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No. 113 Squadron Royal Air Force     10th June 1940 RAF resources in Egypt 11th June 1940 Italian airfield bombed 12th June 1940 Italian ship bombed 13th June 1940 Bombers told to hold back 14th June 1940 In Action 16th June 1940 Attack on Tobruk 29th June 1940 Three Blenheims lost 4th August 1940 Melee 16th September 1940 Crash Landing 18th September 1940  CO shot down 30th September 1940 Shot down 26th November 1940 Missing in action 8th December 1940 Attacks Made 20th December 1940 Failed to return 19th January 1941 Attack on Tobruk 21st January 1941 Assault on Tobruk 22nd January 1941  Into Tobruk 9th February 1941 Relocated 25th February 1941 Return to Egypt 26th March 1941 Move to Greece 28th March 1941 Battle of Matapan 31st March 1941 Arrival in Greece 1st April 1941 Move up north 3rd April 1941 Moved on 14th April 1941 German aircraft shot down 15th April 1941 Evacuation from Greece 15th April 1941 Evacuation 16th April 1941 Battle of Athens 16th April 1941 Holed up 20th April 1941 Departure from Greece 27th April 1941 Respite in Palestine 4th May 1941 Relief troops arrive 1st June 1941 Back to the Western Desert 10th June 1941 Back on operations 20th June 1941 Beaufighters recovered 2nd July 1941 Missing in Action 15th July 1941 Radio beacon 9th August 1941 Shot down by friendly fire 19th August 1941 Crash during training 31st August 1941 Attack on Benghazi 22nd September 1941 Crash during practice 24th September 1941 Detachment to Malta 26th September 1941 Maritime patrol 28th September 1941 Shipping attacked 30th September 1941 Detachment ended 20th October 1941 Two Blenheims lost 5th November 1941 Move to Hell 6th November 1941 Airfield attacked 12th November 1941 Airfield bombed 18th November 1941 Behind enemy lines 19th November 1941 Crash on take-off 22nd November 1941 Airfield attacked 12th December 1941 Airmen killed in action 19th December 1941 Rest and new aircraft 24th December 1941 Christmas leave cancelled 30th December 1941 Departure from Egypt 1st January 1942 Embarked from Egypt for the Far East 7th January 1942 60 Squadron dispersed 7th January 1942 Bombers attack Bangkok 8th January 1942 Relocated to Rangoon 10th January 1942 Move to Toungoo 16th January 1942 Flight to Burma 16th January 1942 Daily attacks 18th January 1942 Airfields evacuated 20th January 1942 In transit to Burma 21st Jan 1942 Defence of Rangoon 22nd January 1942 Bomber raid intercepted 24th January 1942 Attack on Bangkok 25th January 1942 Bangkok bombed 26th January 1942 Relocated to Burma 27th January 1942 Ground crew arrive in Burma 28th January 1942 Ground crew arrive at Toungoo 29th January 1942 Bangkok bombed 29th January 1942 More ground crew arrive 30th January 1942 Retreat to Zayatkwin 10th February 1942 On the move 13th February 1942 Japanese bases and supply lines attacked 16th February 1942 Arrival in Burma 21st February 1942 Pilots turned back 21st February 1942 Japanese column attacked 22nd February 1942 RAF in Burma reorganised 23rd February 1942 Civilian evacuation from Burma 26th February 1942 Move back towards Rangoon 4th March 1942 Bomber shot down 6th March 1942 'Kutcha' airstrip abandoned 15th March 1942 Support for Java 21st March 1942 Fighting retreat from Java 23rd March 1942 Ground support in Burma 24th March 1942 Evacuation of Magwe 25th March 1942 Back to India 29th March 1942 Walk to China 31st March 1942  Re-equipped 10th April 1942 Detachment to China 12th April 1942 Operations resumed 15th April 1942 Withdrawal from Java 16th April 1942 2nd Detachment to China 19th April 1942 Blenheim lost over Burma 21st April 1942 3rd Detachment to China 24th April 1942 Blenheim lost over Burma 30th April 1942 Squadrons reorganised 30th April 1942 Detachment to support the Chindits May 1942 Reformed 23rd May 1942 Missing in a storm 31st May 1942  Collision on landing 6th June 1942 Attack on supply ship 18th June 1942 Missing in Action 6th July 1942 Ground and river Attacks 8th July 1942 Severe injuries 14th August 1942 Security patrols by Blenheim bomber 20th August 1942 Aircrew murdered 26th August 1942 Civil unrest 30th August 1942 45 Squadron back to operations 9th Sept 1942 Aircraft Lost 12th September 1942  Killed in an accident 20th September 1942 Storm damage 11th October 1942  Killed in training 10th November 1942 113 Squadron Blenheim Shot down 12th December 1942 Major raid on Mandalay 19th December 1942 On the move 20th December 1942  Shot down at Magwe 4th May 1943 Bogged down in mud 6th June 1943 Crash on landing July 1943 Long hours 15th August 1943  Stood down for new aircraft 9th November 1943 Camp flooded 20th December 1943 Move to Manipur Road 22nd March 1944 Move to Imphal 23rd March 1944 Two pilots shot 30th March 1944 Moved back 25th May 1944 Move back to the Imphal Valley 22nd June 1944 Allies take control of Manipur Road 3rd July 1944 Seige lifted 4th July 1944 Aircraft destroyed on the ground 26th August 1944 R & R 12 September 1944 Railway bombed 31st October 1944 Record sorties flown 20 November 1944 Mid-air collision 19th December 1944 Back into Burma 23rd January 1945 On the move 24th February 1945 Crossing the Irrawaddy 8th March 1945 Attack on Mandalay 14th March 1945  Move to the south 24th April 1945 Thunderbolts arrive 3rd July 1945 Japanese breakout attempted 15th July 1945  Battle of Sittang Bend 21st July 1945 Battle a disaster for Japan 17th August 1945 Back to Rangoon 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. 113 Squadron Royal Air Force during the Second World War 1939-1945. Brazier Wilfred Healey. Cpl. Harper DFC Clifton Watt. Sq.Ldr. (d.18th June 1942) 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. 113 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. 113 Squadron Royal Air Force? There are:2148 items tagged No. 113 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. Cpl. Wilfred Healey "Frank" Brazier 113 Squadron Frank Brazier is my stepfather, he is now 97 yrs old and loves to talk of his time in 23 and 113 Squadrons. Obviously at such an age conversation isn't easy but he is in great shape considering his age. Only the other day he was telling me about when the Japanese were attacking the airfield in Burma and the Army were taking a pounding to protect the RAF guys that were trying to keep the Hurri Bombers in the air, apparently the British and Japanese soldiers were shooting at each other across a tennis court that was nearby. Also the times he had to vacate various countries in a bit of a hurry and lost 3 sets of kit for each time he raced off. Apparently in peace time he would have been put on a charge for that. Clive Allen Add to this record. Sq.Ldr. Clifton Watt Harper DFC 113 Sqdn. (d.18th June 1942) Squadron Leader Harper DFC, was a member of both 34 and 113 Squadrons during WWII. He was killed in action on 18th June 1942 while bombing Japanese supply lines in Burma. I believe he was one of the first ten Canadians recruited by the RAF in 1939, under the Commonwealth Air Training Plan, to train other Canadians (and Commonwealth) pilots. S/L Harper trained pilots in England and Rhodesia before transferring to Libya, then Singapore, Sumatra and ultimately Burma. I have only the last names of other original pilot officer recruits: Hale, Bligh, McDonald, Bagg, Waterton, Romans, Howitt, Stevens and, I believe, Goodyear. S/L Harper is commemorated on Col 411 of the Singapore Memorial. Tom Philip Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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