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No. 19 Squadron, Royal Air Force    No. 19 Squadron was first formed at Castle Bromwich on 1st September 1915 and was sent to France in August 1916. It served the remainder of the World War 1 as a fighter squadron on the Western Front and was disbanded in 1919. It was reformed in 1924 on 1 April 1924 at Duxford. The Squadron remained at Duxford throughout the inter-war years with a succession of fighter aircraft and in August 1938, 19 Squadron became the first to be equipped with the Supermarine Spitfire. During the Battle of Britain No. 19 Squadron served with No. 12 Group, RAF Fighter Command in the defence of East Anglia and the Thames Estuary. In October 1943 the Squadorn was re-equipped with North A,erican Mustangs. After D-Day they spent three months in France and Belgium before returneing to Britain to provide bomber escorts. They later transferred to Coastal Command, moving to RAF Peterhead, to escort bomber attacks on shipping over the North Sea and the Baltic. Airfields at which No. 19 Squadron were based: 20 July 1935-27 April 1940: Duxford 27 April-16 May 1940: Horsham St. Faith 16-25 May 1940: Duxford 25 May-5 June 1940: Hornchurch 5-25 June 1940: Duxford 25 June-3 July 1940: Fowlmere 3-24 July 1940: Duxford 24 July-30 October 1940: Fowlmere 30 October 1940-6 February 1941: Duxford 6 February-16 August 1941: Fowlmere 16 August-1 December 1941: Matlask 1 December 1941-4 April 1942: Ludham 4 April-6 May 1942: Hutton Cranswick 7 May-1 June 1942: Perranporth 1-14 June 1942: Warmwell 14 June-1 July 1942: Perranporth 1-7 July 1942: Biggin Hill 7-23 July 1942: Perranporth 23-31 July 1942: Colerne 31 July-16 August 1942: Perranporth 16-20 August 1942: Rochford 20 August 1942-1 March 1943: Perranporth 1-10 March 1943: Middle Wallop 10-13 March 1943: Membury 13 March-5 April 1943: Middle Wallop 5 April-18 May 1943: Fairlop 18 May-4 June 1943: Digby 4-20 June 1943: Matlask 20-26 June 1943: Gravesend 26 June-2 July 1943: Bognor 2 July-18 August 1943: Newchurch 18 August-30 September 1943: Kingsnorth 30 September-15 October 1943: Weston Zoyland 15-24 October 1943: Gatwick 24 October 1943-15 April 1944: Gravesend 15 April-12 May 1944: Ford 12-20 May 1944: Southend 20 May-15 June 1944: Funtington 15-25 June 1944: Ford France 25 June-15 July 1944: B.7 Martragny 15 July-2 September 1944: B.12 Ellon 2-3 September 1944: B.24 St. Andre del'Eure 3-9 September 1944: B.40 Nivillers Belgium 9-28 September 1944: B.40 Grimbergen Great Britain 28 September-14 October 1944: Matlask 14 October 1944-13 February 1945: Andrews Field 13 February-13 May 1945: Peterhead 13 May 1945-13 August 1945: Acklington   September 1939 Convoy patrols 27th April 1940 Aircraft refitted 25th May 1940 Dunkirk 26th May 1940 In action over Dunkirk 1st June 1940 First Spitfire 'Ace' 5th June 1940 Return to Duxford 3rd Jul 1940 On the Move 24 July 1940 Relocated 16th Aug 1940 Bombers intercepted 16th August 1940 Aftermath of Eagle Day 24th August 1940  Airfields bombed 31st August 1940  Battle of Britain 2nd Sep 1940 On the Move 3rd September 1940 Airfields bombed 5th September 1940 Battle of Britain 7th Sept 1940 Battle of Britain 9th Sept 1940 London Blitz begins 11th September 1940 Battle of Britain 14th Sept 1940 Battle of Britain 15th Sep 1940 Battle of Britain Day 17th September 1940  Battle of Britain 18th Sept 1940 London bombed 30th Oct 1940 Re-equipped 9th November 1940 Cannons tested 16th Aug 1941  6th May 1942 Bomber Escort 1st March 1943 Relocated for Exercise Spartan 2nd March 1943 Confusion 3rd March 1943 Exercise Spartan 3rd March 1943 Exercise Spartan 4th March 1943 Exercise Spartan 5th March 1943 Exercise Spartan 6th March 1943 Exercise Spartan 7th March 1943 Exercise Spartan 8th March 1943 Exercise Spartan 9th March 1943 Exercise Spartan 9th March 1943 Exercise Spartan 10th March 1943 Exercise Spartan 11th March 1943 Exercise Spartan 12th March 1943 Exercise Spartan ended 13th March 1943 Move to new base 4th June 1943 Tactical Air Force 24th Oct 1943 Training 15th April 1944 New Wing June 1944 Tactical Air Force 6th June 1944 D-Day landings 25th June 1944 Move to France 29th September 1944 Respite 14th October 1944 Specialist long range escort role 13th Feb 1945 Relocated 5th April 1945 Two Mosquitos lost on shipping strike 9th April 1945 Three U Boats sunk and four Mosquitos lost 21st April 1945 Chance encounter with German bombers 26th April 1945 Shot down in Norway 4th May 1945 3 ships sunk and 3 Mosquitos lost If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Logbooks Do you have a WW2 Flying Log Book in your possession? If so it would be a huge help if you could add logbook entries to our new database. Thank you. View Logbook entries Those known to have served with No. 19 Squadron, Royal Air Force during the Second World War 1939-1945. Horne Auckland. F/Sgt. Powell DSO, DFC, OBE John Alexander. Group Captain (d.18th Aug 1944) Shirreff A. C.. Sqn. Ldr. Slee Richard Arthur Boyson. F/O. (d.17th September 1944) Thomas Peter Albert. Unwin George Cecil. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of No. 19 Squadron, Royal Air Force from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 24 years. If you would like to support us, a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting and admin or this site will vanish from the web. 22nd April 2024 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 263973 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. Looking for help with Family History Research?   Please read our Family History FAQ's The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the War? Our Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. We are now on Facebook. Like this page to receive our updates. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to WW2. We would like to obtain digital copies of any documents or photographs relating to WW2 you may have at home. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII second 1939 1945 battalion Did you know? We also have a section on The Great War. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. Want to know more about No. 19 Squadron, Royal Air Force? There are:2053 items tagged No. 19 Squadron, Royal Air Force available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War. F/Sgt. Auckland Horne 19 Squadron Auckland Horne served with 9 Squadron Bomber Command during the Second World War. He took part inn two attacks on Stuttgart, Germany. The dates being 1st and 15th of March 1944. Stephanie Phillips Add to this record. F/O. Richard Arthur Boyson Slee 19th Squadron (d.17th September 1944) Flying Officer (Pilot) Richard Slee was the son of Arthur Boyson Slee and Monica Claire Slee of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He is buried in the Bergh (Zeddam) Protestant Cemetery, Gelderland in The Netherlands. S Flynn Add to this record. Peter Albert Thomas 19 Sqdn. Peter Thomas flew with 19 Squadron from Duxford on Spitfire fighters. David Farnsworth Add to this record. Group Captain John Alexander "Speedy" Powell DSO, DFC, OBE 19 Sqd. (d.18th Aug 1944) I understand that Group Captain Powell was at Feltwell during WW2 although not as a Group captain at the time. He was a pilot and flew Wellingtons amongst other aircraft. Can anyone confirm whether he did? Jeremy Powell Add to this record. Sqn. Ldr. A. C. Shirreff 19 Sqd. My father - Sqn Ldr AC Shirreff was with 19 squadron aa RAF Peterhead during the war, flying Mustangs to Norway. He has many pictures and logbook entries. He has also been contacted recently by a Norwegian gentleman who is researching the exploits of the pilots that flew to Norway from Peterhead and Banff during WW2. Ian Shirreff Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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