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No. 105 Squadron Royal Air Force
No. 105 Squadron, RFC, was formed in September 1917 as a bomber squadron. However it was mobilized in April 1918 as a corps reconnaissance squadron for service in Ireland. The Squadron was disbanded in 1920.
The Squadron re-formed as a bomber squadron at RAF Abingdon in 1937, and moved to Harwell for training. It was the first squadron to be equiped with Fairey Battles, and it was immediately sent with the Advanced Air Striking Force in France at the outbreak of war. In July 1940, having returned to England, 105 Squadron joined No. 2 Group flying Blenheims mostly attacking German shipping. For three months in 1941 the squadron was detached to Malta. In 1942 No 105 Squadron became the first to receive Mosquitoes, and subsequently joined the Pathfinder force in Summer 1943.
Airfields at which No. 105 Squadron were based:
- Harwell until 3rd September 1939
- Rheims 3rd-12th September 1939
- Villeneuve les Vertus, France 12th September 1939 to 16th May 1940
- Perpignan/La Salanque Feb 1940 (detachment)
- Echemines, France 16th - 20th May 1940
- Villeneuve May 1940 (detachment)
- Nantes/Bougenais, France 22nd May 1940 to 14th June 1940
- Honington 14th June 1940 to 10th July 1940
- Watton 10th July 1940 to 31st October 1940
- Swanton Morley 31st October 1940 to 8th Dec 1941
- St Eval March 1941 (detachment)
- Lossiemouth mid-April to 21st May 1941 (detachment)
- Luqa, Malta 28th July to 11th October 1941 (detachment)
- Horsham St. Faith 8th December 1941 to 28th September 1942
- Leuchars September 1942 (detachment)
- Marham 28th September 1942 to 23rd March 1944
- Bourn from 23rd March 1944.
3rd September 1939 To France
26th March 1940 Aircrew killed
31st March 1940 Airmen killed
10th May 1940 105 Squadron Battle lost
11th May 1940 Crashed on landing
12th May 1940 105 Squadron Fairey Battle lost
14th May 1940 Overwhelming losses
14th May 1940 Seven Fairey Battles lost
16th May 1940 Evacuation
22nd May 1940 Flight to the west
14th June 1940 Back to Britain
10th July 1940 Re-equipped
31st October 1940 Relocated
17th Nov 1940 105 Squadron Blemheim lost
27th Nov 1940 105 Squadron Blenheim lost
1st Mar 1941 105 Squadron Blenheim lost
21st Mar 1941 Blenheim Lost
23rd Mar 1941 Bomber Command on Ops
17th Apr 1941 Eleven Aircraft Lost
23rd Apr 1941 Blenheim Lost
25th Apr 1941 Aircraft Lost
1st May 1941 Aircraft Lost
8th May 1941 Aircraft Lost
25th May 1941 Aircraft Lost
7th Jun 1941 Aircraft Lost
15th Jun 1941 Aircraft Lost
20th Jun 1941 Aircraft Lost
4th Jul 1941 Aircraft Lost
4th July 1941 VC awarded
7th Jul 1941 Aircraft Lost
19th Jul 1941 Aircraft Lost
28th July 1941 Move to Malta
1st August 1941 Blenheim shot down
11th August 1941 Forced landing
15th August 1941 Two Blenheims lost
26th August 1941 Blenheim lost
28th August 1941 Move to the Mediterranean
9 September 1941 Pilot's Award announced in London
11th September 1941 Italian Convoy attacked
12th September 1941 Italian convoy attacked
17th September 1941 Schooner sunk: two Blenheims lost
22nd September 1941 Mid-air collision
25th September 1941 Routine attacks
27th September 1941 Maritime duties
11th October 1941 Return to Britain
8th December 1941 On the move
30th May 1942 1000 Bomber Raid
31st May 1942 First Mosquito mission
1st June 1942 105 Squadron Mosquito lost
2nd July 1942 Mosquito shot down
25th August 1942 Evaded Capture
25th September 1942 Oslo Raid
28th September 1942 Relocated
13th November 1942 Mosquito shot down
6th December 1942 Precision bombing
8th Dec 1942 105 Squadron Mosquito lost
31st December 1942 Oboe trial bombing raids
2nd Jan 1943 Postings
3rd Jan 1943 Ops
9th Jan 1943 Ops
13th Jan 1943 Ops
20th Jan 1943 Ops
23rd Jan 1943 Postings
23rd Jan 1943 Ops
27th Jan 1943 Ops
30th January 1943 Goering attacked in Berlin
30th Jan 1943 Postings
30th Jan 1943 Speech Interupted
26th February 1943 Mid-air collision
27th February 1943 Structural failure
1st June 1943 New duties
10th July 1943 Oboe position locator deployed
25th Jul 1943 Aircraft Lost
23rd March 1944 New base
6th June 1944 Gun sites marked
7th July 1944 Secret equipment retrieved
17th September 1944 Mid-air collision and explosion
18th December 1944 New Pathfinder Squadron formed
23rd March 1945 Crossing the Rhine
April 1945 Operation Manna
3rd May 1945 Last mission
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Those known to have served with No. 105 Squadron Royal Air Force during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Beckingham William Donald. WCdr.
- Cox Ronald Harry. Sgt. (d.27th Jan 1943)
- Phillips John Douglas. F/O. (d.12th December 1943)
- Plunkett DFC. Ronald Wilson. F/Lt
- Reynolds Benjamin Frank. F/O. (d.12th December 1943)
- Wood DFC & Bar. Alistair McKenzie.
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F/Lt Ronald Wilson "Jock" Plunkett DFC. 105 Squadron Ronald Plunkett flew 86 missions.
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Alistair McKenzie Wood DFC & Bar. 76 Squadron At the time of writing (July 2018) Alistair is still alive and living in California with his wife. He is also survived by his youngest sister, my wife. All five of the siblings were born in Cullen, Banffshire, Scotland and moved to Glasgow about 1929 or 1930. Their father and grandfather were both fish curers in Cullen.
We think his log book is still in the family but if not, I have a scanned each of page in colour as a record of his war service. Alistair was navigator for P/O Elder in 76 Squadron and had to bale out 27th/28th of July 1943 over Shipdham, Norfolk after a raid to Hamburg. He also served with 105 Squadron.
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F/O. Benjamin Frank Reynolds 105 Squadron (d.12th December 1943) Flying Officer (Pilot) Benjamin Reynolds was the son of Frank and Dorothy Reynolds, husband of Kathleen Brenda Reynolds of Cambridge.
He was 21 when his plane was shot down by German flak.
He is buried in the Herwijnen General Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands.
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F/O. John Douglas Phillips 105 Squadron (d.12th December 1943) Flying Officer (Navigator) John Phillips was the Son of Vernon Cheveley Phillips and Frances Wylie Phillips of Wickford, Essex.
He was 21 when his plane was shot down by German flak. He is buried in the Herwijnen General Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands.
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Sgt. Ronald Harry Cox 105 Squadon (d.27th Jan 1943) Sergeant (Observer) Ronald Cox is buried in a joint grave in the Tveje-Merlose Churchyard in Denmark.
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