Název: Name: | 542. peruť RAF | No. 542 Squadron RAF |
Originální název: Original Name: | No. 542 Squadron RAF | |
Datum vzniku: Raised/Formed: | 19.10.1942 | |
Předchůdce: Predecessor: | 1. fotoprůzkumná jednotka (letky 'A' a 'E') | No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit / No. 1 PRU ('A' and 'E' Flights) |
Datum zániku: Disbanded: | 27.08.1945 | |
Nástupce: Successor: | - | - |
Nadřízené velitelství: Higher Command: | 19.10.1942-26.06.1943 1. fotoprůzkumná jednotka 26.06.1943-14.04.1944 106. křídlo RAF 14.04.1944-27.08.1945 106. skupina RAF | 19.10.1942-26.06.1943 No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit / No. 1 PRU 26.06.1943-14.04.1944 No. 106 Wing RAF 14.04.1944-27.08.1945 No. 106 Group RAF |
Dislokace: Deployed: | 19.10.1942-27.08.1945 Benson, Royal Air Force Station Benson | |
Velitel: Commander: | 19.10.1942-DD.06.1943 Salwey, D. (Squadron Leader) DD.06.1943-DD.07.1943 Lee, E. D. L. (Squadron Leader) DD.07.1943-DD.12.1943 Furniss, D. M. (Squadron Leader) DD.12.1943-DD.03.1944 Pearson, D. B. (Squadron Leader) DD.03.1944-DD.09.1944 Ball, Alfred Henry Wynne (Squadron Leader) DD.09.1944-27.08.1945 Singlehurst, G. B. (Squadron Leader) | |
Výzbroj: Armament: | DD.10.1942-DD.07.1943 Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk.IV DD.03.1943-DD.08.1945 Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk.XI DD.05.1944-DD.08.1945 Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk.X DD.06.1944-DD.08.1945 Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk.XIX | |
Poznámka: Note: | kódové označení nepřiděleno historie jednotky | Squadron Codes No Codes Units History |
Zdroje: Sources: | HALLEY, James J. The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918–1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air Britain (Historians) 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. London: Jane's Publishing Company Ltd., 1982. ISBN 0-7106-0187-5. http://www.rafweb.org/Squadrons/Sqn541-598.htm http://www.raf.mod.uk/history_old/h542.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._542_Squadron_RAF www.historyofwar.org |