No. 184 Squadron RAF
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No. 184 Squadron RAF Active 1942-1945 Country United Kingdom Branch Royal Air Force Motto NIHIL IMPENETRABILE No. 184 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron during the second world war.
History
No.184 Squadron was formed at RAF Colerne on 1 December 1942, as a fighter bomber unit equipped with the Hawker Hurricane. Initially, Mark IIDs with 40 mm anti-tank cannon were received and the squadron trained with the Army in ground attack practice guns, bombs and rockets, replaced the IIDs and rockets became the main anti-tank weapon used by the Second TAF. Attacks on enemy shipping began on 17 June 1943 and cross-channel operations became No.184's main task.
In October 1943, four Spitfires were received for conversion training but in December it was the Typhoons which replaced the Hurricanes. With these the squadron began a series of attacks on enemy communications in preparation for the invasion. On 27 June 1944, the squadron moved to Normandy and supported the 21st Army Group throughout the battle of Normandy and the subsequent advance to the Netherlands by attacking enemy tanks and transport. After spending the winter in the Netherlands, it moved to Germany on 21 March 1945, claiming to be the first squadron based on German soil during World War II on 21 March 1945.
Ground support was continued right up until the end of the war until 184 was disbanded on 10 September 1945 at Flensberg in Germany.
Aircraft operated
Dates Aircraft Variant Notes 1942-1943 Hawker Hurricane IID 1943-1944 Hawker Hurricane IV 1943 Supermarine Spitfire VB 1944-1945 Hawker Typhoon IB References
- History of 184 Squadron with photos supplied by pilots and relatives
- Jefford, C.G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. Airlife Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1 85310 053 6.
Categories:
- Military units and formations established in 1942
- Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons
- Royal Air Force stubs
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