HISTORY

The History of the Squadron

    01/08/18 - Formed in Crete for ASW patrols
    01/08/18 - Equipped with Short 184
    01/03/19 - Disbanded
    30/10/39 - Reformed as the first unit to fly the Boulton Paul Defiant at Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire
    01/12/39 - Equipped with Defiant I
    07/12/39 - Part of 11 Group at Martlesham Heath, Suffolk
    10/05/40 - Moved to 12 Group at Duxford, Cambridgeshire
    03/07/40 - Moved to Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire
    23/07/40 - Moved to Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire
    22/08/40 - Moved to 11 Group at Hornchurch, Essex
    29/08/40 - Moved to 12 Group at Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire
    29/10/40 - Returned to 11 Group at Rochford, Essex
    27/11/40 - Moved to Debden, Essex
    31/12/40 - Moved to Gravesend, Kent
    11/01/41 - Moved to Biggin Hill, Kent
    14/04/41 - Moved to West Malling, Kent 01/09/41 - Equipped with Defiant II
    01/05/42 - Transferred to 10 Group at Colerne, Wiltshire and equipped with Mosquito II
    30/04/43 - Moved to Predannack, Cornwall
    07/08/43 - Moved to Fairwood Common, Glamorganshire and equipped with Mosquito VI
    12/08/43 - Returned to Predannack, Cornwall
    07/11/43 - Returned to 12 Group at Coleby Grange, Lincolnshire
    01/12/43 - Equipped with Mosquito XIII
    18/12/43 - Moved to Church Fenton, Yorkshire
    07/05/44 - Transferred to 2TAF at Hartfordbridge Flats, Hampshire
    26/07/44 - Moved to Hunsdon, Hertfordshire
    11/08/44 - Moved to A8, France then B17 near Caen
    25/09/44 - Returned to 10 Group in Predannack, Cornwall
    30/11/44 - Moved to Colerne, Wiltshire
    01/12/44 - Transferred to 11 Group at Odiham, Hampshire
    09/01/45 - Moved to B51 near Lille
    25/08/45 - Disbanded
    20/11/45 - Reformed when No.125 squadron renumbered
    01/11/45 - Equipped with Mosquito NF.36
    01/12/51 - Returned to Linton-on-Ouse and equipped with Meteor NF.11 for the Night/All-Weather role.
    00/00/55 - Equipped with Meteor NF.14
    27/02/57 - Moved to Middleton-St.George
    06/10/57 - Disbanded when renumbered as No.33 Squadron

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