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No. 184 Squadron Royal Air Force   1st December 1942 New Squadron formed Dec 1942 Move 22nd December 1942 Aircraft arrive 1st January 1943 First flying practice 5th January 1943 Flight Commanders appointed 10th January 1943 Low flying training 14th January 1943 Firing practice 23rd January 1943 Flight allotted Feb 1943 Move 3rd February 1943 Low Attack Course 7th February 1943 RAF exercise with Home Guard 13th February 1943 Use of Vickers gun suspended 15th February 1943 Squadron at full strength 16th February 1943 Airmen on tank course 18th February 1943 Training at Milfield 22nd February 1943 Preparations for Exercise Spartan 24th February 1943 Crashed at bomber station 27th February 1943 Preparations for Exercise Spartan 28th February 1943 Preparations for Exercise Spartan 1st March 1943 Exercise Spartan begins 2nd March 1943 Exercise Spartan 3rd March 1943 Exercise Spartan 3rd March 1943 Exercise Spartan 4th March 1943 Exercise Spartan 5th March 1943 Exercise Spartan 6th March 1943 Exercise Spartan 7th March 1943 Exercise Spartan 8th March 1943 Exercise Spartan 9th March 1943 Exercise Spartan 9th March 1943 Exercise Spartan 10th March 1943 Exercise Spartan pilot killed 10th March 1943 Exercise Spartan 11th March 1943 Exercise Spartan 12th March 1943 Exercise Spartan ends 31st March 1943 Training continues despite Uncertainty 4th April 1943 Aircraft move to new airbase 6th April 1943 Squadron reunited 9th April 1943 Army cooperation training policy agreed 13th April 1943 Rockets fitted to Hurricanes 16th April 1943 Tank attacks practiced 26th April 1943 Rocket firing demonstration 4th May 1943 Return 7th May 1943 Exercise Welsh 14th May 1943 Attack ops directed from the ground 19th May 1943 Pilots sent on training course 23rd May 1943 Exercise ‘Non-Stop’ 27th May 1943 Exercise Non-stop ends 31st May 1943 All pilots away for low level flying course 31st May 1943 Departure 1st June 1943 Training with the Canadians 5th June 1943 Film stars 12th June 1943 Squadron moves for offensive ops 17th June 1943 184 Squadron's First Operation 21st June 1943 Missed rendezvous 28th June 1943 Hurricane Pilot lost on shipping attack 15/16th July 1943 Missing on patrol 22nd July 1943 Low flying accident 30th/31st July 1943 Flight Commander missing from firing practice 9th August 1943 Redistribution of duties 14th August 1943 Hurribombers move base 18th August 1943 Training with the Canadians 2nd September 1943 3 aircraft lost in attack on Dutch coast 15th September 1943 Pilot rescued by Polish sergeant 16th September 1943 Exercise Link 17th September 1943 Exercise Link ends 20th September 1943 Rocket firing demo 28th September 1943 Rhubarb aborted 5th October 1943 Spitfires arrive for flying practice 12th October 1943 Airfield moves 1st November 1943 Exercise delayed by fog 2nd November 1943 Exercise Brigadoon 3rd November 1943 Exercise Brigadoon ends with tanks destroyed 13th November 1943 WAAF killed in air accident 5th December 1943 Operational again in the mud 14th December 1943 Attack on V1 launch site 21st December 1943 Hurricane pilot missing off Dungeness 24th December 1943 Typhoon delivered 6th January 1944 Revised roacket attack plan 11th January 1944 Attack on V1 launch site 14th January 1944 V1 site attacked 21st January 1944 German bombers shot down near RAF Detling 30th January 1944 Theatre performance in camp 4th February 1944 Difficult day with nothing achieved 8th February 1944 V1 launch sites attacked 13th February 1944 Pilot killed on air test 6th March 1944 New aircraft not ready 7th March 1944 New Typhoons for 184 Squadron 11th March 1944 Final Hurricane ops 11th Mar 1944 Move 3rd April 1944 Making camp in a downpour 3rd Apr 1944 Departure 6th April 1944 No room in the inn 23rd April 1944 Move again 28th April 1944 184 Squadron's first op in Typhoons 7th May 1944 Pilot parachuted into the Channel 13th May 1944 Ineffective exercises 19th May 1944 Hus-hust mission to Cherbourg 21st May 1944 Pilot taken PoW in Netherlands 25th May 1944 Pilot lost over railway target 2nd/3rd June 1944 Wrong target hit at Barfleur 5th June 1944 Briefing 6th June 1944 Steak and onions 7th June 1944 Three Typhoons shot down over Normandy 8th June 1944 No enemy activity seen 13th June 1944 Three sorties 14th June 1944 Landing strip in Normandy used 16th June 1944 Dust 17th June 1944 Move airbase 18th June 1944 Oil dump bombed 23rd June 1944 Stuck in France 24th June 1944 Return to England 25th June 1944 Typhoons grounded due to dust 27th June 1944 Squadron moved to France without aircraft 6th July 1944 Back on ops in France 10th July 1944 Replacement aircraft obtained 14th July 1944 Wing disbanded 15th July 1944 Settling in 18th July 1944 Cab-rank operations 30th July 1944 V.C.P. Patrols 2nd August 1944 Replacement aircraft arrive in France 3rd August 1944 Visit by Lord Trenchard 5th August 1944 New Commanding Officer 7th August 1944 Typhoon shot down 8th August 1944 Canadian braodcasting unit at airstrip 13th August 1944 Air attacks on Falaise 15th August 1944 Foul weather prevents air support 17th August 1944 Dog Fight over Normandy 18th August 1944 Two Canadian pilots killed 19th August 1944 Three air attacks at Falaise 28th August 1944 Squadron Moves 2nd September 1944 Moved again 4th September 1944 Yet another move 8th September 1944 R.P. rails removed 10th September 1944 Attacks on shipping 17th September 1944 Move into Belgium 23rd September 1944 Airfield bombarded 24th September 1944 Support for troops in Arnhem 25th September 1944 Enemy fighters over Arnhem 30th September 1944 Move into Holland 5th October 1944 Trains and aerodromes attacked 7th October 1944 New Commanding Officer 19th October 1944 Canadian show 10th November 1944 New C.O. arrives 28th November 1944  Typhoon shot down over the Ruhr 1st December 1944 Typhoons Moving back to England delayed 2nd December 1944 Typhoons diverted to Tangmere 3rd December 1944 Three pilots killed on transit flights 4th December 1944 Squadron arrives Warmwell for training 13th December 1944 Traing programme success 18th December 1944 Typhoons return to Holland 23rd December 1944 Abortive sortie 24th December 1944 Grandstand view of heavy bomber raid 25th December 1944 Trains destroyed 27th December 1944 Two SAAF pilots lost 1st January 1945 Railways attacked 7th January 1945 Interesting Burma talk 14th January 1945 Experiment carrying double banked rockets 22nd January 1945 High serviceability 21st February 1945 One Typhoon pilot killed and one missing 21st March 1945 Move into Germany 24th March 1945 Operation Varsity 25th March 1945 Close air support to the army 26th March 1945 Record day for 184 Squadron 28th March 1945 Cab rank operations 30th March 1945 Attacks on Munster 31st March 1945 MT attacked 6th April 1945 Stomach troubles 8th April 1945 Packing exercise 10th April 1945 Sunbathing between ops 11th April 1945 Move at short notice 12th April 1945 More pilots transfer in 16th April 1945 Petrol scarce in Holland 17th April 1945 Packing up again 18th April 1945 Captured pilot returns 19th April 1945 Move to new airfield attacked 25th April 1945 Flight commander killed 3rd May 1945 Record Day 6th May 1945 Return to England planned 28th May 1945 Pilot killed returning to Germany 2nd August 1945 Move to Denmark 15th August 1945 VJ Day flight 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. 184 Squadron Royal Air Force during the Second World War 1939-1945. Laflamme Henry Mathias. Flt.Lt. (d.30th July 1944) Russell-Smith . Russell-Smith S. J.. F/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. 184 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. If you would like to support us, a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting and admin or this site will vanish from the web. 22nd April 2024 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 263973 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. Looking for help with Family History Research?   Please read our Family History FAQ's The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. 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. 184 Squadron Royal Air Force? There are:2180 items tagged No. 184 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. Henry Mathias Laflamme 33 Squadron (d.30th July 1944) My cousin, Mat Laflamme, was posted to 33 Squadron in November of 1942 as a Hurricane pilot. He later flew Typhoons with 184 Squadron over Normandy. He was shot down and killed on the 30th of July 1944. Paul Chamois Add to this record. Russell-Smith 174 Sqdn. My father served with 174 and 184 Typhoon Squadrons until they both disbanded. I have some ORBs for 184 plus a few photos and would be interested to hear from anyone else who served in these squadrons. Dave Russell-Smith Add to this record. F/O S. J. "Junior" Russell-Smith 184 Sqd. My Father F/O S J Russell Smith (or 'Junior') who flew for a short period with 184. He's sitting on on the wing, extreme right, taken in Germany 1945. Here are some photo's I have received while doing my research on 184 Squadron, I would like to share them with the world rather than being confined to my computer. Ron, Andy and John, 184 Sqd ground crew with a Typhoon in Holland 1944. BR-A with ground crew BR-M undergoing maintainance. BR-D undergoing maintainance 184 Squadron in 1945 BR-N JR194 A Typhoon of 184 Sqd in post war colours. 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