No. 200 Squadron R.A.F. |
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| Formation date: | 1st July 1917 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brief History: |
No.200 Squadron was formed at East Retford on 1 July 1917 as a night-flying training unit and retained this role until the end of World War One, disbanding soon after the Armistice. On 25 May 1941 No.200 reformed at Bircham Newton from a nucleus supplied by No.206 Squadron and its ground echelon left a few days later for West Africa. Seven Hudsons left on 12 June to fly to Gambia and, on arrival at Gibraltar, four of these provided an escort for forty-eight Hurricanes flown off the carriers Ark Royal and Victorious to Malta. The first five Hudsons arrived at Jeswang on18 June and began anti-submarine patrols and convoy escort duties on 30 June. In July 1943 the squadron converted to Liberators, beginning patrols with these on 11 August. No.200 was transferred to India in March 1944 and began patrols from southern India on 28 April. In April 1945 the squadron was transferred to special duties and for a few weeks flew supply-dropping missions to guerrilla bands in Burma before being renumbered 8 Squadron on 15 May 1945. |
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