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No. 46 Squadron, Royal Air Force    No 46 Squadron was formed at Wyton on 19 April 1916 and moved to France in October 1916. After a period in artillery support the Squadron was re-equipped as a fighter unit, and was also used for ground attack. The Squadron was disbanded at the end of 1919. The squadron was re-formed at RAF Kenley in 1936 by redesignating B flight of No. 17 Squadron RAF as a full fighter squadron. In November 1937 No.46 Squadron moved to RAF Digby in Lincolnshire and in February 1939 it was re-equipped with Hurricanes.   1st Sep 1939 Postings 2nd Sep 1939 On Duty 3rd Sep 1939 War Declared 4th Sep 1939 Patrols 5th Sep 1939 Training 6th Sep 1939 Training 7th Sep 1939 Posting 8th Sep 1939 Postings 9th Sep 1939 Training 10th Sep 1939 Training 11th Sep 1939 Training 12th Sep 1939 Training 13th Sep 1939 Training 14th Sep 1939 Training 15th Sep 1939 Training 16th Sep 1939 Training 16th September 1939 144 Squadron Defensive Tactic Practice with 46 Squadron 17th Sep 1939 Training 18th Sep 1939 Training 19th Sep 1939 Training 20th Sep 1939 Training 21st Sep 1939 Training 22nd Sep 1939 Training 23rd Sep 1939 Training 24th Sep 1939 Training 25th Sep 1939 Training 25th September 1939 144 Squadron Joins No 46 Fighter Squadron for Defence Tactics Practice 26th Sep 1939 Seachlights 27th Sep 1939 Seachlights 28th Sep 1939 Training 29th Sep 1939 Training 30th Sep 1939 Training 1st Oct 1939 Training 2nd Oct 1939 Training 3rd Oct 1939 Training 4th Oct 1939 Training 5th Oct 1939 Training 6th Oct 1939 Orders 7th Oct 1939 Quiet 8th Oct 1939 Posting 9th Oct 1939 Training 10th Oct 1939 Training 11th Oct 1939 Quiet 12th Oct 1939 Quiet 13th Oct 1939 Orders 14th Oct 1939 Training 15th Oct 1939 Orders 16th Oct 1939 Training 17th Oct 1939 Under Fire 18th Oct 1939 Training 19th Oct 1939 Defences 20th Oct 1939 Training 21st Oct 1939 Convoy Duty 21st Oct 1939 Enemy Aircraft 22nd Oct 1939 Quiet 23rd Oct 1939 Quiet 24th Oct 1939 Training 25th Oct 1939 No Patrols 26th Oct 1939 Quiet 27th Oct 1939 Patrol 28th Oct 1939 Posting 29th Oct 1939 Quiet 30th Oct 1939 New CO 31st Oct 1939 Quiet 7th Dec 1939 On the move 17th Jan 1940 Return to RAF Digby 26th April 1940 Recce in Norway 14th May 1940 Move to Norway 21st May 1940 Sea voyage 26th May 1940 Arrival in Norway 7th June 1940 Evacuation 8th June 1940 Norway evacuation destroyed at sea 12th June 1940 Squadron back in action 17th July 1940 Convoy patrols 1st Sept 1940 Move 2nd Sept 1940 Battle of Britain 3rd September 1940 Airfields bombed 4th September 1940 Battle of Britain 7th Sept 1940 Battle of Britain 8th September 1940  Battle of Britain 11th September 1940 Battle of Britain 12th Sept 1940 Air accident 15th Sep 1940 Battle of Britain Day 18th Sept 1940 London bombed 31st Oct 1940 Back on convoy patrols 11th Nov 1940 Italian airforce joins battle 14th December 1940 Relocated 15th Jan 1941 Air Raid 31st Jan 1941 Communication Difficulties 1st March 1941 Moved again May 1941 Sent to the Middle East 6th June 1941 Hurricanes delivered to Malta 7th June 1941 Defence of Malta 11th June 1941 Hurricane shot down 28th June 1941 New Squadron formed on Malta 30th June 1941 More aircraft delivered to Malta 6th July 1941 Repair & Maintenance role 11th July 1941 Fighters scrambled 22nd July 1941 Defence of Malta 8th May 1942 New aircraft and aircrew November 1942 Coastal Command January 1943 Night fighter role resumed 30th January 1943 Detachments April 1943 New radar support system August 1943 Detachment to Cyprus 14th September 1943 Landing on Kos February 1944 Night patrols July 1944 Mosquitos arrive 11th October 1944 Interceptions January 1945 Move to Transport Command August 1945    Airfields used by No. 46 Squadron during WW2: RAF Digby, Lincolnshire from 3rd September 1939 RAF Acklington, Northumberland from 10th December 1939 RAF Digby from 17th January 1940 to 9th May 1940 Bardufoss, Norway from 9th May 1940 RAF Digby from 13th June 1940 RAF Stapleford Tawney, Essex from 1st September 1940 RAF North Weald, Essex from 8th November 1940 RAF Digby from 14th December 1940 RAF Church Fenton, Yorkshire from 28th February 1941 RAF Sherburn-in-Elmet, Yorkshire from 1st March 1941 to 20th May 1941 RAF Abu Sueir, Egypt (ground crew) and Har Fal, Malta (Aircrew) from July 1941 RAF Kilo 17 from September 1941 RAF Idku from May 1942 with detachments across the Eastern Mediterranean RAF Stoney Cross from January 1945 August 1945  If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Logbooks Do you have a WW2 Flying Log Book in your possession? If so it would be a huge help if you could add logbook entries to our new database. Thank you. View Logbook entries Those known to have served with No. 46 Squadron, Royal Air Force during the Second World War 1939-1945. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of No. 46 Squadron, Royal Air Force from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 25 years. 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