No. 1409 Flight RAF

No. 1409 Flight RAF
No. 1409 Flight RAF
Active 1 April 1943 – 13 May 1946
Country United Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg Royal Air Force
Role meteorological
Part of No. 8 Group RAF, Bomber Command
No. 47 Group RAF, Transport Command
Equipment de Havilland Mosquito 1943–1946
Consolidated B-24 Liberator 1945–1946
Insignia
Squadron Codes AE[1]

1409 (Meteorological) Flight was formed on 1 April 1943 to provide meteorological information for RAF Bomber Command and the USAAF. Equipped with unarmed de Havilland Mosquito aircraft, the crews of the Flight undertook long range meteorological reconnaissance flights until the end of the Second World War in Europe and continued in this role until 1947.

Formed at RAF Oakington[2] as part of the disbandment of 521 Squadron,[3] the Flight was part of No. 8 Group RAF, the Pathfinders. Flying as single aircraft the missions were codenamed PAMPA (Photorecce And Meteorological Photography Aircraft).[2]

In January 1944 the Flight moved to RAF Wyton[2][4] where it remained until July 1945 when it moved to RAF Upwood.[5] In October 1945 the Flight was transferred to No. 47 Group RAF and partially re-equipped with Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft in addition to its Mosquitos at RAF Lyneham.[1] The Flight was disbanded at Lyneham in May 1946.

During the war the Flight flew 1,364 operations for a loss of only 3 aircraft.[6]

Stations

  • RAF Oakington: 1 April 1943 – January 1944
  • RAF Wyton: January 1944 – 4 July 1945
  • RAF Upwood: 4 July 1945 – 10 October 1945
  • RAF Lyneham: 10 October 1945 – 13 May 1946

References

  1. ^ a b Sturtivant, R. C. (15 February 1957). "Below Squadron Status". Flight 71 (2508): 218. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1957/1957%20-%200216.html. Retrieved 24 July 2010. 
  2. ^ a b c Ogden, R. J. (July 2001). Meteorological Services leading to D-Day. Occasional Papers on Meteorological History No. 3. Royal Meteorological Society. p. 11. ISBN 0 948090 17 0. 
  3. ^ McNeill, Ross (August 1999). "No.521 Squadron RAF". RAF Commands. http://www.rafcommands.com/Coastal/521C.html. Retrieved 24 July 2010. 
  4. ^ "PFF Squadrons and Bases". Bennett & The Pathfinders. http://www.ww2-pathfinders.co.uk/Squadron%20List.html. Retrieved 24 July 2010. 
  5. ^ Edwards, Sean (22 August 2006). "Squadrons at RAF Upwood". Raf Upwood. http://www.rafupwood.co.uk/sau.html. Retrieved 24 July 2010. 
  6. ^ "Bomber Command, Campaign Diary April 1943". Royal Air Force Bomber Command 60th Anniversary. Royal Air Force. 6 April 2005. http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/apr43.html. Retrieved 24 July 2010. 



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