Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
No 255 - 259 Squadron Aircraft & Markings
# DH6 Jul 1918 - Jan 1919 |
Defiant I Nov 1940 - Sep 1941 |
# Hurricane I Mar 1941 - Jul 1941 |
Beaufighter II Jul 1941 - May 1942
Beaufighter VI Mar 1942 - Feb 1945 |
Mosquito XIX Feb 1945 - Apr 1946
Mosquito XXX Jan 1946 - Apr 1946 |
# DH6 Jun 1918 - Jan 1919 |
# Kangaroo Nov 1918 - Jan 1919 |
Defiant I Nov 1940 - May 1942 # Defiant II May 1942 - Jun 1942 |
# Hurricane I May 1941 - Jul 1941 # Hurricane IIB Jul 1941 - Oct 1941
Hurricane IIC Jun 1944 - Aug 1944 |
# Beaufighter I May 1942 - Nov 1942
Beaufighter VI Oct 1942 - May 1943 |
Mosquito XII May 1943 - Jul 1944, Feb 1945 - Sep 1945 # Mosquito XIII Jan 1944 - Sep 1945 # Mosquito VI Apr 1945 - Oct 1945
Mosquito XIX Oct 1945 - Sep 1946 # Mosquito XVI May 1946 - Sep 1946 |
# Spitfire VIII May 1944 - Aug 1944 # Spitfire IX May 1944 - Aug 1944 |
Meteor NF Mk 11 Nov 1952 - Jan 1959 |
# Curtiss H 16 Aug 1918 - Mar 1919 |
Felixstowe F2A Aug 1918 - Apr 1919 |
Aug 1918 - Mar 1919 |
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Spitfire I May 1940 - Jun 1940 |
Hurricane I Jun 1940 - Jun 1941, Jan 1941 - Jul 1942 # Hurricane IIC Apr 1941 - Aug 1941, Jan 1942 - Sep 1942 # Hurricane IIB May 1941 - Sep 1942 # Hurricane IIA Nov 1941 - Aug 1942 |
# Spitfire VB Apr 1942 - May 1942 |
Typhoon IA Jul 1942 - May 1943
Typhoon IB Jul 1942 - May 1945 |
Meteor F Mk 3 Sep 1946 - Mar 1948
Meteor F Mk 4 Feb 1948 - Oct 1950
Meteor F Mk 8 Sep 1950 - Mar 1955 |
Hunter F Mk 2 Sep 1954 - Mar 1957 |
# Photo ©Bristol Aircraft Company Bloodhound Mk 1 Jul 1960 - Dec 1963 |
# DH6 Jul 1918 - Dec 1918 |
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Hurricane I Dec 1940 - Apr 1941, Mar 1942 - Jan 1943 Hurricane IIA Apr 1941 - Feb 1942
Hurricane IIB Mar 1942 - Dec 1943 # Hurricane IIC Nov 1943 - Aug 1944 |
Thunderbolt I Sep 1944 - Jan 1945
Thunderbolt II Oct 1944 - Dec 1945 |
# Felixstowe F2A Aug 1918 - Sep 1919 |
# Catalina IB Feb 1943 - Apr 1945 |
# Sunderland VMar 1945 - Apr 1945 |
Images marked # are to show aircraft type not squadron markings
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