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No. 74 (Trinidad) Squadron, Royal Air Force August 1939  6th Sept 1939 Spitfire brings down Hurricane 6th May 1940 Offensive patrols 23rd May 1940 Rescue 24th May 1940 Aircraft Lost 26th May 1940 Friendly fire incident 27th May 1940 Aircraft Lost 27th May 1940 Air cover 28th May 1940 Respite 10th July 1940 Battle of Britain begins 28th July 1940  Battle of Britain 11th August 1940  Ports and ships attacked 13th August 1940  Eagle Day 16th Aug 1940 Respite 21st August 1940 Relocation 28th August 1940 Back to the battle 2nd Sept 1940 Battle of Britain 9th September 1940 Transfer 11th September 1940 Battle of Britain 23rd September 1940 Dog-fights October 1940 On the Move January 1941 New role 20th February 1941 On the move 30th April 1941 Moved again 17th Jun 1941 Aircraft Lost 30th June 1941 Circus 27 2nd July 1941 Fighter pilots shot down 9th July 1941 Gone North 3rd October 1941 Move to Wales 24th January 1942 Move to Ireland 25th March 1942  To the Middle East July 1942 Support to the USAAF 4th September 1942 Stood down 18th October 1942 Move to Persia December 1942 Aircraft supplied March 1943 Move to Iraq May 1943 Back to Egypt 23rd June 1943 Operation Thetis 23rd July 1943 Attack on Crete August 1943 Spitfires September 1943 Operation Accolade 24th April 1944 Return to Britain 15th May 1944 Attacks on France 6th June 1944 Invasion 6th June 1944 Attacks Made 8th June 1944 Intercepting V1 flying bombs 3rd July 1944 Fighter-bombers 19th August 1944 To France 1st May 1945   Airfields used by No. 74 Squadron: RAF Hornchurch, Essex from 3rd September 1939 RAF Rochford, Essex from 22nd October 1939 RAF Hornchurch from 29th October 1939 RAF Rochford from 3rd November 1939 RAF Hornchurch from 14th November 1939 RAF Rochford from 2nd December 1939 RAF Hornchurch from 16th December 1939 RAF Rochford from 29th December 1939 RAF Hornchurch from 16th January 1940 RAF Rochford from 14th February 1940 RAF Hornchurch from 23rd March 1940 RAF Rochford from 20th April 1940 RAF Leconfield, Yorkshire from 27th May 1940 RAF Rochford from 6th June 1940 RAF Hornchurch from 26th June 1940 RAF Wittering, Northamptonshire from 14th August 1940 RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire from 21st August 1940 RAF Hornchurch from 28th August 1940 RAF Coltishall, Norfolk from 9th September 1940 RAF Biggin Hill, Kent from 15th October 1940 RAF Manston, Kent from 20th February 1941 RAF Gravesend, Kent from 30th April 1941 RAF Acklington, Northumberland from 9th July 1941 RAF Llanbedr, Merioneth from 3rd October 1941 RAF Long Kesh from 24th January 1942 RAF Atcham, Salop from 25th March 1942 June 1942: Geneifa, Egypt June-July 1942: Helwan July-4th September 1942: Ramat David, Palestine 4th September-18th October 1942: Hadera 18th October-December 1942: Doshan Tappeh, Iran December 1942-March 1943: Mehrabad March 1943: Abadan March-May 1943: Shaibah, Iraq May 1943: Habbaniya May 1943: Aqir, Palestine May-August 1943: LG.106, Egypt August-September 1943: Idku September-October 1943: Nicosia, Cyprus October 1943: Peristerona October-November 1943: Idku, Egypt November-December 1943: Dekheila December 1943-January 1944: Idku January-March 1944: Dekheila March-April 1944: Idku RAF North Weald, Essex from 24th April 1944 RAF Lympne, Kent from 15th May 1944 RAF Tangmere, Sussex from 3rd July 1944 RAF Rochford, Essex from 24th July 1944 RAF Tangmere from 8th August 1944 to 19th August 1944 August-September 1944: B.8 Sommervieu, France September 1944: B.29 Bernay September 1944: B.37 Gamaches September 1944: B.51 Lille-Vendeville September 1944: B.55 Wevelghem September 1944-February 1945: B.70 Deurne February-April 1945: B.85 Schijndel April-May 1945: B.105 Drope RAF Colerne, Wiltshire from 1st May 1945 1st May 1945  1st May1945 Respite 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. 74 (Trinidad) 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. 74 (Trinidad) 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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