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World War 2 Two II WW2 WWII 1939 1945

RAF Horsham St Faith



10th June 1940 Replacement aircraft

10th June 1940 Back on Operations

31st Jul 1940 114 Squadron Blenheim lost

7th August 1940 Ditched in training

10th August 1940 Squadron relocated

24th September 1940 Shot down on shipping patrol

14th October 1940 Died on shipping patrol

7th November 1940 Lost over Germany

23rd December 1940 Two aircraft lost

31st December 1940 Missing in Action

22nd January 1941 Crashed in Suffolk

16th February 1941 

28th Feb 1941 139 Squadron Blenheims lost

8th May 1941 139 Squadron Blenheim lost

16th May 1941 Detachment to Malta

25th June 1941  Bombing practice

29th June 1941 Training

13th July 1941 Move

12th Aug 1941 18 Squadron Blenheim lost

23rd October 1941 On the Move

22nd November 1941 Training Flight

5th December 1941 Prepared for move overseas

8th December 1941 On the move

12th Feb 1942 Attack on the Scharnhorst

25th Apr 1942 Defences

31st May 1942 First Mosquito mission

1st June 1942  105 Squadron Mosquito lost

8th June 1942 Squadron reformed

2nd July 1942  Mosquito shot down

25th August 1942 Evaded Capture

30th Aug 1942 Orders

8th Sep 1942 Postings

9th Sep 1942 Training

10th Sep 1942 Training

11th Sep 1942 Formation Flying

12th Sep 1942 Quiet

13th Sep 1942 Training

14th Sep 1942 Training

15th Sep 1942 Postings

25th September 1942 Oslo Raid

28th September 1942 Relocated

29th September 1942 Requipped

10th July 1943 Oboe position locator deployed


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Those known to have served at

RAF Horsham St Faith

during the Second World War 1939-1945.

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There are:42 items tagged RAF Horsham St Faith available in our Library

  These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War.






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