Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
No 266 - 270 Squadron Aircraft & Markings
# Short 184 Sep 1918 - Mar 1919 |
# Short 320 Sep 1918 - Mar 1919 |
# Battle Dec 1939 - May 1940 |
Spitfire I Jan 1940 - Sep 1940, Oct 1940 - Apr 1941
Spitfire IIA Sep 1940 - Oct 1940, Mar 1941 - Sep 1941
Spitfire IIB Sep 1941 - Sep 1941 # Spitfire VB Sep 1941 - Jun 1942 |
Typhoon IA Jan 1942 - Sep 1942
Typhoon IB Mar 1942 - Jul 1945 |
Meteor F Mk 3 Sep 1946 - Apr 1948
Meteor F Mk 4 Feb 1948 - Feb 1949 |
Vampire FB Mk 5 Aug 1952 - May 1953, Mar 1954 - Jul 1954 |
# Venom FB Mk 1 Apr 1953 - Sep 1955
Venom FB Mk 4 Jul 1955 - Nov 1957 |
# Photo ©Bristol Aircraft Company Bloodhound Mk 1 Dec 1959 - Jun 1964 |
Felixstowe F2A Sep 1918 - Feb 1923 # Felixstowe F3 Sep 1918 - Jun 1921 |
# Short 184 Sep 1918 - 1921 |
# Fairey IIID Dec 1920 - Aug 1923 |
Various communications types used including: - # Anson I Aug 1940 - Jun 1942 |
# Gladiator I & II Jan 1941 - Jun 1942 |
# Lodestar Jan 1941 - Oct 1942 |
# Lysander II Jan 1941 - Jun 1942 |
# Hudson I Aug 1940 - Aug 1942 # Hudson III Apr 1942 - Jul 1942 Hudson IV Mar 1942 - Jun 1943 # Hudson VI Jul 1942 - Jun 1943 |
# Blenheim I Aug 1941 - Apr 1942 |
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DC2 Sep 1941 - Oct 1941 |
Dakota May 1943 - Jul 1946 |
Other types used: - Proctor, Magister, Hind, Percival Q6, Vega Gull, Lockheed14, Simoun, Electra, Wellesley, Blenheim I, Audax, Bf110C, Moth, Hurricane I, Bf109F, DC3. |
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Pioneer CC Mk 1 Feb 1954 - Nov 1958 |
Auster AOP Mk 6 Feb 1954 - Nov 1958 |
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Pembroke C Mk 1 Sep 1954 - Nov 1958 |
# Dakota C Mk 3 Feb 1954 - Nov 1958 Dakotas carried a Pegasus emblem on nose |
# Harvard T Mk 2B Nov 1954 - Dec 1956 |
# Argosy C Mk 1Nov 1962 - Jun 1970 Argosys carried Pegasus on tail |
# Short 184 Sep 1918 - Oct 1919 |
# Short 320 Sep 1918 - Oct 1919 |
# Lysander II Sep 1940 - Apr 1941 # Lysander III Feb 1941 - Mar 1942 |
Tomahawk IIA May 1941 - Aug 1942 |
# Mustang I Apr 1942 - Jul 1943
Mustang IA Jul 1943 - Nov 1944 # Mustang II Nov 1944 - Aug 1945 |
Typhoon IB Jul 1944 - Oct 1944 |
Spitfire XIVE Apr 1945 - Sep 1945 # Spitfire XIX Sep 1945 - Sep 1945 |
# Mosquito FB VI Sep 1945 - Mar 1946 |
#
BE2e Oct 1918 - Mar 1919 |
# Short 184 Oct 1918 - Nov 1919 |
# DH9 Dec 1918 - Mar 1919 |
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Anson I Dec 1936 - Jun 1940 |
# Hudson I Apr 1940 - May 1941
# Hudson II Oct 1940 - May 1941
Hudson III May 1941 - Dec 1943 # Hudson IIIA Feb 1944 - Aug 1945 |
# Spitfire VB Feb 1944 - Mar 1946 |
# Martinet I Feb 1944 - Jul 1944 |
# Walrus I Feb 1944 - Mar 1946 |
# Warwick I Sep 1944 - Mar 1946 |
Shackleton MR Mk 1A Jan 1952 - Nov 1958 # Shackleton MR Mk 2 Mar 1953 - Aug 1954, Oct 1958 - Nov 1958 |
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Thor Jul 1959 - May 1963 |
# Short 184 Oct 1918 - Sep 1919 |
Oct 1918 - Sep 1919 |
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Sopwith Baby Oct 1918 - Apr 1919 |
# Catalina IB Nov 1942 - Apr 1944 |
# Sunderland III Dec 1943 - Jun 1945 |
Images marked # are to show aircraft type not squadron markings
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