No. 577 Squadron RAF explained

Unit Name:No. 577 Squadron RAF
Dates:1 December 1943 – 15 June 1946
Branch: Royal Air Force
Role:anti-aircraft co-operation unit
Identification Symbol Label:Squadron Badge heraldry
Identification Symbol 2:3Y (Dec 1943 – Jun 1946)
Identification Symbol 2 Label:Squadron Codes

No. 577 Squadron was an anti-aircraft co-operation unit of the Royal Air Force formed during World War II and active from December 1943 till June 1946 in the defence of the Midlands.

History

577 squadron was formed on 1 December 1943 at RAF Castle Bromwich from elements of nos.6, 7 and 8 anti-aircraft cooperation units (AACU). It operated a varied lot of aircraft on airfields and bases all over the Midlands and Wales. On 15 June 1946 the squadron disbanded at Castle Bromwich.

Aircraft operated

Aircraft operated by no. 577 Squadron RAF, data from! From !! To !! Aircraft !! Version
December 1943 July 1945 Mk.IV
December 1943 June 1946 Mks.I, II
May 1944 July 1945 Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIc
November 1944 July 1945 Mk.I
April 1945 June 1946 Mk.IV
June 1945 August 1945 Mk.Vb
June 1945 June 1946 Supermarine Spitfire LF.16e
Mk.I

Squadron bases

Bases and airfields used by no. 577 Squadron RAF, data from ! From !! To !! Base !! Remark
1 December 1943 15 June 1946 Dets. at RAF Wrexham, Wrexham; RAF Sealand, Flintshire;
RAF Montford Bridge, Shropshire; RAF Shobdon, Herefordshire;
RAF Bodorgan, Anglesey; RAF Ipswich, Suffolk;
RAF Mona, Anglesey; RAF Fairwood Common, Glamorgan;
RAF Woodvale, Merseyside; RAF Atcham, Shropshire;
RAF Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria and RAF Hawarden, Cheshire

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