The table below lists the independent aircraft Flights of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force which were given Alphabetical designations.

Flights

Flight LetterLocationPeriodAircraftRemarks
B, PalestineRAF Aboukir
Weli Sheikh Nuran, Palestine		1917 - December 1917B.E.2C
B.E.12		Formed by redesignating an element of 23 Training Squadron.[1]
GMAEE Helensburgh
RAF Bowmore		21 September 1940 – 13 March 1941Short S.23
Short S.26		Became 119 Squadron.
HRAF Ambala
RAF Drigh Road
RAF Ambala
RAF Lahore		25 August 1939 – 9 February 1940
January 1940 - October 1940		Blenheim IBecame 'W' Flight on 9 Feb 1940, formed Jan 40
from an element of Battle Flight RAF, last known at Lahore.
IFauquembergues, France
Serny, France		9 July 1918 – 14 January 1919F.E.2b
B.E.12		Re-designated from Special Duty Flight, Royal Flying Corps.
JRAF Melton Mowbray
RAF Cairo West		28 September 1945 – 10 October 1945Stirling VDisbanded at Cairo West to become No. 1589 (Heavy Freight) Flight RAF.
KAuxi-le-Château, France
unknown
Summit, Sudan
RAF Aqir, Palestine
RAF Melton Mowbray
RAF Santacruz		9 July 1918 - unknown
1 September 1940 – 1 April 1941
16 September 1945 – 10 October 1945		R.E.8
Gladiator I
Gladiator II
Stirling V		Re-designated from 'B' Flight No. 112 Squadron RAF 1 Sep 40 at Summit.
Became No. 1588 (Heavy Freight) Flight RAF at Santa Cruz on 10 Oct 45.
MLonguenesse, Saint-Omer, France
Hangelar, Germany		6 October 1918 - August 1919F.2b
DH.9
Fokker D.VII
S.E.5a
NVert Galand, France
unknown		18 September 1919 - unknownF.2bRecords begin on 18 September 1919.
OPremont Farm, France
unknown		23 October 1918 - unknownF.2bDate and location of dis-bandment unknown.
PSerny, France
unknown
Ismailia, Egypt
Jeddah, Arabia		29 August 1918 - unknown
9 June 1919 – 25 May 1919		R.E.8
F.2b		Date and location of dis-bandment unknown.
Formed at Ismailia from a detached Flight of No. 113 Squadron RAF.
QRAF Ambala
RAF Rednal		25 August 1939 – 15 December 1940
October 1943 - January 1944		Blenheim I
Gladiator I
Vickers Wellington		Formed at Ambala by re-designating an element of No. 60 Squadron RAF,
disbanded to become No. 4 Coastal Defence Flight, Indian Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Disbanded
VRAF Ambala
RAF Juhu
unknown		25 August 1939 - unknownBlenheim I
Hawker Audax		Formed at Ambala by re-designating an element of No. 60 Squadron RAF,
disbanded finally at unknown location and date.
WRAF Drigh Road9 February 1940 – 15 December 1940Blenheim IRe-designated from 'H' Flight.
XAqaba, Egypt
RAF Haifa
RAF Habbaniya
RAF Abadan		24 November 1917 – 19 October 1918
May 1940 - June 1940
6 June 1941 – 30 June 1941
16 July 1942 – 30 October 1942		B.E.2C
B.E.12
Bristol F2b
Nieuport 17
Gladiator I
Gladiator II		Initially formed from Special Duty Flight RFC
YRAF Ambala
RAF St. Thomas Mount
unknown		1917Blenheim I
Audax
ZIstrana, Italy
Villaverla, Italy
Taganrog, Russia
Rostov, Russia
RAF Ambala
RAF Dum-Dum		March 1918 - 3 July 1918
30 November 1919 - January 1920
28 August 1939
December 1940		Bristol F.2b
R.E.8
Blenheim I		Formed, at Istrana, by re-designating an element of No. 34 Squadron RAF
Re-formed, at RAF Ambala, by re-designating an element of 60 Squadron

See also

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Lake 1999, p. 35.

Bibliography

  • Lake, A (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.
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