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No. 261 Squadron Royal Air Force January 1940 Malta air defence very small 11th June 1940 Malta under attack 21st June 1940 Flying accidents 22nd June 1940 Relief air forces arrive 5th July 1940 New airbase on Malta 13th July 1940 Medal for defence of Malta 14th July 1940 Plan to supply more aircraft to Malta 16th July 1940 Last Hurricane shot down 31st July 1940 Aircraft destroyed 2nd August 1940 Hurricanes arrive in Malta 6th August 1940 New Squadron formed on Malta 15th August 1940 Air raid on airfield 29th August 1940 Relief convoy dispatched to Malta 30th August 1940 Relief convoys successful 15th September 1940 Luftwaffe attack on Malta 17th September 1940 Airfield bombed 27th September 1940 Airfield bombed again 10th October 1940 Malta claims urgent need for reinforcements 2nd November 1940 Airfield bombed 8th November 1940 Civil airfield taken over by RAF 18th November 1940 Hurricanes lost on delivery operation 20th November 1940 On the move 18th January 1941 Malta's Airfields bombed 19th January 1941 Dive bomber attack 26th February 1941 Attack on Luqa aerodrome 7th March 1941 Reconnaissance aircraft lost 25th April 1941 Hurricanes used for reconnaissance 21st May 1941 Hurricanes arrive on Malta 12th July 1941 Armistice 16th May 1943 Dog fight tactics 5th December 1943 Bombers out of range 5th December 1943 Three Hurricanes shot down 9th February 1944 Heel Trap deployed successfully 12th February 1944 No enemy aircraft to be seen 24th March 1944 Move back to Cornwall 3rd November 1944 Attack on airfield January 1945 Airfields bombed 20th January 1945 Battle for Monya 27th January 1945 Japanese artillery silenced 8th February 1945 Aerial bombardment 20th March 1945 Empty fort attacked 25th April 1945 Killed in mid-air collision 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. 261 Squadron Royal Air Force during the Second World War 1939-1945. 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. 261 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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