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No. 145 Squadron Royal Air Force    No. 145 Squadron RAF was formed on 15th May 1918 at Aboukir in Egypt as a fighter unit. It was deployed in Palestine where it supported General Allenby's offensive against the Turks. The Squadron returned to Egypt after the fall of the Ottoman forces, disbanding at Suez on 2nd September 1919. The Squadron reformed on 10th October 1939 at Croydon as a fighter squadron, initially with Blenheims but soon replaced by Hurricanes. It served briefly in France before joining the defence of Dunkirk and participating in the Battle of Britain. It was then employed on sweeps over enemy held territory and re-equipped with Spitfires. In April 1942 the Squadron moved to North Africa and was involved in the North Africa Campaign, the invasion of Sicily and the conquest of Italy. In the later stages of the war it undertook precision bombing and ground attack roles. It disbanded at Treviso in Italy on 19th August 1945. Airfields where 145 Squadron was based: October 1939-May 1940: Croydon 13-20 May 1940 detachments in France May-July 1940: Tangmere July-August 1940: Westhampnett August 1940: Drem August-October 1940: Dyce October 1940-May 1941: Tangmere May-July 1941: Merston July 1941-February 1942: Catterick April 1942: Heliopolis (Egypt) April-May 1942: Helwan May-June 1942: Gambut June 1942: LG.155, June 1942: LG.76, June 1942: LG.13, June 1942: LG.15 June-August 1942: LG.154 August 1942: Idku August-September 1942: LG.154 September-October 1942: LG.92 October-November 1942: LG.173 November 1942: LG.21, November 1942: LG.155, November 1942: Gambut West November 1942-January 1943: Msus January 1943: El Chel, January 1943: Hamraiet January-February 1943: Wadi Sirru February 1943: Castel Benito February-March 1943: Hazbub March 1943: Ben Gardane March-April 1943: Bu Grara April 1943: La Fauconnerie April-May 1943: Goubrine May 1943: Hergla May-June 1943: Ben Gardane June-July 1943: Luqa (Malta) July 1943: Pachino (Sicily) July 1943: Cassibile July-19th September 1943: Lentini West 19th September-5th October 1943: Gioia del Colle (Italy) 5-18th October 1943: Tortorella 18th October-22nd November 1943: Foggia/ Triolo 22nd November 1943-17th January 1944: Canne 17th January-23rd April 1944: Marcianise 23rd April-May 1944: Venafro May-June 1944: Lago June 1944: Venafro 12th-17th June 1944: Littorio 17th June-3rd July 1944: Fabrica 3rd July-24th August 1944: Perugia 24th August-4th September 1944: Loreto 4th September-4th December 1944: Fano 4th December 1944-3rd May 1945: Bellaria 3rd May-19th August 1945: Treviso then disbanded.   10th October 1939 New Fighter Squadron formed 14th November 1939  Delivery flight 6th March 1940 Conversion to Hurricanes 21st Apr 1940 Aircraft Lost 13th May 1940 Detachment to France 15th May 1940 Missing 16th May 1940 Pilots killed 16th May 1940 More Hurricanes sent to France 17th May 1940 Croix de Guerre awarded 18th May 1940 Into Action 19th May 1940 Combat 20th May 1940  Died of wounds 20th May 1940 Withdraw to Britain 22nd May 1940 Attack 27th May 1940 Air cover 1st June 1940 Shot down July 1940 Polish, Czech and Belgian pilots arrive 8th August 1940 Convoy attacked 11th August 1940  Ports and ships attacked 12th August 1940 Battle of Britain 20th August 1940 Move 1st October 1940 Move 12th October 1940 Bombers attacked in fog 15th October 1940 Baled out 23rd October 1940 Bomber brought down 25th October 1940 Injured in combat 27th October 1940 Air Combat 6th November 1940 Dogfight over the coast 7th November 1940 Poet shot down in the Channel 30th November 1940 Polish pilot killed 1st January 1941 Conversion to Spitfires 10th January 1941 Two Spitfires lost 21st May 1941 Mid-air collision 30th May 1941 Short move 18th Jun 1941 Aircraft Lost 26th June 1941 Aircraft Lost 30th June 1941 Circus 27 2nd July 1941 Fighter pilots shot down 3rd July 1941 Lost over France 6th July 1941 Aircraft Lost 8th July 1941 Two pilots shot down 9th Jul 1941 Aircraft Lost 28th July 1941 Move for new role 10th August 1941 Escaped fire 19th October 1941 Engine failed 28th October 1941  Crashed in fog 4th November 1941 Crash in training 15th February 1942 Departure for the Middle East 25th April 1942 Spitfires in North Africa 1st June 1942 Into action 16th June 1942 Withdrawal to Egypt 30th June 1942 Move 5th November 1942 Move into the desert 8th November 1942 Move 20th November 1942 Move into Benghazi 4th January 1943 Consolidation 19th January 1943 Advance to the west 5th February 1943 Polish Fighter Flight Formed 15th February 1943 Respite 13th March 1943 International Squadron 23rd March 1943 New aircraft 28th March 1943 Polish Flight goes into Action 2nd April 1943 Three Bf109s shot down 4th April 1943 Dogfight in Tunisia 6th April 1943 Air combat 7th April 1943 Patrol 11th April 1943 Wing moves to Sfax 15th April 1943 Move towards Tunis 18th April 1943 Pilot taken PoW 20th April 1943 Enemy aircraft shot down 21st April 1943  Patrol 22nd April 1943  Supplies disrupted 28th April 1943 Patrol 6th May 1943 Enemy Aircraft Downed 14th May 1943 Polish Fighting Team disbanded 14th June 1943 Move to Malta 13th July 1943 Move to Sicily 19th September 1943 Move to Italy 15th October 1943 Move to Foggia 22nd November 1943 Move to the front line 17th January 1944  Moved airbase 23rd April 1944 Move to Monte Cassino 12th May 1944 Bombers hit troop position 12th June 1944 Move to Rome 4th September 1944 On the move 4th December 1944 Moving on 18th January 1945 Explosion 13th April 1945 Spitfire shot down 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. 145 Squadron Royal Air Force during the Second World War 1939-1945. Liskutin DFC. Miroslav. Flt.Lt. Rathbone Kenneth. LAC. (d.29th March 1943) 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. 145 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. 145 Squadron Royal Air Force? There are:2087 items tagged No. 145 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. Kenneth Rathbone 145 Squadron (d.29th March 1943) Kenneth Rathbone served with 145 Squadron RAF. Gloria Rathbone Add to this record. Flt.Lt. Miroslav "Tony" Liskutin DFC. 145 Squadron Miroslav Liskutin was recently reunited with his Spitfire, MK912 which is still flying, out of Biggin Hill. He is now in 2015 96 years old and in fairly good health. An amazing man with an amazing background. On D Day he flew from Tangmere on invasion cover, and when he had to make an emergency landing to re-position equipment which had been dislodged by enemy fire, he was probably the first aeroplane to land in France during the invasion. Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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