Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
No 159 - 179 Squadron Aircraft & Markings
# Liberator II May 1942 - Aug 1943 # Liberator V Jul 1943 - Aug 1943 # Liberator III Aug 1943 - Jun 1944 # Liberator VI Mar 1944 - Jul 1945 # Liberator VIII Jun 1945 - Jun 1946 |
# Liberator II May 1942 - Jan 1943 # Liberator III Mar 1943 - Oct 1945 # Liberator V Jun 1943 - Nov 1945
Liberator VI Jan 1944 - Feb 1945 # Liberator VIII Sep 1945 - Oct 1946 |
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Lancaster GR Mk 3 Aug 1946 - Oct 1946 |
Lysander IIIA Feb 1942 - Jun 1945 |
# Whitley V Feb 1942 - Dec 1942 |
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Havoc I Oct 1942 - Dec 1943 |
# Albemarle I Oct 1942 - Apr 1943 |
# Halifax II Sep 1942 - Dec 1942 # Halifax V Oct 1942 - Oct 1944 |
# Hudson I Feb 1942 - Aug 1944
Hudson IIIA Sep 1943 - Jun 1945 # Hudson V Sep 1943 - Jun 1945 |
# Stirling IVSep 1944 - Jun 1945 |
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Wellington IC Jan 1942 - Feb 1944 # Wellington III Sep 1943 - Nov 1943, Jan 1944 - Jul 1944 # Wellington X Apr 1944 -Sep 1944 # Wellington DWI Mar 1944 - Jul 1944 |
# Blenheim IV Feb 1942 - Jul 1942
Blenheim V Jul 1942 - Jan 1944 |
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Baltimore II Sep 1943 - Jan 1944 #Baltimore I Oct 1943 - Nov 1943 Baltimore III Jan 1944 - Sep 1944 |
# Mosquito VI Oct 1943 - Jan 1944, Apr 1944 - Jul 1944
Mosquito XXV Dec 1944 - Jul 1946 # Mosquito XX Feb 1945 - Jul 1946 |
# Hudson IIIA Jul 1942 - Aug 1942
Hudson VI Jul 1942 - Dec 1942 |
# Mosquito XXVJan 1945 - May 1945 # Mosquito XVI May 1945 - Aug 1945 |
# Spitfire VA Apr 1942 - Sep 1942 # Spitfire VB Sep 1942 - Feb 1943 |
Hurricane IID Feb 1943 - May 1943 #Hurricane IV Feb 1943 - Feb 1944 |
Typhoon IB Jan 1944 - May 1945 |
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Spitfire IXE Jun 1945 - Jul 1946 # Spitfire XVIE Jul 1946 - Aug 1946 |
# Spitfire VAApr 1942 - Jun 1942 # Spitfire VB May 1942 - Oct 1943 # Spitfire VC Jul 1943 - Oct 1943 #Spitfire IX Sep 1943 - Jan 1945
Spitfire IXE May 1945 - Sep 1946 |
# # Mustang IIIJan 1945 - May 1945 |
# FE2b Jun 1918 - Oct 1918 |
# V/1500 Oct 1918 - May 1919 |
# Heyford III Nov 1936 - Jul 1939 |
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Whitley I Jan 1939 - Feb 1940 # Whitley III Dec 1939 - Apr 1940 |
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Wellington III Jan 1943 - Apr 1943 # Wellington X Feb 1943 - Sep 1943 |
Lancaster I/III Sep 1943 - Nov 1945 |
# V/1500Nov 1918 - May 1919 |
# Spitfire VB Apr 1942 - Jun 1943 # Spitfire VC Oct 1942 - Jun 1943 |
# Warwick I Nov 1944 - May 1945 |
# Warwick III Nov 1944 - Feb 1946 |
# Anson XIIApr 1945 - Feb 1946 |
# Dakota Jun 1945 - Jan 1946 |
As a Ferry unit it flew a wide variety of types (1953 - 1958) |
# Tomahawk IIA Jun 1942 - Nov 1942 |
Mustang I Nov 1942 - Aug 1943, Feb 1944 - Oct 1944 # Mustang IA Aug 1943 - Feb 1944 |
Typhoon IB Sep 1944 - Feb 1945 |
Mustang I Jun 1942 - Sep 1943 |
# Mosquito II Jan 1944 - Jul 1944
Mosquito VI Jun 1944 - Aug 1945
Mosquito XIX Jan 1945 - Aug 1945 |
# Mustang I Jun 1942 - Aug 1943 # Mustang IA Aug 1943 - Jan 1944 |
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Lancaster I/III Oct 1944 - Nov 1945 |
# Tomahawk I Jun 1942 - Dec 1942 |
# Mustang IA Sep 1942 - Dec 1942 |
Stirling III Sep 1944 - Jan 1945 |
Halifax III Oct 1944 - Jul 1945 |
Wellington VIII Apr 1942 - Mar 1943 # Wellington XII Dec 1942 - Oct 1943 #Wellington XIV Aug 1943 - Jun 1945 |
# Audax Jun 1942 - Feb 1943 |
# Lysander II Jul 1942 - Jul 1943 |
# Hart Jul 1942 - Aug 1943 |
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Hurricane I # Blenheim IV # Oxford Jul 1942 - Sep 1943 |
Moth Minor
Gull Six Magister Jul 1942 - Oct 1943 |
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Boston III Electra Jul 1942 - Jan 1944 |
# Lodestar, Proctor I, # Argus I Jul 1942 - Feb 1944 |
# Dragon Rapide Aug 1942 - Oct 1942 |
SM 79
Dec 1942 - Apr 1943 |
Reliant
Junkers JU52/3m Feb 1943 - Feb 1943 |
Scion Senior
Feb 1943 - Sep 1943 |
# Hardy Mar 1943 - Apr 1943 |
# Beaufighter If Apr 1943 - Sep 1943 |
# Anson I Sep 1943 - Feb 1944 |
It also used a wide variety of light communications types from time to time. |
From 1953 to 1957, it ferried a wide range of types, but used the types listed for aircrew ferrying. # Anson C Mk 19 Feb 1953 - Sep 1957 #Varsity T Mk 1 Feb 1955 - Feb 1957 |
Hurricane IIB Mar 1942 - Apr 1943 |
Typhoon IB Apr 1943 - Apr 1945, Aug 1945 - Sep 1945 |
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Tempest V Sep 1945 - Apr 1946 |
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Hurricane IIB Mar 1942 - Apr 1943 |
Typhoon IB Apr 1943 - Sep 1945 |
# Beaufighter IJan 1943 - Aug 1943 # Beaufighter VI Jan 1943 - Aug 1945 |
Hurricane IIC May 1943 - Jan 1944 |
# Mosquito XVI Jun 1945 - Jul 1945
Mosquito XIX Jul 1945 - Jun 1946 |
Meteor F Mk 8
Venom # Javelin Jan 1956 - Oct 1958 |
# Beaufighter VI May 1943 - May 1944 # Beaufighter X Nov 1943 - Jul 1945 # Beaufighter XI Nov 1945 - May 1944 |
# Liberator II Jan 1943 - Dec 1943 # Liberator III Sep 1943 - Jul 1944 # Liberator VI Jan 1944 - Jan 1946 |
# Halifax II May 1943 - Sep 1943 |
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Lancaster III Nov 1945 - Apr 1946 |
# Wellington VIIISep 1942 - Sep 1943 #Wellington XIV Aug 1943 - Nov 1944 |
Warwick V Nov 1944 - May 1946 |
Lancaster ASR III Feb 1946 - Sep 1946 |
Images marked # are to show aircraft type not squadron markings
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