No. 1455 Flight RAF explained

Unit Name:	No. 1455 Flight RAF
Dates:	7 Jul 1941 – 2 Sep 1942
Branch:	Royal Air Force
Role:	Night Fighter (Turbinlite)
Command Structure:	No. 11 Group RAF, Fighter Command^[1]
Identification Symbol:	No known badge
Identification Symbol Label:	Squadron Badge heraldry
Identification Symbol 2:	No known identification code for the flight is known to have been carried
Identification Symbol 2 Label:	Squadron Codes

No. 1455 (Fighter) Flight was formed at RAF Tangmere, West Sussex on 7 July 1941, equipped with Turbinlite Douglas Boston and Douglas Havoc aircraft.^[2] On operations they co-operated with the Hawker Hurricanes of 1 Squadron and 3 Squadron.^[3] The flight was replaced with 534 Squadron on 2 September 1942.^{[4] [5]}

534 Sqn, which had taken over men and machines, carried on flying the Turbinlite Bostons and Havocs till the system was abandoned on 25 January 1943,^[6] when Turbinlite squadrons were, due to lack of success on their part and the rapid development of AI radar, thought to be superfluous.^[7]

Aircraft operated

Aircraft operated by no. 1455 Flight RAF, data from! From !! To !! Aircraft !! Version

7 July 1941	2 September 1942		Mk.I (Turbinlite)
7 July 1941	2 September 1942		Mk.I
7 July 1941	2 September 1942	Douglas Havoc	Mk.II (Turbinlite)
7 July 1941	2 September 1942		Mk.II (Turbinlite)
7 July 1941	2 September 1942	Douglas Boston	Mk.III (Turbinlite)

Flight bases

Bases and airfields used by no. 1455 Flight RAF, data from! From !! To !! Base

7 July 1941

2 September 1942

RAF Tangmere, West Sussex

Commanding officers

Officers commanding no. 1455 Flight RAF, data from! From !! To !! Name

7 July 1941	January 1942	S/Ldr. J. Latimer, DFC
January 1942	2 September 1942	S/Ldr. G.O. Budd, DFC

References

Notes

Bibliography

• Delve, Ken. The Source Book of the RAF. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1994. .
• Halley, James J. The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918-1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1988. .
• Jefford, C.G. RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988 (second edition 2001). .
• Lake, Alan. Flying Units of the RAF. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1999. .
• Rawlings, John D.R. Fighter Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft. London: Macdonald & Jane's (Publishers) Ltd., 1969 (2nd edition 1976, reprinted 1978). .
• Sturtivant, Ray, ISO and John Hamlin. RAF Flying Training And Support Units since 1912. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 2007. .

External links

• Aircraft and Markings of no. 511-598 sqn, amongst them 534 sqn, the successor of 1455 flt.

Notes and References

1. Delve 1994, p. 57.
2. Lake 1999, p. 90.
3. Rawlings 1978, p. 465.
4. Sturtivant and Hamlin 2007, p. 123.
5. Jefford 2001, p. 97.
6. Halley 1988, p. 403.
7. Rawlings 1978, p. 463.