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No. 198 Squadron Royal Air Force 8th December 1942 New Typhoon Squadron formed 14th January 1943 Army officers attached 21st January 1943 Tiger Moth crash 23rd January 1943 Squadron on the move 30th January 1943 Trade skills shortage 9th February 1943 Move to the north 8th March 1943 Scrambled 24th March 1943 Move south 28th March 1943 Aircraft arrive at Manston 1st April 1943 Pilot killed on first patrol 6th April 1943 Offensive sortie 10th April 1943 Squadron's first Rhubarb 21st April 1943 Air-sea rescue 29th April 1943 Relocated for training 7th May 1943 Back to Exercises 7th May 1943 Postings 15th May 1943 Relocated 16th May 1943 Training programme 26th May 1943 Crashed at sea 5th June 1943 Moved again 10th June 1943 Lucky escapes 12th June 1943 Rescued from the drink 20th June 1943 Killed on test flight 21st June 1943 Escort duty 30th June 1943 Rhubarbs 11th July 1943 Taken PoW 14th July 1943 Night flying duties 20th July 1943 Killed attacking a train 19th August 1943 Airfield closed 23rd August 1943 Relocated again 28th August 1943 Two commanders lost 2nd September 1943 3 aircraft lost in attack on Dutch coast 5th September 1943 Unexplained loss of Tiger Moth 10th September 1943 Pilot lost on shipping strike 13th September 1943 Air sea searches 20th September 1943 Two Typhoons missing 27th September 1943 Two pilots lost 4th October 1943 New C.O. lost 7th October 1943 Crash at sea 10th November 1943 Coastal installations bombed 18th October 1943 Long range sortie cut short 2nd November 1943 Encounter with improved FW190 5th November 1943  20th November 1943 Combat avoided 25th November 1943 Mysterious loss of Typhoon 30th November 1943 Successful attacks 4th December 1943 German bombers destroyed 20th December 1943 Flight Commander killed 21st December 1943 C.O. killed in friendly fire incident 31st December 1943 Pilots killed in collision 1st January 1944 Ship damaged in port 2nd January 1944 Ranger Ops. 3rd January 1944 Canadian pilot missing 4th January 1944 Long range sweep 13th January 1944 Australian pilot killed 20th January 1944 Pilot killed on weather recce 24th January 1944 Coastal Command escort duty 29th January 1944 Flight commander taken PoW 30th January 1944 Best Typhoon results 18th February 1944 Mosquitos bomb prison at Amiens 15th March 1944 Squadrons swap duties 18th March 1944 Move to Manston 22nd April 1944 Rocket Firing Practice 3rd May 1944 Wing attack on railway target 6th June 1944 Killed in borrowed aircraft 10th June 1944 Wing Commander killed 9th August 1944 104 sorties by the Wing 20th August 1944 Mass wing attack on tanks 29th October 1944 Into Belgium 26th November 1944 Move into the Netherlands 13th January 1945 Wing Commnader killed in flying accident 22nd February 1945 Two SAAF Typhoon pilots lost 2nd March 1945 German pontoon bridge destroyed 21st March 1945  Wing Moves to New Airbase 24th March 1945 Operation Varsity 17th April 1945 Wing Moved again 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. 198 Squadron Royal Air Force during the Second World War 1939-1945. Johnson Kenneth. F/O (d.31st Dec 1943) 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. 198 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. 198 Squadron Royal Air Force? There are:2074 items tagged No. 198 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. F/O Kenneth Johnson 198 Sqdn. (d.31st Dec 1943) Kenneth Johnson was in the RAF 198 Squadron and died in a mid-air collision on the 31st December 1943. He lived in Blackpool. His mother's name was Ethel Johnson and father's name was William Johnson. I am searching for anyone who knew Kenneth Johnson or his family. Wendy Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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