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No. 122 (Bombay) Squadron Royal Air Force    122 Squadron was formed on 1st January 1918 at Sedgeford Aerodrome, Great Yarmouth. It provided advance training for bomber crews, and was disbanded on 17th August 1918. It was reformed on 15th October 1918 at RAF Upper Heyford as a day-bomber Squadron, but the Armistice occured before its aircraft were delivered and it was disbanded for a second time on the 20th November 1918. The squadron reformed at Turnhouse (Edinburgh) on 1st May 1941 as a fighter squadron equipped with Spitfires. It later moved south and operated ground attack sorties against targets in northern France. It was re-equipped with the Mustang and after D-day it spent three months in France supporting the Allied advance. Returning to Britain, it flew as escort to RAF and USAAF long-range bomber raids. Airfields where 122 Squadron was based: 22nd May - 26th June 1941: Turnhouse 26th June – 31st August 1941: Ouston 31st August – 6th October 1941: Catterick 6th October 1941 – 1st April 1942: Scorton 1st April – 8th June 1942: Hornchurch 8th – 29th June 1942: Fairlop 29th June – 17th July 1942: Martlesham Heath 17th July- 29th September 1942: Hornchurch 29th September - 3rd October 1942: Martlesham Heath 3rd October – 16th November: Hornchurch 16th November – 9th December 1942: Fairlop 9th December 1942 – 18th May 1943: Hornchurch 18th May – 1st June 1943: Eastchurch 1st June – 1st July 1943: Bognor Regis 1st July - 5th October 1943: Kingsnorth Detachment at Brenzett 14th September to 15th October 1943 5th – 15th October 1943: Ashford 15th October – 3rd November 1943: Weston Zoyland 3rd November 1943 – 15th April 1944: Gravesend 15th April – 14th May 1944: Ford 14th May – 15th June 1944: Funtington To France 9th June June - July 1944: B.7 Martragny July 1944: B.12 Ellon July - September 1944: B.24 St. Andre de l'Eure September 1944: B.42 Beauvais/ Tille September 1944: B.60 Grimbergen 28th September – 14th October 1944: Matlask 14th October 1944 - May 1945: Andrews Field.   1st May 1941 New Fighter Squadron formed 26th June 1941 Move to Tyneside 31st August 1941 Move south 6th October 1941 Relocation 1st April 1942 Move to the south 1st May 1942  Shot down over France 5th May 1942 Belgian pilot buried 5th May 1942 Squadron Leader shot down 8th June 1942 Relocated 29th June 1942 Moved on 15th July 1942 Three Spitfires shot down 17th July 1942 Return to Hornchurch 8th November 1942 Seven Spitfires shot down 16th November 1942 On the move 2nd December 1942 Lost over the Irish Sea 9th December 1942 Return to Hornchurch 24th January 1943 Killed in training 15th April 1943 Rhubarb Attack 18th May 1943  Relocated 23rd May 1943 Exercise ‘Non-Stop’ 27th May 1943 Exercise Non-stop ends 1st June 1943 Reorganisation 1st July 1943 Moving on 14th September 1943 Overcrowded 15th October 1943 Relocated 3rd November 1943 Relocated 20th January 1944 New aircraft 28th February 1944 Long range ground attack 15th April 1944 New Wing 14th May 1944 Relocated 6th June 1944 D-Day landings 6th June 1944 Invasion 10th June 1944 Move to France 17th June 1944 Buried with honour in France 25th June 1944 Move to France 29th September 1944 Respite 14th October 1944 Specialist long range escort role 7th February 1945  Three aircraft lost in a storm 20th February 1945 Aircraft broke up in flight 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. 122 (Bombay) Squadron Royal Air Force during the Second World War 1939-1945. Evans Emrys Arthur. F/Sgt. Joyce DFM. Ernest Leslie. Sq.Ldr. (d.17th June 1944) Livesey Fred Ellis. Flt.Sgt. 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. 122 (Bombay) 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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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. 122 (Bombay) Squadron Royal Air Force? There are:2039 items tagged No. 122 (Bombay) 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. Sq.Ldr. Ernest Leslie "Nipper" Joyce DFM. 122 Squadron (d.17th June 1944) Nipper, Ernest Joyce flew around 190 operations with 73 Squadron. Previously he had flown 54 operations with 3 Squadron. With 73 Squadron Nipper had 9 victories - four day and five night. Later with 122 Squadron he destroyed another aircraft, He111. He destroyed 10, probably destroyed two and damaged 8. His victories with 73 Squadron were all whilst flying Hurricanes, these being two Me 109s, two CR42S and five Ju88s. He was in command of 73 Squadron in 1943 as it converted to Spitfires. He was awarded the DFM in August 1942. John Stackhouse Add to this record. F/Sgt. Emrys Arthur "Taff" Evans A Flight 516 Sqdn. Emrys Evans joined the RAF Volunteer Reserve on 18th April 1941. The following day he was put on the reserved list and on 11th August 1941 he was called up. He then went to 71 T.W. Newquay, Cornwall where he did an air navigation course. Then on 1st January 1942 he was on a troopship HMT Voldan to Canada, where he got his wings on 11th September 1942. On 26th September 1942 he was on HMT Anatea (a troop ship) on his way back to the UK. On returning to the UK he went to the Advanced Training Unit at Peterborough, then spent a short time with No 1 and No 56 Squadrons. He then went to 516 Squadron at the experimental unit of combined operations at RAF Dundonald on 5th June 1943, where he stayed until it was disbanded on 1st July 1944. Then Emrys was posted to 122 Squadron, which was part of the 2 TAF where they supported the push through France. The squadron was moved back to Britain in November 1944 and started long range bomber escort from RAF Matlaske and Andrews Field until the end of the war. David Evans Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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