No. 530 Squadron RAF explained
| Unit Name: | No. 530 Squadron RAF |
| Dates: | 8 Sep 1942 – 25 Jan 1943 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Branch: | Royal Air Force |
| Role: | Turbinlite nightfighter squadron |
| Command Structure: | No. 11 Group RAF, Fighter Command |
| Identification Symbol Label: | Squadron Badge heraldry |
| Identification Symbol 2: | NH (Sep 1942 - Jan 1943, reported but not confirmed) |
| Identification Symbol 2 Label: | Squadron Codes |
No. 530 Squadron RAF was one of the ten Turbinlite nightfighter squadrons of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
History
No. 530 Squadron was formed at RAF Hunsdon, Hertfordshire on 8 September 1942, from No. 1451 (Turbinlite) Flight, as part of No. 11 Group RAF in Fighter Command. Instead of operating only Turbinlite and -rudimentary- Airborne Intercept (AI) radar equipped aircraft (Havocs and Bostons) and working together with a normal nightfighter unit, such as with 3 Squadron in the Flight, the unit now also flew with their own Hawker Hurricanes. It was disbanded at Hunsdon on 25 January 1943, when Turbinlite squadrons were, due to lack of success on their part and the rapid development of AI radar, thought to be superfluous.
Aircraft operated
Aircraft operated by no. 530 Squadron RAF, data from! From !! To !! Aircraft !! Version| 8 September 1942 | 25 January 1943 | | Mks.I, II |
| 8 September 1942 | 25 January 1943 | | Mks.II, III |
| 8 September 1942 | 25 January 1943 | | Mk.IIc | |
Squadron bases
Bases and airfields used by no. 530 Squadron RAF, data from! From !! To !! Base| 8 September 1942 | 25 January 1943 | RAF Hunsdon, Hertfordshire | |
Commanding officers
Officers commanding no. 530 Squadron RAF, data from! From !! To !! Name| 8 September 1942 | 25 January 1943 | S/Ldr. C.M. Miller, DFC | |
Bibliography
- Book: Delve, Ken . The Source Book of the RAF . Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK . Airlife Publishing . 1994 . 1-85310-451-5.
- Book: Flintham . Vic . Andrew . Thomas . Combat Codes: A Full Explanation and Listing of British, Commonwealth and Allied Air Force Unit Codes since 1938 . Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK . Airlife Publishing Ltd. . 2003 . 1-84037-281-8.
- Book: Halley, James J. . The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth, 1918–1988 . 1988 . Tonbridge, Kent, UK . Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd.. 0-85130-164-9 .
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- Book: Rawlings, John . Fighter Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft . London . Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd. . 1978 . Revised . 1969 . 0-354-01028-X.
- Book: Sturtivant, Ray, ISO . John . Hamlin . RAF Flying Training And Support Units since 1912. Tonbridge, Kent, UK . Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. . 2007 . 0-85130-365-X.
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