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No. 165 (Ceylon) Squadron Royal Air Force   6th April 1942 New Spitfire Squadron formed 1st May 1942 Spitfire Squadron operational 25th July 1942 Escort duty 14th Aug 1942 Move 15th August 1942 Spitfire Squadron moves south 20th Aug 1942 Move 2nd November 1942  On the move 8th November 1942 Seven Spitfires shot down 24th December 1942 Killed in training 17th January 1943 Lost at sea 9th February 1943  Shipping attacked near Le Havre. 29th March 1943  Back to Scotland 9th May 1943 German airmen defect to Britain 30th June 1943 Back on intruder sorties 25th July 1943 Two Spitfires lost 27th July 1943 Move to Exeter 31st July 1943 Spitfire pilot taken PoW August 1943 Spitfires on Bomber escort role September 1943 Move 26th November 1943 Navy Spitfire pilot shot down 20th January 1944 Spitfires in collision 10th February 1944 Spitfires relocated 10th March 1944 Return to Culmhead 24th March 1944 Spitfire pilot taken PoW 2nd April 1944 Move to Cornwall 6th April 1944 Lost at sea 6th June 1944  Two Spitfires lost on D-Day 7th June 1944 Shot down over Brittany 12th June 1944 Two Spitfire pilots killed 20th June 1944 Defence against V-1 flying bombs 23rd June 1944 French pilot killed on V-1 bomb patrol 25th Jun 1944 Arrival 12th July 1944 Move to the coast 10th August 1944 New escort duties 5th September 1944 Spitfire lost on escort duty 15th December 1944 Conversion to Mustangs 5th January 1945 Mid-air collision 9th February 1945 Uneventful sweep 6th March 1945 Salzbergen bombed 13th March 1945 Mustang pilot killed May 1945 Conversion back to Spitfires 20th June 1945 Move to Norway 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. 165 (Ceylon) Squadron Royal Air Force during the Second World War 1939-1945. Wise Harold Thomas. Flt.Sgt. (d.5th Sep 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. 165 (Ceylon) 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. 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Harold Thomas Wise 165 Squadron (d.5th Sep 1944) Flight Sergeant (Pilot) Haold Wise was the Son of George and Mary Ann Wise, husband of Kathleen Margaret Lomer Wise of Sanderstead, Surrey. He was 25 when his plane was shot down. He is buried in the Geldermalsen General Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands. s flynn Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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