Název: Name: | 8. peruť RAF | No. 8 Squadron RAF |
Originální název: Original Name: | No. 8 Squadron RAF | |
Datum vzniku: Raised/Formed: | 18.10.1920 | |
Předchůdce: Predecessor: | - | - |
Datum zániku: Disbanded: | 01.05.1945 | |
Nástupce: Successor: | - | - |
Nadřízené velitelství: Higher Command: | DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR | DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR |
Dislokace: Deployed: | 18.10.1920-11.12.1920 Káhira, Royal Air Force Station Helwan 11.12.1920-23.02.1021 Suez, Suez Road Aerodrome 23.02.1921-04.03.1921 Basra, Royal Air Force Station Basrah 04.03.1921-29.12.1921 Bagdád, Baghdad West Aerodrome 29.12.1921-26.05.1924 Bagdád, Royal Air Force Station Hinaidi 26.05.1924-29.05.1924 Kirkuk, Kirkuk Aerodrome 29.05.1924-27.02.1927 Bagdád, Royal Air Force Station Hinaidi 27.02.1927-01.05.1945 Aden, Royal Air Force Station Khormaksar | |
Velitel: Commander: | 18.10.1920-24.02.1922 Allen, D. L. (Squadron Leader) 24.02.1922-05.02.1924 Bowman, Geoffrey Hilton (Squadron Leader) 05.02.1924-27.10.1924 Sowrey, Frederick (Squadron Leader) 27.10.1924-01.02.1928 McClaughry, Wilfred Ashton (Squadron Leader) 01.02.1928-01.02.1929 Bowman, Geoffrey Hilton (Squadron Leader) 01.02.1929-14.11.1929 Cochrane, Ralph Alexander (Squadron Leader) 14.11.1929-02.01.1931 Vachell, John Lyne (Squadron Leader) 02.01.1931-13.01.1933 Sorley, Ralph Squire (Squadron Leader) 13.01.1933-09.02.1935 Russell, Herbert Bainbrigge (Squadron Leader) 09.02.1935-11.03.1937 Walmsley, Hugh Sidney Porter (Squadron Leader) 11.03.1937-20.01.1939 Barrett, J. F. T. (Squadron Leader) 20.01.1939-20.09.1939 Phillips, Ronald Lancelot (Squadron Leader) 20.09.1939-06.08.1941 Bradford, D. S. (Squadron Leader) 06.08.1941-11.10.1941 Foord-Kelsey, Alick (Wing Commander) 11.10.1941-20.11.1941 Hanlon, Thomas James (Wing Commander) 20.11.1941-10.08.1942 Humphries, R. H. (Wing Commander) 10.08.1942-13.07.1944 Reid, D. W. (Wing Commander) 13.07.1944-01.05.1945 Foster, M. G. L. (Wing Commander) | |
Výzbroj: Armament: | DD.10.1920-DD.01.1928 Airco D.H.9A DD.01.1928-DD.04.1935 Fairey IIIF DD.04.1935-DD.03.1942 Vickers Vincent DD.10.1935-DD.11.1935 Hawker Demon DD.04.1939-DD.03.1942 Bristol Blenheim Mk.I DD.08.1941-DD.04.1943 Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV DD.09.1942-DD.01.1944 Bristol Blenheim Mk.V DD.08.1940-DD.01.1941 Maryland Mk.I DD.08.1940-DD.12.1940 Fairey Swordfish Mk.I DD.02.1943-DD.01.1944 Lockheed Hudson Mk.VI DD.12.1943-DD.05.1945 Vickers Wellington GR Mk.XIII | |
Poznámka: Note: | kódové označení YO (04.1939-09.1939) HV (09.1939-1940) A (na letounech Wellington) historie jednotky | Squadron Codes YO (04.1939-09.1939) HV (09.1939-1940) A (Carried on Wellingtons) Units History |
Zdroje: Sources: | Halley, James J.: The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918-1988, Air Britain Ltd., 1988, ISBN 0 85130 164 9 Jefford, Wing Commander C.G., MBE, BA, RAF(Retd.). RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988 (second edition 2001). ISBN 1-85310-053-6. Rawlings, John D. R.: Coastal, Support and Special Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft, Jane's Publishing Company Ltd., London 1982, ISBN 0-7106-0187-5 http://8squadron.co.uk/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._8_Squadron_RAF http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/8squadron.cfm http://www.rafweb.org/Squadrons/Sqn006-10.htm www.historyofwar.org |