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World War 2 Two II WW2 WWII 1939 1945

No. 80 Squadron, Royal Air Force



10th June 1940 RAF resources in Egypt

4th August 1940 Melee

17th August 1940 Attack on Navy fleet

10th September 1940 Bombers intercepted

15th September 1940 Sidi Barrani lost

31st October 1940 Air battle over Mersa Matruh

1st Dec 1940 Transfers to Greece

1st May 1941 Withdrawal

19 May 1941 Hurricanes obtained

18th November 1941 Operation Crusader

18th November 1941 Patrols

31st January 1942 Rested and re-equipped

5th April 1942 Airfield bombed

28th May 1942 Hasty withdrawal

30th June 1942 Retreat

18th Sept 1942 To Palestine

22nd October 1942 To the front line

16th November 1942 To Tobruk

6th March 1943 Exercise Spartan

April 1943 Re-equipped

23rd June 1943 Operation Thetis

January 1944 To Italy

April 1944 Move to Britain

19th May 1944 On the move

6th June 1944 D-Day

5th July 1944 Moved and re-equipped

29th August 1944 V1 site attacks

20th September 1944 Into Europe

22nd April 1945 Passenger flights


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Those known to have served with

No. 80 Squadron, Royal Air Force

during the Second World War 1939-1945.

  • Cullen DFC. Richard Nigel. Flt.Lt. (d.4th March 1941)
  • Fraser Kenneth William. F/Lt.
  • Poole Albert Henry.
  • Simm George.
  • Sykes Harold Ugo. F/O. (d.28th Nov 1940)

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Records of No. 80 Squadron, Royal Air Force from other sources.



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Want to know more about No. 80 Squadron, Royal Air Force?


There are:2026 items tagged No. 80 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.


Flt.Lt. Richard Nigel "Ape" Cullen DFC. 80 Squadron. (d.4th March 1941)

Richard Cullen was the son of Horace David and H. Cullen, of Putney, London. He was aged 23 when he was killed in action during the Battle of Greece. He is buried in the Tirana Park Memorial Cemetery in Albania.

s flynn



F/O. Harold Ugo Sykes 80 Squadron (d.28th Nov 1940)

Harold Sykes was 22 when he died. He was the son of Jack Sykes and of Inez Sykes (nee Barbier); husband of Dea Valerie Sykes, of Monkseaton, Northumberland. He is buried in the Churchyard of the Twelve Apostles, Drovian, Albania

s flynn



George Simm 80 Squadron

George Sim in uniform helping to arm a spitfire from 80sqd

George Simm served in 80 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Colin Sim



Albert Henry Poole 80 Squadron

Albert Henry Poole served as ground crew for 80 Squadron RAF

Frances Poole



F/Lt. Kenneth William Fraser 80 Squadron

My father Ken Fraser joined the RAF in 1939 and served until 1945. He was in 80 Squadron in Communications (wireless). He was in West Sussex at the end of war and I remember him telling us when Radar first came in. I have not been able to find anything about his service. He had a driver called Reynolds.

In 1945-6 he was in Belgium and Germany and sent many letters to my mother . I have photos of him with jeep in Belgium. He left service as Squadron Leader but have very little knowledge of his records which must be somewhere. I would be grateful for any information!!

M Davis







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