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No. 160 Squadron Royal Air Force   16th January 1942 New Squadron formed 12th February 1942 Departure for Far East May 1942 Submarine patrols June 1942 Move to Palestine 15th June 1942 Italian convoy attacked August 1942 Transfer of ground crew 27th September 1942 Liberator lost over Crete October 1942 New aircraft arrive November 1942 Move to India begins 15th January 1943 Squadron disbanded and new squadron formed 6th February 1943 Operational from Ceylon 24th August 1943 Liberator lost in a storm 21st September 1943 Liberator written off 22nd September 1943 Shot down by Japanese fighter pilot 26th October 1943 Shot down over the Nicobar Islands 26th November 1943 Troop ship bombed 7th December 1943 Crashed after take-off 19th April 1944 Crash on take-off 1st May 1944 Special radar detection flight moves to India 5th May 1944 Special Flight moves to Digri 6th May 1944 Aircrew and observers killed on exercise 15th June 1944 Flying accident 9th August 1944 Special Flight transferred to 159 Squadron August 1944 Move for minelaying role February 1945 Liberator Squadron Relocated 1st May 1945 Beat off attack by sharks 9th June 1945 19 killed on phot reconnaissance sortie June 1945 New role dropping agents into Malaya 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. 160 Squadron Royal Air Force during the Second World War 1939-1945. Skinner Douglas H.. (d.6th May 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. 160 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. 160 Squadron Royal Air Force? There are:2028 items tagged No. 160 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. Douglas H. Skinner 160 Sqdn. (d.6th May 1944) I am looking for anyone who remembers Doug Skinner who trained at Dafoe, Saskatchewan and at McDonald, Manitoba. He graduated at Royal Alexander Hotel in Winnipeg in October 1942. I have a photo of a group which includes my mother Dorothy, Doug Skinner, James Trott, Snow Wilson, Irving Wick and Pearl, my mom's friend. Doug ended up in Ceylon with 160 Squadron and lost his life in an air accident on 6th May 1944. Pauline Braaksma Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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