Název: Name: | 172. peruť RAF | No. 172 Squadron RAF |
Originální název: Original Name: | No. 172 Squadron RAF | |
Datum vzniku: Raised/Formed: | 04.04.1942 | |
Předchůdce: Predecessor: | 1417. letka RAF | No. 1417 Flight RAF |
Datum zániku: Disbanded: | 04.06.1945 | |
Nástupce: Successor: | - | - |
Nadřízené velitelství: Higher Command: | DD.04.1942-DD.09.1944 19. skupina RAF DD.09.1944-DD.06.1945 15. skupina RAF | DD.04.1942-DD.09.1944 No. 19 Group RAF DD.09.1944-DD.06.1945 No. 15 Group RAF |
Dislokace: Deployed: | 04.04.1942-01.09.1944 Braunton, Royal Air Force Station Chivenor 01.09.1944-04.06.1945 Limavady, Royal Air Force Station Limavady | |
Velitel: Commander: | 04.04.1942-DD.10.1942 Russell, John Bernard (Wing Commander) DD.10.1942-DD.03.1943 Brolly, J. B. (Wing Commander) DD.03.1943-DD.08.1943 Musson, R. G. (Wing Commander) DD.08.1943-DD.05.1944 Palmer, E. G. (Wing Commander) DD.05.1944-DD.06.1944 Petrie, K. (Wing Commander) DD.06.1944-DD.04.1945 Ramsay Smith, S. R. (Wing Commander) DD.04.1945-04.06.1945 Payne, C. E. (Wing Commander) | |
Výzbroj: Armament: | DD.04.1942-DD.03.1943 Vickers Wellington Mk.VIII DD.12.1942-DD.10.1943 Vickers Wellington Mk.XII DD.08.1943-DD.06.1945 Vickers Wellington Mk.XIV | |
Poznámka: Note: | kódové označení LF (přidělen 04.1939-09.1939) WN (1942-1943) 1 (08.1943-07.1944) OG (07.1944-06.1945) historie jednotky | Squadron Codes LF (Allocated 04.1939-09.1939) WN (1942-1943) 1 (08.1943-07.1944) OG (07.1944-06.1945) Units History |
Zdroje: Sources: | HALLEY, James J. The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918–1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1988. ISBN 0-85130-164-9. JEFFORD, Wing Commander C.G., MBE, BA, RAF(Retd.). RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988 (second edition 2001). ISBN 1-85310-053-6. RAWLINGS, John D. R. Coastal, Support and Special Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft. London: Jane's Publishing Company Ltd., 1982. ISBN 0-7106-0187-5. http://www.rafweb.org/Squadrons/Sqn171-175.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._172_Squadron_RAF http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/172squadron.cfm http://www.rafcommands.com/Ross/Coastal/172C.html www.historyofwar.org |