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No. 239 Squadron Royal Air Force    No 239 Squadron was formed in August 1918 as an anti-submarine unit and was disbanded in May 1919. No 239 re-formed in September 1940 at Hatfield for Army co-operation duties, flying Lysanders, then Tomahawks and Hawker Hurricanes. It moved to Scotland in 1943 where it received Mosquitoes for the transfer to night-fighter tasks. By late 1943 the squadron was in West Raynham as part of No 100 Bomber Support Group. Until the end of the war it flew intruder missions over Germany to intercept and destroy enemy fighters attempting to intercept the heavy bombers. No 239 was disbanded on the 1st of July, 1945. Airfields No. 239 Squadron flew from: RAF Fairlop, Essex from 21st June 1943 (Fighter Command. Mustang I) RAF Hornchurch, Essex from 15th August 1943 RAF Ayr, Ayrshire from 30th September 1943 (Beaufighter If) RAF Little Snoring, Norfolk from 9th December 1943 (Bomber Command) RAF West Raynham, Norfolk from 1st January 1944 (Mosquito II, Mosquito VI, Mosquito XXX) disbanded the 1st July 1945   15th June 1942 Squadron reformed 8th April 1943 Squadron moved into tents 7th September 1943. Serrate system trials completed 3rd December 1943 New radar equipped fighter force approved 4th December 1943 Transfer to Bomber Command 20th January 1944 Operations June 1944 Luftwaffe responds to AI Radar development 16th January 1945 Successful sortie 23rd February 1945 Wireless Investigation aircraft lost 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. 239 Squadron Royal Air Force during the Second World War 1939-1945. Strange John William Mansfield . Flt.Sgt. 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. 239 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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John William Mansfield "Towser" Strange 239 Squadron I believe my father John Strange, arrived at RAF West Raynham in November 1944 and was a Navigator flying in Mosquito Night Fighters. The Pilot he flew with most often was Flight Sergeant Thomas Lang. Both stayed with 239 Squadron until its apparent Disbandment in 1945. Dads record in his flight book finishes at this point but I know he ended up teaching new Recruits at RAF Cosford in the West Midlands until he was de-mobbed. Dad did not speak often about his service other than I knew many of the aircraft types he had flown in, and I knew he had trained initially in Canada. I am sure I am not on my own when I say I had asked more questions before he died. He never mentioned his Night Fighter and Night Intruder service, I only discovered this when I found his Flight Record Log. John Worthington Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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