No. 33 Squadron RAF, the Glossary

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1. 94 relations: Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma, Air Defence of Great Britain, Avro 504, Battle of Crete, Bloodhound (missile), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bristol F.2 Fighter, British involvement in the Iraq War, Caproni Ca.310, Catterick Garrison, Communism, Court-martial, De Havilland Hornet, De Havilland Venom, Edward VIII, Egypt, England, Fairford, Federation of Malaya, Fiat CR.32, Fiat CR.42 Falco, Fighter aircraft, Filton, Fort Capuzzo, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, German invasion of Greece, Germany, Gilze-Rijen Air Base, Gloster Gladiator, Gloster Javelin, Gloster Meteor, Greco-Italian War, Guerrilla warfare, Gulf War, Hart (deer), Hawker Hart, Hawker Horsley, Hawker Hurricane, Hawker Tempest, Heads in heraldry, Hector McGregor, Heraldic badges of the Royal Air Force, Hong Kong, Iraq, Joint Aviation Command, Kabul, Kai Tak Airport, Kosovo War, Kuala Lumpur, Lincolnshire, ... Expand index (44 more) »

2. Military units and formations in Mandatory Palestine in World War II

Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma

The Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma is a four-bladed, twin-engined medium transport/utility helicopter designed and originally produced by the French aerospace manufacturer Sud Aviation.

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Air Defence of Great Britain

The Air Defence of Great Britain (ADGB) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) command comprising substantial army and RAF elements responsible for the air defence of the British Isles.

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Avro 504

The Avro 504 was a First World War biplane aircraft made by the Avro aircraft company and under licence by others.

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Battle of Crete

The Battle of Crete (Luftlandeschlacht um Kreta, Μάχη της Κρήτης), codenamed Operation Mercury (Unternehmen Merkur), was a major Axis airborne and amphibious operation during World War II to capture the island of Crete.

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Bloodhound (missile)

The Bristol Bloodhound is a British ramjet powered surface-to-air missile developed during the 1950s.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Босна и Херцеговина), sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe, situated on the Balkan Peninsula.

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Bristol F.2 Fighter

The Bristol F.2 Fighter is a British First World War two-seat biplane fighter and reconnaissance aircraft developed by Frank Barnwell at the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company later known as the Bristol Aeroplane Company.

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British involvement in the Iraq War

Operation Telic (Op TELIC) was the codename under which all of the United Kingdom's military operations in Iraq were conducted between the start of the invasion of Iraq on 19 March 2003 and the withdrawal of the last remaining British forces on 22 May 2011.

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Caproni Ca.310

The Caproni Ca.310 Libeccio (Italian: southwest wind) was an Italian monoplane, twin-engine reconnaissance aircraft used in World War II.

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Catterick Garrison

Catterick Garrison is a major garrison and military town south of Richmond, North Yorkshire, England.

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Communism

Communism (from Latin label) is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered around common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products to everyone in the society based on need.

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Court-martial

A court-martial or court martial (plural courts-martial or courts martial, as "martial" is a postpositive adjective) is a military court or a trial conducted in such a court.

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De Havilland Hornet

The de Havilland DH.103 Hornet, developed by de Havilland, was a fighter aircraft driven by two piston engines.

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De Havilland Venom

The de Havilland DH 112 Venom is a British post-war single-engined jet aircraft developed and manufactured by the de Havilland Aircraft Company.

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Edward VIII

Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972), later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication in December of the same year.

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Egypt

Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Fairford

Fairford is a market town in Gloucestershire, England.

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Federation of Malaya

The Federation of Malaya (Malay: Persekutuan Tanah Melayu; Jawi: ڤرسكوتوان تانه ملايو), more commonly known as Malaya, was a country of what previously had been the Malayan Union and, before that, British Malaya.

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Fiat CR.32

The Fiat CR.32 was an Italian biplane fighter used in the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War.

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Fiat CR.42 Falco

The Fiat CR.42 Falco (Falcon, plural: Falchi) is a single-seat sesquiplane fighter developed and produced by Italian aircraft manufacturer Fiat Aviazione.

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Fighter aircraft

Fighter aircraft (early on also pursuit aircraft) are military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat.

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Filton

Filton is a town and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England, north of Bristol.

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Fort Capuzzo

Fort Capuzzo (Ridotta Capuzzo) was a fort in the colony of Italian Libya, near the Libya–Egypt border, next to the Italian Frontier Wire.

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Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

Gainsborough is a market town, inland port and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.

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German invasion of Greece

The German invasion of Greece, also known as the Battle of Greece or Operation Marita (Unternehmen Marita), were the attacks on Greece by Italy and Germany during World War II.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Gilze-Rijen Air Base

Gilze-Rijen Air Base (Vliegbasis Gilze-Rijen) is a military airbase in the south of Netherlands.

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Gloster Gladiator

The Gloster Gladiator is a British biplane fighter.

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Gloster Javelin

The Gloster Javelin is a twin-engined all-weather interceptor aircraft that served with Britain's Royal Air Force from the mid-1950s until the late 1960s.

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Gloster Meteor

The Gloster Meteor was the first British jet fighter and the Allies' only jet aircraft to engage in combat operations during the Second World War.

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Greco-Italian War

The Greco-Italian War (Ellinoïtalikós Pólemos), also called the Italo-Greek War, Italian campaign in Greece, Italian invasion of Greece, and the War of '40 in Greece, took place between Italy and Greece from 28 October 1940 to 23 April 1941.

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Guerrilla warfare

Guerrilla warfare is a form of unconventional warfare in which small groups of irregular military, such as rebels, partisans, paramilitary personnel or armed civilians including recruited children, use ambushes, sabotage, terrorism, raids, petty warfare or hit-and-run tactics in a rebellion, in a violent conflict, in a war or in a civil war to fight against regular military, police or rival insurgent forces.

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Gulf War

The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States.

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Hart (deer)

A hart is a male red deer, synonymous with stag and used in contrast to the female hind; its use may now be considered mostly poetic or archaic.

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Hawker Hart

The Hawker Hart is a British two-seater biplane light bomber aircraft that saw service with the Royal Air Force (RAF).

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Hawker Horsley

The Hawker Horsley was a British single-engined biplane bomber of the 1920s.

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Hawker Hurricane

The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s–40s which was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd.

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Hawker Tempest

The Hawker Tempest is a British fighter aircraft that was primarily used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the Second World War.

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Heads in heraldry

The heads of humans and other animals are frequently occurring charges in heraldry.

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Hector McGregor

Air Marshal Sir Hector Douglas McGregor, (15 February 1910 – 11 April 1973) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.

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Heraldic badges of the Royal Air Force

Heraldic badges of the Royal Air Force are the insignia of certain commands, squadrons, units, wings, groups, branches and stations within the Royal Air Force.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.

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Iraq

Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia and a core country in the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.

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Joint Aviation Command

The Joint Aviation Command (JAC), previously known as Joint Helicopter Command (JHC), is a tri-service organisation uniting battlefield military helicopters of all three services of the British Armed Forces and unmanned aerial vehicles of the British Army for command and coordination purposes.

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Kabul

Kabul is the capital city of Afghanistan.

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Kai Tak Airport

Kai Tak Airport was an international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 until 1998.

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Kosovo War

The Kosovo War (Lufta e Kosovës; Kosovski rat) was an armed conflict in Kosovo that lasted from 28 February 1998 until 11 June 1999.

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Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur, officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur (Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur; 吉隆坡联邦直辖区; கோலாலம்பூர் கூட்டரசு பிரதேசம்) and colloquially referred to as KL, is a federal territory and the capital city of Malaysia.

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Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire, abbreviated Lincs, is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England.

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List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons

Squadrons are the main form of flying unit of the Royal Air Force (RAF). No. 33 Squadron RAF and List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons are Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons.

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Malayan Emergency

The Malayan Emergency, also known as the Anti-British National Liberation War was a guerrilla war fought in British Malaya between communist pro-independence fighters of the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA) and the military forces of the Federation of Malaya, British Empire and Commonwealth.

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Maleme Airport

Maleme Airport (Αεροδρόμιο Μάλεμε) is an airport situated at Maleme, Crete.

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Mandatory Palestine

Mandatory Palestine was a geopolitical entity that existed between 1920 and 1948 in the region of Palestine under the terms of the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine.

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Mozambique

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Africa to the southwest.

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NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states—30 European and 2 North American.

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Netheravon Airfield

Netheravon Airfield is a Ministry of Defence grass strip airfield on Salisbury Plain, in Wiltshire, England.

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Night fighter

A night fighter (later known as all-weather fighter or all-weather interceptor post-Second World War) is a largely historical term for a fighter or interceptor aircraft adapted or designed for effective use at night, during periods of adverse meteorological conditions, or in otherwise poor visibility.

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No. 12 Squadron RAF

Number 12 Squadron, also known as No. No. 33 Squadron RAF and No. 12 Squadron RAF are Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons and Royal Flying Corps squadrons.

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No. 264 Squadron RAF

No. No. 33 Squadron RAF and No. 264 Squadron RAF are Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons.

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No. 30 Squadron RAF

Number 30 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Airbus A400M Atlas transport aircraft and is based at RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire. No. 33 Squadron RAF and No. 30 Squadron RAF are military units and formations in Mandatory Palestine in World War II, Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons and Royal Flying Corps squadrons.

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No. 80 Squadron RAF

Number 80 Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Air Force. No. 33 Squadron RAF and No. 80 Squadron RAF are military units and formations in Mandatory Palestine in World War II, Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons and Royal Flying Corps squadrons.

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Normandy landings

The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War.

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Office of Public Sector Information

The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) is the body responsible for the operation of His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) and of other public information services of the United Kingdom.

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Operation Granby

Operation Granby, commonly abbreviated Op Granby, was the code name given to the British military operations during the 1991 Gulf War.

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Operation Infatuate

Operation Infatuate was the code name given to an Anglo-Canadian operation in November 1944 during the Second World War to open the port of Antwerp to shipping and relieve logistical constraints.

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Operation Overlord

Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful liberation of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II.

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Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon) is a ceremonial county in South East England.

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Pat Pattle

Marmaduke Thomas St John Pattle, (3 July 1914 – 20 April 1941), usually known as Pat Pattle, was a South African-born English Second World War fighter pilot and flying ace (an aviator credited with the destruction of five or more enemy aircraft in aerial combat) of the Royal Air Force (RAF).

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RAF Benson

Royal Air Force Benson or RAF Benson is a Royal Air Force (RAF) station located at Benson, near Wallingford, in South Oxfordshire, England.

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RAF Driffield

Royal Air Force Driffield or RAF Driffield is a former Royal Air Force station in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in England.

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RAF Elsham Wolds

Royal Air Force Elsham Wolds or more simply RAF Elsham Wolds is a former Royal Air Force station in England, which operated in the First World War and the Second World War.

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RAF Kirton in Lindsey

Royal Air Force Kirton in Lindsey or more simply RAF Kirton in Lindsey is a former Royal Air Force station located north of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.

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RAF Leeming

Royal Air Force Leeming or more simply RAF Leeming is a Royal Air Force station located near Leeming, North Yorkshire, England.

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RAF Lympne

Royal Air Force Lympne or more simply RAF Lympne is a former Royal Air Force satellite station in Kent used during the First and Second World Wars.

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RAF Middleton St George

RAF Middleton St George is a former Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Bomber Command station during the Second World War.

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RAF Odiham

Royal Air Force Odiham or more simply RAF Odiham is a Royal Air Force station situated a little to the south of the village of Odiham in Hampshire, England.

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RAF Scampton

Royal Air Force Scampton or RAF Scampton (formerly) is a former Royal Air Force station located adjacent to the A15 road near to the village of Scampton, Lincolnshire, and north-west of the city of Lincoln, England.

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RAF Second Tactical Air Force

The RAF Second Tactical Air Force (2TAF) was one of three tactical air forces within the Royal Air Force (RAF) during and after the Second World War.

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RMAF Butterworth Air Base

RMAF Butterworth (TUDM Butterworth) is an active Air Force Station of the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) situated from Butterworth in Penang, Malaysia.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.

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Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2

The Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 is a British single-engine tractor two-seat biplane, designed and developed at the Royal Aircraft Factory.

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Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2

Between 1911 and 1914, the Royal Aircraft Factory used the F.E.2 ("Farman Experimental 2") designation for three quite different aircraft that shared only a common "Farman" pusher biplane layout.

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Royal Flying Corps

The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the air arm of the British Army before and during the First World War until it merged with the Royal Naval Air Service on 1 April 1918 to form the Royal Air Force.

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Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero

The Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero (Italian for sparrowhawk) was a three-engined Italian medium bomber developed and manufactured by aviation company Savoia-Marchetti.

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Second Battle of El Alamein

The Second Battle of El Alamein (23 October – 11 November 1942) was a battle of the Second World War that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein. The First Battle of El Alamein and the Battle of Alam el Halfa had prevented the Axis from advancing further into Egypt. In October 1942 Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery commander of Eighth Army, opened his offensive against the Axis forces.

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Second Italo-Ethiopian War

The Second Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a war of aggression waged by Italy against Ethiopia, which lasted from October 1935 to February 1937.

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Siegfried Line campaign

The Siegfried Line campaign was a phase in the Western European campaign of World War II, which involved actions near the German defensive Siegfried Line.

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Supermarine Spitfire

The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II.

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Supermarine Spitfire (late Merlin-powered variants)

The British Supermarine Spitfire was facing several challenges by mid-1942.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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Wing commander

Wing commander (Wg Cdr or W/C) is a senior officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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See also

Military units and formations in Mandatory Palestine in World War II

• 335th Squadron (HAF)
• AHQ Levant
• Anders' Army
• Iraq Levies
• No. 10 Squadron RAF
• No. 11 Squadron RAF
• No. 112 Squadron RAF
• No. 127 Squadron RAF
• No. 134 Squadron RAF
• No. 14 Squadron RAF
• No. 154 Squadron RAF
• No. 159 Squadron RAF
• No. 160 Squadron RAF
• No. 162 Squadron RAF
• No. 203 Squadron RAF
• No. 208 Squadron RAF
• No. 211 Squadron RAF
• No. 213 Squadron RAF
• No. 216 Squadron RAF
• No. 232 Squadron RAF
• No. 242 Squadron RAF
• No. 243 Squadron RAF
• No. 249 Squadron RAF
• No. 250 Squadron RAF
• No. 260 Squadron RAF
• No. 261 Squadron RAF
• No. 294 Squadron RAF
• No. 3 Squadron RAAF
• No. 30 Squadron RAF
• No. 318 Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron
• No. 33 Squadron RAF
• No. 37 Squadron RAF
• No. 45 Squadron RAF
• No. 450 Squadron RAAF
• No. 451 Squadron RAAF
• No. 454 Squadron RAAF
• No. 459 Squadron RAAF
• No. 46 Squadron RAF
• No. 47 Squadron RAF
• No. 512 Squadron RAF
• No. 55 Squadron RAF
• No. 6 Squadron RAF
• No. 644 Squadron RAF
• No. 680 Squadron RAF
• No. 70 Squadron RAF
• No. 74 Squadron RAF
• No. 76 Operational Training Unit RAF
• No. 80 Squadron RAF
• No. 84 Squadron RAF

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._33_Squadron_RAF

Also known as 33 Sqn, No. 33 Squadron RFC.

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