No. 1302 Flight RAF
A Hawker Hurricane from the Battle of Britain flight
Active31 July 1943 – 1 June 1946
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
RoleMeteorological reconnaissance
Part ofNo. 225 Group RAF, Air Command South East Asia[1]
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldryNo known badge
Squadron CodesNo known identification code for the flight is known to have been carried

No. 1302 (Meteorological) Flight was formed at RAF Yelahanka, Karnataka, British India, on 31 July 1943 by re-designating No. 3 Meteorological Flight RAF.[2] The flight was disbanded on 1 June 1946[3] at RAF Bangalore, Karnataka, British India.

Aircraft operated

Aircraft operated by no. 1302 Flight RAF, data from[2][3]
FromToAircraftVersionExample
February 19441 June 1946Bristol BlenheimMk.IVZ7611
March 19441 June 1946Vickers WellingtonMk.IcHX773
 ?1 June 1946Boulton Paul Defiant
August 19441 June 1946Hawker HurricaneMk.IIcLD402
August 19441 June 1946Hawker HurricaneMk.IIdKX243

Flight airfields

Camps and airfields used by No. 1302 Flight RAF, data from[2][3]
FromToBase
31 July 194314 March 1944RAF Yelahanka, Karnataka, British India
14 March 1944 ?RAF St. Thomas Mount, Madras, British India
 ?1 June 1946RAF Bangalore, Karnataka, British India

References

Notes
  1. ↑ Delve 1994, pp. 76, 84.
  2. 1 2 3 Lake 1999, p. 84.
  3. 1 2 3 Sturtivant and Hamlin 2007, p. 118.
Bibliography
  • Delve, Ken. The Source Book of the RAF. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1994. ISBN 1-85310-451-5.
  • Lake, Alan. Flying Units of the RAF. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.
  • Sturtivant, Ray, ISO and John Hamlin. RAF Flying Training And Support Units since 1912. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 2007. ISBN 0-85130-365-X.
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