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No. 48 Squadron Royal Air Force    No 48 Squadron was formed at Netheravon on the 15th of April 1916. After almost a year of training at Rendcomb aerodrome, it was re-equipped with the first Brisfit fighters and sent to France where they spent the remainder of the war. Following the Armistice the squadron remained in France until it moved to India in June 1919, but was renumbered as No. 5 Squadron on 1 February 1920. No. 48 Squadron was reformed on 25 November 1935 at RAF Bicester from a nucleus of personnel provided by 'C' Flight of No 101 Squadron, and in December moved to Manston where it formed part of the School of Air Navigation. In March 1936 No.48 received the first Avro Ansons, a multi-purpose aircraft used for both reconnaissance and light bombing. During that year the Squadron was enlarged to eighty aircraft to cope with the number of pupil navigators. In September 1938 No. 48 joined Coastal Command and moved to RAF Eastchurch. No.48 Squadron moved to RAF Thorney Island a few days before the outbreak of WW2. Upon the outbreak of war No.48 squadron began to fly anti-submarine patrols off the Channel coast, operating from a number of different stations as required. During the course of the war 48 Squadron served at the following locations: 25 August 1939-16 July 1940: Thorney Island 16 July 1940-24 July 1941: Hooton Park Detachment to RAF Limavady 16 July 1942 to 31st October 1941 24 July-20 October 1941: Stornoway 20 October 1941-6 January 1942: Skitten 6 January-23 September 1942: Wick 23 September-19 November 1942: Sumburgh 19 November-23 December 1942: Gosport 23 December 1942-21 February 1944: Gibraltar 21-24 February 1944: Bircham Newton 24 February 1944-August 1945: Down Ampney August 1945-16 January 1946: Patenga, India   4th Sep 1939 Five Blenheims lost; first airmen taken PoW 6th Jan 1940 Aircraft Lost 28th May 1940 Dunkirk June 1940 Detachment 16th July 1940 Relocated for Coastal patrols December 1940 Patrols 7th August 1941 Conversion 20th October 1941 Coastal Command Squadron relocated 6th Jan 1942 On the Move 23rd Sept 1942 Anti-submarine role 19th Nov 1942 On the Move 23rd December 1942 Hudsons arrive in Gibraltar 24th Feb 1944 On the Move 1st Jun 1944 Preparations 2nd Jun 1944 Preparations 3rd Jun 1944 Preparations 4th Jun 1944 Preparations 5th Jun 1944 Ops 6th June 1944 Airlift 6th Jun 1944 Drops Made 6th June 1944 In Action 6th June 1944 Gliders 7th June 1944 Resupply 17th September 1944  Gliders 18th September 1944  Gliders 19th September 1944  Supplies 20th September 1944  Supplies 21st September 1944  Supplies 22nd September 1944  Supplies 23rd September 1944  Supplies 24th Sept 1944 Battle of Arnhem 24th September 1944  Ops Cancelled 25th September 1944  Supplies 24th March 1945 Gliders August 1945 On the Move 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. 48 Squadron Royal Air Force during the Second World War 1939-1945. Best Robert. Carless Clifford. Sgt. (d.10th Feb 1942) Holmes Winifred. Hunter Douglas Chisholm. Pilot Officer (d.7th Jan 1942) King Edward. Mclean John Joseph. LAC. Newns Paul. F/Sgt. (d.23rd Oct 1943) 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. 48 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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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. 48 Squadron Royal Air Force? There are:2034 items tagged No. 48 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. Edward "Ginger" King 48 Squadron I was a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner on Ansons flying Coastal Command out of Wick. I married WAAF Winifred Holmes, ambulance driver and chief's car driver. Does anyone know me, Win or of the whereabouts of Bob Best? Ted King Add to this record. F/Sgt. Paul Newns 48 Squadron (d.23rd Oct 1943) Paul Newns trained with No.3 ITW 17th of May 1941 to 7th of August 1941. Whilst serving with 48 Squadron off Gibraltar his Hudson was practicing dive bombing when it failed to pull out of a dive. All on board were killed. Les Hunter Add to this record. LAC. John Joseph Mclean 48 Sqd. Jack McClean served as an Airframes fitter with 48 Squadron. Bernard Mclean Add to this record. Pilot Officer Douglas Chisholm "Pym" Hunter 48 Squadron (d.7th Jan 1942) My uncle Douglas Chisholm Hunter was based in Wick with 48 Squadron. He was killed in action and my grandmother (who lost two brothers killed in action in WW1) thought that Douglas had been killed on a bombing raid over Bergen, Norway. As my father, his brother, died in 1956 and their sister died in 2006 I am now trying to find out as much as I can about Douglas. He went to Highgate School in North London. I have a few pictures of him as a young boy but nothing else. Matthew Hunter Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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