
3859:HM Coastguard
3850:
3848:
3844:
3840:
3832:
3828:
3824:
3820:
3817:
3814:
3813:Griffin HAR.2
3810:
3806:
3802:
3799:
3796:
3792:
3789:
3786:
3782:
3779:
3778:
3777:
3775:
3771:
3767:
3763:
3754:
3750:
3749:Fleet Air Arm
3746:
3743:cover in the
3742:
3737:
3728:
3712:
3696:
3680:
3679:Lee-on-Solent
3664:
3648:
3632:
3616:
3600:
3584:
3568:
3567:RNAS Culdrose
3552:
3538:
3525:
3514:
3503:
3492:
3481:
3471:
3470:
3469:
3458:
3455:
3452:
3450:
3447:
3445:
3442:
3439:
3438:
3435:
3432:
3429:
3427:Aberdeenshire
3426:
3423:
3420:
3419:
3416:
3413:
3410:
3407:
3405:RAF Reykjavik
3404:
3401:
3400:
3397:
3394:
3391:
3389:Aberdeenshire
3388:
3386:
3383:
3380:
3379:
3376:
3373:
3370:
3368:Aberdeenshire
3367:
3365:
3362:
3359:
3358:
3355:
3352:
3349:
3346:
3343:
3340:
3339:
3336:
3333:
3330:
3327:
3325:
3322:
3319:
3318:
3314:
3311:
3308:
3305:
3302:
3299:
3298:
3292:
3291:
3290:
3289:
3280:
3278:1 August 1944
3277:
3274:
3271:
3269:RAF Reykjavik
3268:
3265:
3264:
3261:
3258:
3255:
3252:
3250:
3247:
3244:
3243:
3240:
3237:
3234:
3231:
3228:
3225:
3224:
3221:
3218:
3215:
3212:
3210:
3207:
3204:
3203:
3200:
3197:
3194:
3191:
3189:
3186:
3183:
3182:
3179:
3176:
3173:
3170:
3168:
3165:
3162:
3161:
3158:
3155:
3152:
3149:
3147:
3144:
3141:
3140:
3137:
3134:
3131:
3128:
3125:
3122:
3121:
3118:
3115:
3112:
3109:
3107:
3106:RAF Reykjavik
3104:
3101:
3100:
3097:
3094:
3091:
3088:
3086:
3083:
3080:
3079:
3076:
3073:
3070:
3067:
3065:
3064:RAF Benbecula
3062:
3059:
3058:
3055:
3052:
3050:28 April 1942
3049:
3046:
3044:
3041:
3038:
3037:
3033:
3030:
3027:
3024:
3021:
3018:
3017:
3012:
3009:
3008:
3007:
3006:
3005:
2992:
2982:
2980:
2976:
2972:
2968:
2961:, and Warwick
2960:
2956:
2955:
2954:
2953:
2952:
2940:
2939:
2938:
2931:
2930:
2925:
2924:
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4285:184884303-8
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4118:Soteria SAR
3882:RAF Kinloss
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3529:2015 status
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3219:9 June 1943
3167:RAF St Eval
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866:RAF station
791:RAF Manston
732:West Sussex
643:RAF station
502:RAF station
404:incidents.
300:Avro Ansons
253:Air Marshal
242:RAF Gosport
5965:Categories
5871:RAF Museum
5646:Operations
5611:RAF Police
5569:components
5502:Misc units
5436:formations
5254:Shrewsbury
5154:Shrewsbury
5075:6 February
4969:6 February
4831:March 1990
4792:Flack 2005
4557:Delve 1994
4540:Flack 2005
4505:Flack 2005
4181:References
4068:Humberside
4052:Caernarfon
3900:See also:
3847:RAF Valley
3762:RAF Valley
3615:RAF Valley
3551:HMS Gannet
2851:Hurricanes
2659:RAF Exeter
2521:Avro Anson
2473:Co. Antrim
2415:March 2015
2412:April 2008
2396:April 2015
2393:April 2008
2374:April 2008
2323:April 2008
2304:April 2008
2239:RAF Brawdy
2229:April 2008
2060:RAF Brawdy
2007:HAR.3 and
1980:RAF Ouston
1908:disbanded
1905:April 1973
1731:Nanga Gaat
1670:RAF Valley
1577:RAF Valley
1494:disbanded
1463:RAF Valley
1434:disbanded
1431:March 1994
1272:RAF Valley
1099:RAF Brawdy
1080:RAF Valley
1066:April 1976
1047:April 1976
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930:April 1974
924:RAF Valley
911:April 1974
892:April 1974
801:March 1969
780:April 1974
771:RAF Valley
760:April 1974
757:April 1973
719:disbanded
694:April 1974
608:RAF Valley
593:April 1956
575:April 1956
554:April 1956
476:'A' Flight
450:RAF Valley
131:, and the
5714:personnel
5676:equipment
5549:Squadrons
5467:Squadrons
5438:and units
4946:8 January
4918:8 January
4861:8 January
4754:8 January
4724:8 January
4694:8 January
4365:1361-4231
4359:: 34–44.
4186:Citations
4107:Sea Kings
4103:privatise
3972:Inverness
3924:Prestwick
3878:Edinburgh
3821:based at
3803:based at
3770:squadrons
3599:Wattisham
3453:July 1945
3430:July 1945
3424:RAF Banff
3364:RAF Banff
3347:Highlands
3253:Highlands
3192:Hampshire
2959:Sea Otter
2152:July 1978
2085:July 1978
2046:July 1978
1678:July 2015
1278:June 1976
1259:June 1976
1240:June 1976
1089:June 1976
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1028:June 1976
836:Hampshire
798:July 1961
777:June 1956
763:reformed
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551:June 1956
533:June 1956
530:June 1955
527:Hampshire
282:, Hendon.
227:North Sea
184:Whaleback
51:Disbanded
5943:Aviation
5889:timeline
5813:Roundels
5537:Regiment
5511:stations
5452:Commands
5281:Fairford
5129:26 March
5122:BBC News
5101:26 March
5053:26 March
4990:BBC News
4939:STV News
4324:11 March
4317:RAF News
4272:Barnsley
4205:Facebook
4164:See also
3886:Scotland
3874:Plymouth
3766:Anglesey
3695:Portland
3444:RAF Pegu
3344:RAF Wick
3324:RAF Tain
3249:RAF Wick
3213:Cornwall
3171:Cornwall
2764:Cornwall
2693:Cornwall
2641:Cornwall
1786:in 1971.
1673:Anglesey
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814:Cornwall
774:Anglesey
716:May 1961
666:Cornwall
612:Anglesey
548:Cornwall
109:RAF SARF
5955:History
5917:Portals
5904:commons
5884:history
5818:Uniform
5688:current
5554:Flights
5472:Flights
5380:8 March
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