List of officially accredited Battle of Britain squadrons

List of officially accredited Battle of Britain squadrons

This is a list of the officially accredited Battle of Britain units with their aircraft types, code letters, call signs and casualties.

History

On 9 November 1960 the Air Ministry published Air Ministry Order N850 which officially defined the qualifications for the classification of Battle of Britain Aircrew. The AMO also stated the Squadrons which were deemed to have fought in the Battle under the control of RAF Fighter Command between 0001 hours on 10 July and 2359 hours on 31 October 1940; the official beginning and end of the Battle.

A total of 71 Squadrons and other units from Fighter Command, Coastal Command and the Fleet Air Arm are listed.Ramsay, 1989, pp.252-255]

Accredited Squadrons

ee also

* RAF Fighter Command Order of Battle 1940
* List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons

References

;Notes;Bibliography
* Ramsay, Winston (editor). "The Battle of Britain Then and Now Mk V". London: Battle of Britain Prints International Ltd, 1989. ISBN 0-900913-46-0

External links

* [http://www.battle-of-britain.com/BoB2/Diary/Order/order_Luftwaffe.htm BattleofBritain.com] - Retrieved: 4 August 2007.
* [http://www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/squadrons.html Battle of Britain at RAF website]


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