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No. 193 Squadron Royal Air Force    193 Squadron was formed as a training squadron at Amriya in Egypt on 9th August 1917. It disbanded on 21st July 1918 by being redesignated as No 20 Training Depot Station. The Squadron was reformed on 18th December 1942 at RAF Harrowbeer as a fighter squadron, to be equipped with the Typhoon Fighter as soon as sufficient aircraft became available. After 8 months flying as a fighter, the aircraft were equipped with bomb racks and the role was changed primarily to ground attack. The Squadron was allotted to the 2nd Tactical Air Force and went to Normandy in July 1944. It accompanied the army moving across France into Belgium and then into Germany where it was part of the Army of Occupation until it was disbanded on the 31st August 1945. Airfields where 193 Squadron was based: 18th December 1942-17th August 1943: Harrowbeer 17th August-18th September 1943: Gravesend 18th September 1943-20th February 1944: Harrowbeer 20th February-15th March 1944: Fairlop 15th March-April 1944: Thorney Island 4-11th April 1944: Llanbedr 11th April-3rd July 1944: Need's Oar Point 3-11th July 1944: Hurn 11-15th July 1944: B.15 Ryes, France 15th July-9th September 1944: B.3 St. Croix 9-18th September 1944: Manston 18th September-5th October 1944: Fairwood Common 6th October 1944-7th February 1945: B.70 Antwerp-Deurne, Belgium 8th February-16th April 1945: B.89 Mill 16-30th April 1945: B.105 Drope, Germany 30th April-June 1945: B.111 Ahlhorn   18th December 1942 New Fighter Squadron formed 28th December 1942 Ground crews not located 29th December 1942 Typhoons on trestles 2nd January 1943 Visit to operational squadron 6th January 1943 Sit down and wait 7th January 1943 C/O posted away 9th January 1943 Drill 10th January 1943 Still no aircraft and no flying 11th January 1943 New C.O. arrives 13th January 1943 Aircraft at last 15th January 1943 Flying again 23rd January 1943 Aerobatics 2nd February 1943 Wheels up landing 4th February 1943 Typhoon breaks up in mid-air 7th February 1943 Typhoons unserviceable 15th February 1943 Fatal accident 26th February 1943 RAF/RN liaison 19th March 1943 Great team spirit 1st April 1943 First operational sortie 3rd April 1943 MTB escort 4/5th April 1943 Attachment 22nd April 1943 Pilots join MTB patrol 24th April 1943 Pilots inspect tanks 1st May 1943 Parties 14th May 1943 Enemy fighters over Plymouth 22nd May 1943 Air sea rescue exercise 30th May 1943 Torquay bombed 12th June 1943 Sortie abandoned 13th June 1943 Injured pilot returns to duty 14th June 1943 Police hunt for parachutist 15th June 1943 Postings 24th June 1943 Unsuccessful raid 26th June 1943 Raid on Brest 13th July 1943 Tugboat attacked 17th August 1943 Relocation 2nd September 1943 Training and convoy patrols 18th September 1943 Rain and more rain 22nd September 1943 Sweep over Brest 27th September 1943 Typhoon pilots try Spitfire and Tempest 6th October 1943 No flying 16th October 1943. Squadron Inauguration Ceremony 17th October 1943 Ships damaged off Brest 23rd October 1943 Attack on St Malo 26th October 1943 Fine day 9th November 1943 Ranger Operation 10th November 1943 Ships bombed in harbour 22nd November 1943 Brazilian delegation entertained 1st December 1943 Mosquito lost in ship attack 10th December 1944 Bouncing bombs 18th December 1943 Return to operations 20th December 1943 Paratroops drop in on aerodrome 28th December 1943 Pilot survives horror crash 30th December 1943 New aircraft needed January 1944 Bomb racks fitted 6th January 1944 First operational casualty 7th January 1944 Flight commander missing 12th January 1944 Visit to Ops Room 14th January 1944 V1 sites bombed 21st January 1944 Fighter sweep 29th January 1944 crash landing 4th February 1944 Burst into flames 6th February 1944 Minesweeper destroyed 7th February 1944 Postings 8th February 1944 100th operational sortie 20th February 1944 Move to join 2TAF 28th February 1944 Attacked by Thunderbolts 15th March 1944 Radio programme for Brazil 20th March 1944 Two ranger ops. 26th March 1944 Typhoon pilot killed 3rd April 1944 Relocated 6th April 1944 Ham and eggs 11th April 1944 Relocated again 24th April 1944 Railway yards bombed 29th April 1944 Three Wing ops 30th April 1944 Noball target destroyed 2nd June 1944 Big show 5th June 1944 C.O. missing at sea 6th June 1944 D-Day sorties 6th June 1944 Invasion 7th June 1944 Three sorties 7th June 1944 Few targets found 10th June 1944 Pilot missing over Normandy 11th June 1944 Flight commander baled out 12th June 1944 Pilot lost; pilot found 20th June 1944 V1 flying bomb site attacked 25th June 1944 Railway attacked 27th June 1944 German General killed 29th June 1944 Dog fight over Normandy 29th June 1944 5 Me109s shot down 3rd July 1944 Squadrons relocated 8th July 1944 Ops in France aborted 11th July 1944 Aircraft relocated to France 15th July 1944 Move to new A.L.G. 17 July 1944 Rommel injured in attack 18th July 1944 Hectic day 20th July 1944 146 Wing moves to France 23rd July 1944 Winston Churchill in Normandy 24th July 1944 Postings of Commanders 26th July 1944 Friendly fire inaccurate 7th August 1944 Three ops; pilot missing 10th August 1944 Pilot lost attacking ammo dump 14th August 1944 Attack on ammo store 15th August 1944 Pilot escapes his captors 16th August 1944 Missing pilot returns 17th August 1944 Typhoon lost in dogfight 18th August 1944 Train trapped in a tunnel 18th August 1944 Massive day 24th August 1944 Postings 5th September 1944 Ships sunk 9th September 1944 Move back to England 18th September 1944 Pilot lost over Boulogne 20th September 1944 Rockets fitted 4th October 1944 Firing course completed 6th October 1944 Move to Belgium 11th October 1944 Very busy day 12th October 1944 Four sorties 15th October 1944 Attacked by Mustangs 20th October 1944 Escort to photographic sortie 24th October 1944 German Army HQ destroyed 25th October 1944 V2 hits airfield at Antwerp 28th October 1944 Taxi-Rank operations 1st November 1944 Unopposed attack 4th November 1944 'Human torpedo' factory bombed 4th November 1944 Submarine factory bombed 25th November 1944 Trains destroyed 26th November 1944 Gestapo HQ attacked 29th November 1944 Another Gestapo HQ attacked 16th December 1944 V2 hits Cinema 22nd December 1944 Paratroop attack expected 23rd December 1944 Airfield attacked 24th December 1944 Two Typhoon Pilots killed 25th December 1944 Dog-fight 31st December 1944 Two Typhoons shot down 1st January 1945 Flight Commander killed 8th February 1945 On the move 10th February 1945 Icy blast 11th February 1945 Further failed attempts 14th February 1945 Highly successful day 21st February 1945 Aerodromes bombed 24th February 1945 Five ops 9th March 1945 C.O. killed 16th March 1945 New C.O. 18th March 1945 Generals' HQ bombed 18th March 1945 Press report bombing sortie 24th March 1945 Pilot drops in with airborne troops 1st April 1945 Bad day for TAF2 9th April 1945 Supplies dropped to troops 10th April 1945 Pilot killed at Arnhem 16th April 1945 Move into Germany 20th April 1945 Shipping reconnaissance duties 30th April 1945 On the move in heavy snow If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. 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