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No. 146 Squadron Royal Air Force    Plans for the formation of No.146 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps were made in January 1918 as a bomber squadron for deployment to Egypt. However deployment was deferred several times and on the 31st May 1918, its formation was abandoned. 146 Squadron formed at Risalpur in India from four aircraft of ‘B’ Flight of No 5 Squadron on 15th October 1941 and operated in the Army cooperation role. Equipped with Hawker Audax biplanes, the Squadron moved to Dum Dum, Calcutta in November 1941 to provide air defence of the region. In March 1942 it was re-equipped with Curtiss Mohawk IV’s, then Brewster Buffalos and finally, in May 1942 they were re-equipped with Hurricanes. In January 1943 it began to fly ground attack missions over Burma, moving close to the front line. The squadron moved into Burma in April 1943 in both ground attack and an air defence role. It was moved to southern India in February 1944 upon rumours that the Japanese were planning to carry out an attack. This raid never took place, and for a time the Squadron acted in a training role before the squadron began conversion to the Thunderbolt in June 1944. It then returned to Burma to attack Japanese bases and communications. The squadron was disbanded on 30th June 1945 by renumbering as No.42 Squadron. Airbases where no.146 Squadron was based: October-November 1941: Risalpur (India) November-December 1941: Dum Dum December 1941-May 1942: Dinjan May-September 1942: Dum Dum September 1942-April 1943: Alipore April-May 1943: Chittagong (Burma) May-June 1943: Feni (India) June-December 1943: Comilla December 1943-February 1944: Baigachi February-June 1944: St. Thomas Mount June-August 1944: Yelahanka August-September 1944: Arkonam (Burma) September-November 1944: Kumbhirgram (India) November 1944-April 1945: Wangiing (Burma) April-June 1945: Myingyan North June 1945: Meiktila (disbanded)   15th October 1941 New Squadron formed in India 1st December 1941 Unnamed pilot killed in Calcutta 12th December 1941 Move March 1942 Mohawks provided April 1942 Re-equipped again 1st May 1942 Equipment 5th May 1942 Reorganisation of fighter squadrons 10th September 1942 Move to Bengal January 1943 New attack Role April 1943 Frontier 20th April 1943  Landing accident 2nd May 1943 Attack on airfields 16th May 1943 Dog fight tactics 20th May 1943 Move Back June 1943 Training role 15th August 1943  Stood down for new aircraft 23rd November 1943 Crashed during ASR search December 1943 In Defence 5th December 1943 Three Hurricanes shot down February 1944 Carrier Threat 29th March 1944 First arrivals in India June 1944 Re-equipped 5th June 1944 Airman died 1st September 1944 Advance September 1944 Move 24th October 1944 Shot down 3rd November 1944 Attack on airfield 10th December 1944 Japanese airfield attacked January 1945 Airfields bombed 12th January 1945 Ground attack 20th January 1945 Battle for Monya 27th January 1945 Japanese artillery silenced 8th February 1945 Aerial bombardment 24th April 1945  Ground attack 30th June 1945 Squadron disbanded and resurrected 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. 146 Squadron Royal Air Force during the Second World War 1939-1945. Orton Kenneth Thomas. (d.2nd Oct 1944) 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. 146 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. 146 Squadron Royal Air Force? There are:2034 items tagged No. 146 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. Kenneth Thomas Orton 146 Squadron (d.2nd Oct 1944) My father, Thomas Leone, was an instructor pilot during the years 1941-1942 at Darr Aerotech in Albany Georgia under the "Arnold Scheme". He instructed a pilot by the name of Ken T. Orton Class 42K who had an address of "22 St. Stephens Gardens, East Twickenham, Middlesex". Graduating July 1942, Mr Orton left my father a photo of himself with this aforementioned information on it. I learned from the Arnold Scheme organization, Nicola Bate, that Mr Orton was flying with Sqdn 146 in Burma Flying P-47s. He was killed in action on 2nd October 1944. I would love to send this photo to any surviving family if they want it. Can anyone help? Thomas M Leone Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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