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No. 28 Squadron Royal Air Force    No 28 Squadron formed at Gosport on the 7th of November 1915. After 18 months as training unit at Gosport it moved to France which took place in October 1917 equipped with Sopwith Camel fighters, but in November 1917 they moved to the Italian front. Disbanded in 1919, it was immediately reformed in India by renumbering No. 114 Squadron at Quetta. The first Indian air squadron, No.1 Squadron IAF, was raised on 1st April 1933 equipped with Westland Wapiti aircraft for the army cooperation role and located at Ambala. Along with No.28 Squadron army cooperation tactics were significantly developed and Wing Commander John Slessor of 1 Squadron IAF wrote a manual subsequently used in training schools throughout the Empire based on this experience. Location of bases used by No. 28 Squadron in WW2: 27 February 1939-28 January 1942: Kohat (Pakistan) 28 January-8 February 1942: Lashio (Burma) 8 February-16 March 1942: Magwe March 1942: Asansol (Bengal) March-3 April 1942: Lahore (Pakistan) 3-17 April 1942: Ranchi (Jharkhand, eastern India) 17 April-31 August 1942: Kohat 31 August 1942-29 October 1943: Ranchi 7 January-29 October 1943: Detachments to Burma 29 October 1943-17 June 1944: Imphal (Burma) 17 June-2 August 1944: Dhalbhumgarh (Burma) 2 August-2 October 1944: Ranchi 2 October-9 December 1944: Dhalbhumgarh (Burma) 9 December 1944-11 January 1945: Tamu 11-29 January 1945: Kaleymo 29 January-11 February 1945: Ye-U 11 February-8 April 1945: Sadaung 8 April-22 May 1945: Meiktila 22 May-7 October 1945: Mingaladon   February 1940 Local uprising 21st Jan 1942 Defence of Rangoon 28th Jan 1942 Move to Burma 22nd March 1942 Return to India 7th January 1943 Replacement aircraft 8th Feb 1943 Supporting the Chindits 23rd Oct 1943 Reconnaissance 23rd March 1944 Movement of RAF forces 13th April 1944 Battle for Imphal 17th April 1944 Advance Checked 22nd June 1944 Vital role of Hurricanes 24th August 1944 Stood down Dec 1944 On the Move 21st Dec 1944 Aircraft Lost 26th Dec 1944 Pilot Rescued 13th April 1945 Return to Rangoon 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. 28 Squadron Royal Air Force during the Second World War 1939-1945. Puttock H. A.. Lt. (d.15th April 1944) 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. 28 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. 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Puttock, of East London, Cape Province, South Africa; husband of Joy Puttock. He was 25 when he died and is buried in the Rabat Europen Cemetery in Morocco. S flynn Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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