No. 334 Squadron RAF

No. 334 Squadron RAF
No. 334 (Norwegian) Squadron RAF
Active 1945
Country United Kingdom / Norwegian Government in exile
Branch Royal Air Force

No. 334 (Norwegian) Squadron was a Royal Air Force aircraft squadron that operated during the Second World War. After the war it became 334 Squadron of the Royal Norwegian Air Force.[1]

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History

The squadron was formed on 26 May 1945 at RAF Banff, Scotland from B Flight of 333 Squadron.[2] The squadron operated the de Havilland Mosquito on anti-shipping sorties and other operations along the Norwegian coast.[1] Within a few weeks it had moved to Gardermoen and control was handed over to the Royal Norwegian Air Force on 21 November 1945.[1][2]

Aircraft operated

Dates Aircraft Variant Notes
1945[2] De Havilland Mosquito VI Twin-engined fighter-bomber

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Orbis 1985, p. 4100
  2. ^ a b c Jefford 1988, p 86

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