No. 629 Squadron RAF explained

Unit Name:	No. 629 squadron
Dates:	1999
Branch:	Royal Auxiliary Air Force
Type:	non-flying squadron
Role:	Helicopter Support
Identification Symbol Label:	Squadron Badge heraldry
Identification Symbol 2 Label:	Squadron Codes

No. 629 Squadron RAuxAF was a non-flying squadron of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force formed in 1999 for "Helicopter Support".^[1]

For the period April to September 1939, "No. 629 (Chiltern) Squadron" of the Auxiliary Air Force was allocated the Squadron Code LQ for use by the squadron, were it to be formed, but this did not happen.^[2]

References

Bibliography

• 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, 2001. .

External links

• Squadron histories and more for nos. 621-650 squadron on rafweb

Notes and References

1. http://www.rafweb.org/Sqn605-610.htm No 605 - 610 Squadron Histories, Air of Authority
2. http://www.rafweb.org/Sqn621-650.htm RAFWeb's Air of Authority on page Nos. 621 - 650 Squadron Histories