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No. 126 (Persian Gulf) Squadron Royal Air Force   28th June 1941 New Squadron formed on Malta 4th July 1941 4th July 1941 22nd July 1941 Defence of Malta 20th August 1941 Air raid on Italy 2nd September 1941 Airmen killed by mine 4th September 1941 Italian Bombers shot down 1st October 1941 Squadron Leader killed 12th November 1941 Attack on Sicily 25th January 1942 Pilot lost and aircraft damaged 5th March 1942 Malta airfields attacked 6th March 1942 Airfields bombed on Malta 9th March 1942 Spitfires into action 17th March 1942 Six air raids on Malta 18th March 1942  Defence of Malta 21st March 1942 Heavy losses from raiders 27th March 1942 Spitfires arrive for 126 Squadron 2nd April 1942 Spitfires lost on first sortie 5th April 1942 Aircraft lost 20th April 1942 More Spitfires delivered to Malta 21st April 1942 Airfields attacked 9th May 1942 More Spitfires delivered to Malta 10th May 1942  11th May 1942 Enemy bombers suffer heavy losses 12th May 1942 Heavy losses for little benefit 14th May 1942 3 Spitfire pilots killed over Malta 16th May 1942 Endless bombing raids on Malta 17th August 1942 Merchant ship sunk 23rd September 1942 Missing over Sicily 11th October 1942 Malta blitz 12th October 1942 Bombers target airfields 13th October 1942 Endless air raids 16th October 1942 Heavy air raids over Malta 17th October 1942 Blitz on Malta continues 18th October 1942 Ineffective raids 25th October 1942 Air raids on Malta resume 26th October 1942 Three air raids on Malta but no losses 14th November 1942 Long range reconnaissance over the Med 19th November 1942 Three Spitfires lost at sea 22nd November 1942 Attack on Sicilian airfield 25th November 1942 Sicilian Airfields attacked 9th June 1943 New operating airbase on Malta August 1943 New aircraft for move to Italy 23rd September 1943 Airbase on Malta closed October 1943 Move to Italy 2nd February 1944 Operations to Corfu 10th February 1944 Lost in combat 1st April 1944 Move 20th May 1944 Move 6th June 1944 D-Day 7th June 1944 Missing in Action 8th July 1944 Crashed in the Channel July 1944 Move to RAF Harrowbeer 1st August 1944 Killed in air crash 30th August 1944 Airfield transferred to USAAF 8th December 1944  Two Spitfirees of 126 Squadron lost 15th December 1944 Move to Bentwaters 3rd January 1945 Operations resumed 7th February 1945  Three aircraft lost in a storm 23rd February 1945 New C/O and new duties 29th March 1945 Lost over the North Sea 31st March 1945 Squadron disbanded 4th May 1945 Shot down over Lille 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. 126 (Persian Gulf) Squadron Royal Air Force during the Second World War 1939-1945. Collins MID. Gordon Whyte. Cpl. Howarth John. Sgt. MacDonald Malcolm. P/O 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. 126 (Persian Gulf) 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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Patricia Howarth Add to this record. Cpl. Gordon Whyte Collins MID. 126 Squadron My father, Gordon Collins, was on the ship, HMS Welshman that arrived in Malta as the siege of Malta started. He had volunteered to take the place of another young airman who had a young family because he was a single man. Unfortunately, my father died in 1960 still a young man, so all I have are many photos of Malta, Grottaglie and Sicily and his wonderful books on mechanics (mainly Spitfires). He joined the RAF because he wanted to be a pilot, but he was severely colour blind so he was ground crew. He was a wonderful artist and I believe he painted a lot of ensignia on planes, lorries, etc. The illustrations in his mechanics books are wonderful. The names of some of the men he was friendly with are: Dick Pulford, Alex Haggerty from Perth, Nobby Porter from Putney, Ginger Gilbert and Bill Stewart from Killiecrankie. He was offered a commission after the war to teach mechanics, but by then he had met my mother at a dance in Saffron Walden and had had enough of the Air Force. I was only thirteen when my father died so my information is very patchy, but I would love to know more about his time during the war. Susan Robins Add to this record. P/O Malcolm MacDonald 126 Sqdn. My father-in-law, P/O Malcolm MacDonald or Mal, was stationed at Sawbridgeworth on 22nd May 1944. He was with 126 Sqdn and came there from Culmhead. He was with the squadron when it was in Italy. He stayed with 126 Sqdn until it was disbanded in late 1944. James Wolfe Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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