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No. 88 (Hong Kong) Squadron Royal Air Force 1st September 1939  2nd September 1939 To France 20th Sep 1939 88 Squadron aircraft lost 23rd Mar 1940 88 Squadron Battle lost 6th May 1940 Airmen killed 10th May 1940  Attack 11th May 1940 88 Squadron Battle lost 13th Jun 1940 Aircraft Lost 14th May 1940 Fairey Battle lost 14th May 1940 88 Squadron Battle lost 14th May 1940 Overwhelming losses 17th May 1940 88 Squadron Battle abandoned 23rd May 1940 88 Squadron Battle lost 26th May 1940 88 Squadron Battle lost 29th May 1940 Airmen killed 11th Jun 1940 Aircraft Lost 12th Jun 1940 Aircraft Lost 13th June 1940 Twelve bombers destroyed 14th June 1940 Returned to Britain 23rd June 1940 On the move December 1940 New aircraft February 1941 Blenheims delivered 8th July 1941 On the move 28th Jul 1941 Aircraft Lost 1st August 1941 Attack role 26th Aug 1941 Aircraft Lost 27th Aug 1941 Aircraft Lost 28th Aug 1941 Aircraft Lost 18th Sep 1941 Aircraft Lost 22nd Sep 1941 Aircraft Lost 17th Oct 1941 Aircraft Lost 17th Oct 1941 Operations 20th October 1941 Aircraft Lost 26th Oct 1941 Aircraft Lost 15th Nov 1941 Aircraft Lost 13th March 1942 Four Spitfires lost 19th Jul 1942 88 Squadron Boston lost 31st July 1942 Docks bombed 19th August 1942 Dieppe Raid 29th September 1942 Moved 6th Dec 1942 88 Squadron Boston lost 1st March 1943 Exercise Spartan 3rd March 1943 Exercise Spartan 12th March 1943 Exercise Spartan ends 30 March 1943  Moved 19th August 1943  Moved for new role December 1943 V bomb site attacks 6th June 1944 Smokescreen 6th June 1944 Invasion 17th October 1944 Move to France 4th April 1945 Disbanded 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. 88 (Hong Kong) Squadron Royal Air Force during the Second World War 1939-1945. Betts DFC,AFC John Marchbank. S/Ldr Curtis Douglas. Cpl. Llewelyn John. Sgt. (d.21st July 1942) Pettit James. LAC. 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. 88 (Hong Kong) 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. 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If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the War? Our Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to WW2. We would like to obtain digital copies of any documents or photographs relating to WW2 you may have at home. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII second 1939 1945 battalion Did you know? We also have a section on The Great War. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. Want to know more about No. 88 (Hong Kong) Squadron Royal Air Force? There are:2049 items tagged No. 88 (Hong Kong) Squadron Royal Air Force 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. LAC. James Pettit 88 Squadron My father, James Pettit, served in 88 Squadron during WW2. I have almost no information about his service, other than the locations of the squadron during that time. Neil Pettit Add to this record. S/Ldr John Marchbank "Jimmy" Betts DFC,AFC 226 squadron Jimmy Betts served with 226 & 88 Squadrons. John Betts Add to this record. Sgt. John Llewelyn 88 Squadron (d.21st July 1942) John Llewelyn graduated form St Davids College Lampeter Wales in 1939. He joined RAF in Oct 1940 and killed on the 21st of August 1942 he was 24 yrs old. He trained as a pilot in Terrell Base 1 BTFS Dallas, America in July to December 1941. He was in 17 OTU then 88 Squadron then 19OTU. He was a sergeant pilot. Geraint Llewelyn Add to this record. Cpl. Douglas Curtis 88 Sqd. My father, Corporal Douggie Curtis, was posted to 88Sqn sometime at the end of 1943, at Hartford Bridge, Hants. He was a ground engineer (airframes), and helped convert the aircraft for the smoke laying mission on D-Day. He always told me that the pipes and fittings were standard plumbers fittings. He also told me that the invasion markings were hand painted, so that when you see photos they look a bit ragged. Also the white noses marked the Bostons as smoke layers. Jon Curtis Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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