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5 unusual facts about No. 264 Squadron RAF


No. 264 Squadron RAF

On 30 September 1957 the squadron was disbanded at RAF Leeming when it was re-numbered 33 Squadron.

The squadron was reformed for the third time on 20 November 1945 at RAF Church Fenton when 125 Squadron was renumbered.

On 8 December 1939 it was reformed at RAF Station Martlesham Heath to bring the Boulton Paul Defiant fighter into service.

264 Squadron RAF also known as No 264 (Madras Presidency) Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Air Force formed from two former Royal Naval Air Service flights, No. 439 and No. 440, on 27 September 1918 at Souda Bay, Crete to perform anti-submarine patrols.

Tusket

The first Nova Scotian to die in aerial combat in WWII was from Tusket (Jack Elmer Hatfield, No. 264 Squadron RAF).



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