No. 598 Squadron RAF explained

Unit Name:No. 598 Squadron RAF
Dates:1 December 1943 – 30 April 1945
Branch: Royal Air Force
Role:Anti-aircraft Co-operation Unit
Identification Symbol:No badge authorised[1]
Identification Symbol Label:Squadron badge heraldry
Identification Symbol 2:No squadron codes known to have been carried
Identification Symbol 2 Label:Squadron codes

No. 598 Squadron RAF was an Anti-aircraft Co-operation squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.

History

The squadron was formed on 1 December 1943 at RAF Peterhead, Scotland from No. 1479 Flight RAF and No. 1632 Flight RAF. It was tasked as an Anti-aircraft Co-operation Unit to cover the north east of Scotland and though officially based at Peterhead, it had detachments all over Scotland. The squadron continued in its role to March 1945, when it moved south to RAF Bircham Newton and re-equipped with the Bristol Beaufighter. It disbanded at Bircham Newton on 30 April 1945.

Aircraft operated

Aircraft operated by no. 598 Squadron RAF, data from! From !! To !! Aircraft !! Version
December 1943 January 1944 Mk.IIa
December 1943 April 1945 Mks.I, II
December 1943 April 1945 Mk.I
February 1944 April 1945 Mk.IV
June 1944 April 1945 Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIc
April 1945 April 1945 Mk.I

Squadron bases

Bases and airfields used by no. 598 Squadron RAF, data from ! From !! To !! Base !! Remarks
1 December 1943 12 March 1945 Dets. at RAF Longman, Inverness; RAF Skeabrae, Orkney Islands;
RAF Sumburgh, Shetland Islands; RAF Montrose, Angus and RAF Turnhouse, Edinburgh
12 March 1945 30 April 1945 Dets. at RAF Lympne, Kent; RAF Peterhead, Aberdeenshire and
RAF Hutton Cranswick, East Riding of Yorkshire

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.rafweb.org/Sqn541-598.htm RafWeb's Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation