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No. 183 Squadron Royal Air Force   1st November 1942 New Squadron formed 7th November 1942 Temporary C.O. appointed 20th November 1942 C.O. and Adjutant arrive 24th November 1942 Ten pilots arrive at new squadron 30th November 1942 Squadron strength increased to 5 aircraft 8th December 1942 Force landing 12th December 1942 Very little flying 18th December 1942 New arrivals 21st December 1942 Typhoon pranged 25th December 1942 Christmas party 31st December 1942 Flying practice 2nd January 1943 Bomber affiliation exercises 4th January 1943 Low flying practice 12th January 1943 Snowed up 15th January 1943 Excellent Day 19th January 1943 Pilots drive tanks 22nd January 1943 No flying again 26th January 1943 Flying practice 29th January 1943 Postings and training 6th February 1943 Training programme nearing completion 14th February 1943 Aircraft shortage 20th February 1943 Tank bombing exercise 23rd February 1943 Postings 25th February 1943 Exercise Spartan planned 1st March 1943 Squadron relocated for Exercise Spartan 3rd March 1943 Exercise Spartan 4th March 1943 Exercise Spartan 4th March 1943 Exercise Spartan 5th March 1943 Exercise Spartan 6th March 1943 Exercise Spartan 7th March 1943 Exercise Spartan - pilot killed 8th March 1943 Exercise Spartan 9th March 1943 Exercise Spartan 10th March 1943 Exercise Spartan 11th March 1943 Exercise Spartan 12th March 1943 Operation Spartan ended 14th March 1943 Operational detachment 18th March 1943 Return to training 21st March 1943 Movement order 23rd March 1943 Farewell party 24th March 1943 Squadron relocated 26th March 1943 Pilots rejoin squadron 31st March 1943 Quiet week 1st April 1943 Operational 2nd April 1943 Recce cancelled 3rd April 1943 Wings for Victory Parade 5th April 1943 Escape Exercise 6th April 1943 Standing patrols 8th April 1943 Squadron moved into tents 14th April 1943 Back on ops 17th April 1943 Attack planned 19th April 1943 Squadron's first operation over France 3rd May 1943 On the move 5th May 1943 Pilots take on Mess duties 7th May 1943 Back to Exercises 7th May 1943 Exercise Thunder 14th May 1943 Pilot lost over Normandy 28th May 1943 No operations 30th May 1943 On the move again 5th June 1943 Moving on again 12th June 1943 Sortie abandoned 15th June 1943 Abortive sorties 15th June 1943 Postings 19th June 1943 Attack on ships at Brest 23rd June 1943 Cherbourg aerodrome bombed 24th June 1943 Unsuccessful raid 26th June 1943 Raid on Brest 28th June 1943 Morlaix aerodrome attacked 7th July 1943 Pilot killed in flying accident 9th July 1943 Minesweepers attacked 10th July 1943 Ops 13th July 1943 Tugboat attacked 3rd August 1943 Detachment to Manston 4th August 1943 Relocated to Tangmere 16th August 1943 Ramrod raid accounts differ 31st August 1943 Ops 4th September 1943 Boulogne bombed 6th September 1943 Air-sea rescue sortie 7th September 1943 Wizard prang 15th September 1943 Escort duty 16th September 1943 Railway yard attacked 17th September 1943 Another move planned 18th September 1943 Settling in 19th September 1943 No ships seen 23rd September 1943 German airfield bombed successfully 3rd October 1943 Escort claims enemy aircraft shot down 9th October 1943 Uneventful op 10th October 1943 Promotion and new arrival 13th October 1943 New base 14th October 1943 Ships attacked 17th October 1943 Ships damaged off Brest 23rd October 1943 Attack on St Malo 24th October 1943 3 Typhoon pilots lost 26th October 1943 Fine day 28th October 1943 Cherbourg docks bombed 29th October 1943 Bombing show 30th October 1943 Another attack on Cherbourg 2nd November 1943 Typhoon pilot lost 7th November 1943 Long range sortie 10th November 1943 Ships bombed in harbour 11th November 1943 Pilot killed on first op 15th November 1943 Typhoon lost at sea 16th November 1943 Aerodrome attacked 22nd November 1943 Unsuccessful first use of rockets 23rd November 1943 Unsuccessful rocket attack again 26th November 1943 Bombs fail to explode 29th November 1943 Rocket training ordered 1st December 1943 Intense training 7th December 1943 New Typhoon pilots arrive 18th December 1943 Return to operations 20th December 1943 Paratroops drop in on aerodrome 24th December 1943 Two ops and a recce 25th December 1943 German airfield attacked 1st January 1944 Unexplained Typhoon crash 4th January 1944 V1 rocket sites bombed 6th January 1944 No-ball tragets bombed 7th January 1944 Typhoon makes crash landing 14th January 1944 Flight commander killed 16th January 1944 Enemy destroyers located 20th January 1944  Polish airman killed 21st January 1944 Typhoon crashed into the sea 21st January 1944 Fighter sweep 28th January 1944 Pilot lost at sea 29th January 1944 Two Typhoon pilots killed 31st January 1944 Pilot killed by flak 1st February 1944 Move back to Tangmere 7th February 1944 Postings 8th February 1944 Typhoon Pilot taken PoW 11th February 1944 Ditched in the Channel 15th February 1944 Shipping attacked 17th February 1944 New Flight Commander 24th February 1944 Escorts 28th February 1944 Ship attacked unsuccessfully 2nd March 1944 Pathfinders used to mark target 3rd March 1944 Three wave attack 4th March 1944 Bombing sortie 5th March 1944 Fighter sweep 11th March 1944 Sweep over the Channel Islands 17th March 1944 Convoy escort duties 18th March 1944 Move to Manston 21st March 1944 Typhoon Shot down in Holland 25th March 1944 Damaged aircraft land safe 27th March 1944 Pilot killed in practice 1st April 1944 Stand down from ops 11th April 1944 Relocated to Practice Camp 22nd April 1944 Rocket Firing Practice 23rd April 1944 Rocket ops 25th April 1944 Successful attack 26th April 1944 Wing sortie over Dieppe 27th April 1944 V1 launch site attacked 29th April 1944 Railway hit at Le Havre 30th April 1944 Three sorties 1st May 1944 Typhoon Pilot survived crash landing 2nd May 1944 Australian pilot killed 3rd May 1944 Wing attack on railway target 6th May 1944 Old hands posted 7th May 1944 River shipping attacked 9th May 1944 Another shipping attack 10th May 1944 Night flying training 11th May 1944 Maximum effort 12th May 1944 Two sorties 13th May 1944 Road and railcommunications attacked 18th May 1944 ME109's shot down 19th May 1944 Difficult flight ends well 21st May 1944 USAAF Thunderbolts chased by Typhoons 23rd May 1944 Pilot killed at Bayeux 24th May 1944 Two ops 28th May 1944 Two sorties 29th May 1944 ME109's shot down 2nd June 1944 Two ops and a dance 3rd June 1944 Aircraft painted 5th June 1944 Three ops and a secret lecture 6th June 1944 Killed in borrowed aircraft 6th June 1944 D-Day - 3 Typhoon pilots lost 7th June 1944 Ground attack sorties 8th June 1944 Bad weather 10th June 1944 Wing Commander killed 13th June 1944 Evening sorties 14th June 1944 Beachhead airfield used 18th June 1944 Relocated between ops 20th June 1944 Railway attacked 22nd June 1944 Relocated again 24th June 1944 Typhoon pilot taken PoW 29th June 1944 Dog fight over Normandy 29th June 1944 5 Me109s shot down 3rd July 1944 Flight leader abandoned Typhoon over the Channel 4th July 1944 Barges attacked 8th July 1944 First op from Landing ground in Normandy 12th July 1944 Squadron Commander killed 14th July 1944 Withdrawn for practice RP firing 25th July 1944 Move to Normandy 27th July 1944 Four Operations 31st July 1944 Soldier killed in air crash 3rd August 1944 VCP operations 7th August 1944 Typhoon pilots watch heavy bomber raid 9th August 1944 104 sorties by the Wing 17th August 1944 8 Typhoons attacked by 50 ME109's 18th August 1944 Tanks and transport attacked 20th August 1944 Mass wing attack on tanks 23rd August 1944 Pilots inspect the damage they had caused 2/3rd September 1944 Sweep to England and back to France 6th September 1944 No flying then moved again 9th September 1944 Landing ground u/s 10th September 1944 Operations resumed 20th September 1944 Sortie aborted 26th September 1944 Flight Leader missing 29th October 1944 Into Belgium 1st November 1944 Operation Infatuate 2nd November 1944 Six operations on Walcheren 3rd November 1944 Operation Infatuate 4th November 1944 Operation Infatuate 5th November 1944 Attacks on Walcheren 6th November 1944 Operation Infatuate 7th November 1944 Operation Infatuate 8th November 1944 Targets at Dunkirk attacked 9th November 1944 Dunkirk attacked 19th November 1944 Typhoon pilot killed 26th November 1944 Move into the Netherlands 1st January 1945 Shot down by friendly fire 2nd January 1945 RAF support for American offensive 13th January 1945 Wing Commnader killed in flying accident 19th January 1945 Squadron returns to base 22nd January 1945 Operations resume 24th January 1945 Pilot evades capture 8th February 1945 Australian Typhoon pilot taken PoW 11th February 1945 Promotions and postings 22nd February 1945 Two SAAF Typhoon pilots lost 24th February 1945 Recce 28th February 1945 New pilot missing 2nd March 1945 German pontoon bridge destroyed 5th March 1945 Reverting to dive-bomber role 9th March 1945 Dive-bombing 21st March 1945  Wing Moves to New Airbase 24th March 1945 Operation Varsity 1st April 1945 Two Typhoon pilots fail to return 2nd April 1945 Pilot injured in crash 5th April 1945 Two pilots injured in crash 7th April 1945 Two flight commanders injured in road crash 12th April 1945 Hospital bombed in error 17th April 1945 Wing Moved again 17th April 1945 Move into Germany 4th May 1945 C/O shot down on shipping recces 5th May 1945 C.O. released 27th May 1945 Relocated in Germany 16th June 1945 Squadron returned from Germany If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. 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