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unusual facts about No. 43 Squadron RAF


Tangmere

Mothballed after World War I, in 1925 the station re-opened to serve the Fleet Air Arm, and went operational in 1926 with No. 43 Squadron.


Hermann Juhnke

His first victory came on 2 May 1918, when he shot down a Sopwith Camel from 43 Squadron over Locon, France.

RAF Tangmere

In 1925 the station re-opened to serve the RAF's Fleet Air Arm, and went operational in 1926 with No. 43 Squadron equipped with biplane Gloster Gamecocks (there is still a row of houses near the museum entrance called Gamecock Terrace).

Sopwith Snipe

The first squadron to equip with the new fighter was No. 43 Squadron, based at Fienvillers in France, which replaced its Camels with 15 Snipes on 30 August 1918.


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