Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
No 511 - 598 Squadron Aircraft & Markings
# Liberator I Oct 1942 - Mar 1944 # Liberator II Oct 1942 - May 1944 # Liberator VII Jul 1944 - Dec 1944 |
# Albemarle I Nov 1942 - Mar 1944 |
Halifax II Dec 1942 - Dec 1942 |
# Dakota Sep 1943 - Jul 1944 |
York C Mk 1 Nov 1943 - Oct 1946, Oct 1946 - Aug 1949 |
# Lancastrian C Mk 2 Oct 1945 - Apr 1946 |
Hastings C Mk 1 Sep 1949 - Sep 1958 # Hastings C Mk 2 May 1952 - Sep 1958
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Britannia C Mk 1 Dec 1959 - Dec 1975
Britannia C Mk 2 Dec 1959 - Dec 1975 The Britannias were centrally pooled and did not carry squadron markings. |
# Dakota I/III Aug 1943 - Mar 1946 |
# Stirling III Oct 1943 - Nov 1943 |
Lancaster II Sep 1943 - Jul 1944
Lancaster I/III Jun 1944 - Aug 1945 |
# Defiant II Oct 1942 - Dec 1943 |
Beaufighter II Jun 1943 - Apr 1944 |
# Mosquito II Feb 1944 - Apr 1944
Mosquito VI Mar 1944 - Jun 1945 |
# Hurricane IIB Apr 1943 - Jun 1943, Dec 1943 - Dec 1944 # Hurricane IIC Dec 1943 - Dec 1944 |
# Lysander II Apr 1943 - Dec 1943 |
# Anson I Apr 1943 - Dec 1944 |
Blenheim IV Apr 1943 - Dec 1944 |
# Mustang I Apr 1943 - Mar 1944 |
# Hampden I Aug 1943 - Dec 1943 |
# Hudson IIIAug 1943 - Sep 1943 |
# Halifax V Nov 1943 - Jun 1945 # Halifax III Mar 1945 - Jun 1946 |
Halifax V Jul 1943 - Jun 1945
Halifax III Mar 1945 - 1946
Halifax VI Mar 1946 - Oct 1946 |
# Spitfire VIISep 1945 - Oct 1946 |
Hurricane IIC Sep 1945 - Oct 1946 |
# Hampden I Aug 1943 - Oct 1943 |
# Spitfire VI Aug 1943 - Nov 1944 # Spitfire VII Nov 1944 - Dec 1945 |
# Hudson IIIASep 1943 - Oct 1943 # Hudson III Aug 1944 - Mar 1945 |
# Ventura V Sep 1943 - Oct 1944 |
# Fortress II Oct 1944 - Sep 1945 |
# Halifax IIIAug 1945 - May 1946 |
# Hudson III Sep 1943 - Mar 1944, Jan 1945 - Jan 1946 |
# Gladiator II Sep 1943 - Aug 1944 |
# Halifax V Feb 1944 - May 1945 |
# Spitfire V Feb 1944 - Apr 1944 |
#
Hurricane IIC Jun 1944 - Apr 1946 |
# Martinet I Sep 1944 - Apr 1946 |
# Halifax IIIMay 1945 - Apr 1946 |
# Warwick I Jul 1945 - Apr 1946 |
# Hudson VI Oct 1945 - Jan 1946 |
# Hudson III Jul 1942 - Mar 1943, Sep 1943 - Dec 1943 |
# Blenheim IV Jul 1942 - Mar 1943 |
# Spitfire V Jul 1942 - Mar 1943 |
# Mosquito IV Jul 1942 - Mar 1943 |
# Gladiator II Jul 1942 - Mar 1943, Sep 1943 - Mar 1945 |
Hampden I Sep 1943 - Dec 1943 |
#
Spitfire IX Sep 1943 - Nov 1945 |
# Hudson VISep 1944 - Mar 1945 |
Ventura V Oct 1943 - Dec 1944 |
Hurricane (Met) IIC Aug 1944 - Nov 1945 |
# Fortress II Dec 1944 - Feb 1946 # Fortress III May 1945 - Feb 1946 |
# Halifax IIIDec 1945 - Mar 1946 |
Mariner I
Oct 1943 - Dec 1943 |
#
Wellington XIII Apr 1944 - Jan 1945 #Wellington XIV Dec 1944 - May 1945 |
# Warwick I Sep 1943 - Sep 1944 # Warwick III Aug 1944 - Sep 1944 |
Dakota III/IV Jun 1944 - Dec 1946 |
# Stirling III Jul 1944 - Nov 1944 |
# Blenheim IV Jun 1943 - May 1945 |
Hornet Moth, Jun 1943 - May 1945 |
# Oxford I Jun 1943 - May 1945 |
# Dominie I Aug 1943 - May 1945 |
Hurricane I Jun 1943 - Sep 1944
Hurricane IIB Jun 1943 - Jul 1945 |
Hornet Moth
Jun 1943 - Sep 1944 |
# Blenheim IV Jun 1943 - May 1945 |
# Spitfire VB Jul 1944 - Apr 1946 |
# Oxford IISep 1944 - Apr 1946 |
# Wellington X Apr 1945 - Apr 1946 |
# Dominie I Apr 1945 - Apr 1946 |
# Mosquito B Mk 35 Aug 1952 - Jan 1954 |
#
Lincoln B Mk 2 Aug 1952 - Sep 1954 |
# Anson C Mk 19 Aug 1952 - Mar 1954 |
Meteor NF Mk 11 Jun 1953 - Jul 1955, Sep 1957 - Nov 1957 Meteor NF Mk 14 Aug 1954 - Oct 1955 |
# Varsity T Mk 1 Jan 1954 - Mar 1956 |
#
Canberra B Mk 2 Dec 1954 - Aug 1958 # Canberra PR Mk 7 Apr 1956 - Jun 1956 |
# Blenheim IV Jun 1943 - Sep 1944 |
Hornet Moth Jun 1943 - Sep 1944 |
Rota I Jun 1943 - Oct 1945 |
Hornet Moth
Jun 1943 - Oct 1945 |
# Rota II Jun 1943 - Jul 1944 |
# Oxford I/II Aug 1944 - Oct 1945 |
Hoverfly I Apr 1945 - Oct 1945 |
Havoc II (Turbinlite) Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 # Boston III (Turbinlite) Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 |
#
Hurricane IIC Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 |
# Havoc I (Turbinlite) Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 # Havoc I Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 # Boston III (Turbinlite) Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 |
#
Hurricane IIC Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 |
Havoc I (Turbinlite) Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 # Boston III Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 # Boston III (Turbinlite) Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 |
#
Hurricane IIC Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 |
# Havoc I (Turbinlite) Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 #Havoc I Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 # Havoc II (Turbinlite) Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 # Boston III (Turbinlite) Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 |
#
Hurricane IIB Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 # Hurricane IIC Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 |
# Havoc I (Turbinlite) Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 # Havoc II (Turbinlite) Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 # Boston III (Turbinlite) Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 # Boston I Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 |
#
Hurricane IIC Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 |
# Havoc I (Turbinlite) Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 # Havoc II (Turbinlite) Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 # Boston III (Turbinlite) Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 |
#
Hurricane IIC Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 |
Havoc II (Turbinlite) Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 |
#
Hurricane IIC Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 |
# Havoc I (Turbinlite) Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 # Havoc I Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 # Boston III (Turbinlite) Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 |
#
Hurricane IIB Sep 1943 - Jan 1943 # Hurricane IIC Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 |
# Havoc I (Turbinlite) Sep 1942 - Jan 1943
Havoc II (Turbinlite) Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 # Boston III (Turbinlite) Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 |
#
Hurricane I Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 #Hurricane IIC Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 |
# Havoc I (Turbinlite) Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 # Havoc II (Turbinlite) Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 # Boston III (Turbinlite) Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 # Boston I Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 |
#
Hurricane IIC Sep 1942 - Jan 1943 |
#
Spitfire IV Oct 1942 - Dec 1942 |
# Mosquito I Oct 1942 - May 1943
Mosquito IV Oct 1942 - Aug 1943 # Mosquito VIII Dec 1942 - Aug 1943
Mosquito IX Jul 1943 - Mar 1945 # Mosquito XVI May 1944 - Dec 1945 # Mosquito VI Nov 1944 - Jun 1945
Mosquito PR Mk 32 Nov 1945 - Oct 1946
Mosquito PR Mk 34 Dec 1947 - Oct 1951 Mosquito PR Mk 34A Apr 1951 - Sep 1951 |
Canberra PR Mk 3 Dec 1952 - Oct 1954 Canberra B Mk 2 Jun 1953 - Sep 1954 # Canberra PR Mk 7 Jun 1954 - Mar 1956 |
Spitfire D
Oct 1942 - Jan 1943 #Spitfire IV Oct 1942 - Sep 1944 #Spitfire IX Nov 1942 - Dec 1942
Spitfire XI Dec 1942 - Mar 1946 # Spitfire X May 1944 - Apr 1945 # Spitfire XIX Jan 1944 - Oct 1946 |
# # Mustang IIIJul 1944 - Jun 1945 |
#
Meteor F Mk 3 Oct 1945 - Apr 1946 |
#
Lancaster PR Mk 1 Feb 1946 - Oct 1946 |
Spitfire PR Mk 19 Nov 1947 - May 1951 |
Meteor PR Mk 10 Dec 1950 - Sep 1957 |
#
Spitfire IV Oct 1942 - Jul 1943
Spitfire XI Mar 1943 - Aug 1945 # Spitfire X May 1944 - Aug 1945 # Spitfire XIX Jun 1944 - Aug 1945 |
# Canberra PR Mk 7May 1954 - Oct 1958? Canberra B Mk 2 Nov 1955 - Oct 1958 # Canberra B Mk 6 Nov 1955 - Oct 1958 |
#
Spitfire IV Oct 1942 - Oct 1943 # Spitfire XI Apr 1943 - Oct 1943 |
Valiant B (PR) Mk 1 Jun 1955 - Dec 1964 |
Victor B (SR) Mk 2 May 1965 - May 1974 Victor B Mk 2 Jan 1969 - Mar 1974 (1 only) |
#
Spitfire IV Oct 1942 - Oct 1943 |
# Wellington IV Oct 1942 - Mar 1943 |
# Anson I Oct 1942 - Mar 1943 |
Maryland I
Oct 1942 - Mar 1943 |
# Mosquito IV Mar 1943 - Oct 1943 |
# Spitfire XIAug 1943 - Oct 1943 |
# Mosquito IX Aug 1943 - Feb 1945
Mosquito XVI Mar 1944 - Aug 1945
Mosquito PR XXXII Oct 1944 - Oct 1945 # Mosquito PR Mk 34 Apr 1945 - Oct 1945 |
# Wellington VIII Oct 1942 - May 1943 # Wellington XI May 1943 - Nov 1943 #Wellington XIII Oct 1943 - Nov 1943 # Liberator V Nov 1943 - Oct 1944
Liberator VI Aug 1944 - May 1945
Liberator VIII Mar 1945 - Jun 1945 |
Spitfire VIII Apr 1944 - Sep 1945 |
Spitfire VIII Apr 1944 - Sep 1945 |
Lancaster I/III Nov 1943 - Oct 1945 |
# Barracuda II Dec 1943 - Jul 1944 |
# Martinet I Dec 1943 - Apr 1945 |
#
Hurricane IV Dec 1943 - Aug 1945 |
# Oxford I Dec 1943 - Jun 1946 |
# Vengence IV Jan 1945 - Jun 1946 |
# Spitfire VB Jun 1945 - Sep 1945 # Spitfire XVI Jul 1945 - Jun 1946 |
Albemarle I Nov 1943 - Aug 1944 Albemarle II Nov 1943 - Aug 1944
Albemarle V May 1944 - Aug 1944 |
Stirling IV Jul 1944 - Dec 1945 |
Mosquito XVI Apr 1944 - Sep 1945 |
# Dakota III Feb 1944 - Aug 1946 |
Lancaster I/III Nov 1943 - Sep 1945 |
# Oxford I Dec 1943 - Jun 1946 |
#
Hurricane IV Dec 1943 - Jul 1945 # Hurricane IIC May 1944 - Jul 1945 |
# Beaufighter I Nov 1944 - Jul 1945 |
# Spitfire VB Jun 1945 - Aug 1945 # Spitfire XVI Jun 1945 - Jun 1946 |
# Vengence IV Jul 1945 - Jun 1946 |
# Halifax III Jan 1944 - Mar 1945 |
#
Lancaster I/III Apr 1944 - Sep 1945 |
# Martinet I Dec 1943 - Aug 1945 |
# Henley III Dec 1943 - Jun 1945 |
# Oxford I/III Dec 1943 - Feb 1944 |
#
Hurricane IV Dec 1943 - Jun 1945 # Hurricane IIC Mar 1944 - Jun 1945 |
# Vengence IV Oct 1944 - Jun 1946 |
# Mustang I Apr 1945 - May 1945 |
# Spitfire XVI Jul 1945 - Jun 1946 |
# Henley III Dec 1943 - Jun 1944 |
#
Hurricane IIC Dec 1943 - Jul 1944 #Hurricane IV Jun 1944 - Mar 1945 |
Martinet I Dec 1943 - Feb 1949 |
# Oxford I/II Apr 1944 - Feb 1949 |
# Vengence IV Nov 1944 - Jul 1945 |
# Spitfire VB Dec 1944 - 1945
Spitfire XII Dec 1944 - Jul 1945 #Spitfire IX Jul 1945 - 1948 # Spitfire XVI Sep 1945 - Feb 1949 # Spitfire F Mk 21 Jun 1948 - Feb 1949 |
Vampire F Mk 1 Dec 1946 - Oct 1948 |
# Oxford I/II Dec 1943 - Apr 1945 |
# Lysander IIIADec 1943 - Jan 1944 |
# Martinet I Dec 1943 - Apr 1945 |
#
Hurricane IV Feb 1944 - Apr 1945 # Hurricane IIC Jun 1945 - Apr 1945 |
# Beaufighter I Apr 1945 - Apr 1945 |
Images marked # are to show aircraft type not squadron markings
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