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No. 36 Squadron Royal Air Force    No 36 Squadron was formed at Cramlington on 1st February 1916 (or 18th March - records vary) and served throughout the War as a Home Defence squadron and, intermittently, as a night flying training squadron. It disbanded at Ashington on 13 June 1919. On 1 October 1928, No 36 Squadron was reformed by redesignating the Coast Defence Torpedo Flight based at RAF Donibristle (later HMS Merlin) in Scotland. It was sent to RAF Seletar in Singapore, arriving on 17th December 1930. The role of 36 Squadron, together with 100 and 205 Squadrons, was to support the Royal Navy in holding off any invasion threat for up to 70 days until the arrival of substantial naval reinforcements. The Squadron working with the small Royal Navy force in Singapore, practicing torpedo attacks using dummy torpedoes against Royal Navy vessels in the Straits of Johore. To be effective, torpedoes had to be dropped from a height of 15 feet, which was just possible in daylight, but almost impossible at night. A 36 Squadron Horsley was lost in the Straits of Johore when the altitude was misjudged. Later torpedoes were redesigned to work from an altitude of 100ft, but this made the aircraft an easy target for naval gunners. In July 1935 the squadron was re-equipped with Vickers Vildebeests biplane torpedo bombers. During 1936 it was temporarily deployed as a bomber force to Rangoon in response to an independence rebellion. Airfields at which 36 Squadron was based: November 1930-August 1941: Seletar (Singapore) August 1941: Kuantan (Malaya) August 1941-February 1942: Seletar (Singapore) February 1942: Kalidjati (Java) February-March 1942: Tjikampeh (disbanded) October 1942-March 1943: (reformed) Tanjore (India) March-June 1943: Dhubalia June 1943-April 1944: Blida (Algeria) April-September 1944: Reghaia September 1944: Tarquinia September 1944-March 1945: Chivenor March-June 1945: Benbecula   4th Sept 1939 On Alert 8th December 1941 Kota Bharu 11th Jan 1942 Night Ops 26th Jan 1942 Japanese Invasion 31st January 1942 Evacuation 27th Feb 1942 On the Move 28th February 1942 Airbase abandoned 5th March 1942 Squadrons destroyed 8th March 1942 Escape from Java 22nd Oct 1942 Reorganisation 3rd June 1943 Flight to Cairo 7th June 1943 Move to the Mediterranean 4th March 1944 Aircraft Lost 17th May 1944 Tactics Sept 1944 Move to Britain 8th March 1945 Move to Scotland If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. 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