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Acklington
Operational Squadrons during the Battle: |
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72 Squadron (Spitfires) from 6 June 1940 No 79 Squadron (Hurricanes) from 13 July 1940 No 32 Squadron (Hurricanes) from 28 August 1940 No 610 Squadron (Spitfires) from 31 August 1940 |
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Dyce
Operational Squadrons during the Battle: |
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248 Squadron, Coastal Command, (Blenheims) from 22 May 1940 No 141 Squadron (Defiants) from 22 August 1940 No 145 Squadron (Hurricanes) from 31 August 1940 No 1 Squadron (Hurricanes) from 9 October 1940 |
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Turnhouse
Operational Squadrons during the Battle: |
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603 Squadron (Spitfires) from 5 May 1940 No 141 Squadron (Defiants) from 28 June 1940 No 253 Squadron (Hurricanes) from 21 July 1940 No 65 Squadron (Spitfires) from 28 August 1940 No 141 Squadron (Defiants) from 30 August 1940 No 1 Squadron (Hurricanes) from 14 September 1940 No 607 Squadron (Hurricanes) from 10 October 1940 |
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RAF
Usworth
Operational Squadrons during the Battle: |
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607 Squadron (Hurricanes) from 5 June 1940 No 43 Squadron (Hurricanes) from 8 September 1940 |
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RAF
Wick
Operational Squadron during the Battle: |
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| No 1 Squadron (Hurricanes) from 23 May 1940 | |
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RAF
Catterick
Operational Squadrons during the Battle: |
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| No 219 Squadron (Blenheims & Beaufighters)
from 4 October 1939 No 41 Squadron (Spitfires) from 8 June 1940 No 54 Squadron (Spitfires) from 28 July 1940 No 41 Squadron (Spitfires) from 8 August 1940 No 504 Squadron (Hurricanes) from 1 September 1940 No 54 Squadron (Spitfires) from 3 September 1940 No 600 Squadron (Blenheims & Beaufighters) from 12 October 1940 |
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RAF
Drem
Operational Squadrons during the Battle: |
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145 Squadron (Hurricanes) from 14 August 1940 No 263 Squadron (Hurricanes) from 2 September 1940 No 111 Squadron (Hurricanes) from 8 September 1940 No 141 Squadron (Defiants) from 15 October 1940 |
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Grangemouth
Operational Squadron during the Battle: |
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| No 263 Squadron (Hurricanes) from 28 June 1940 | |
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Kirkwall
Used as a satellite and relief airfield for fighter and coastal operations protecting the Naval bases & Scottish Islands |
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Sumburgh
Operational Squadrons during the Battle: |
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248 Squadron, Coastal Command, (Blenheims) from 20 July 1940 No 248 Squadron, Coastal Command, (Blenheims) from 31 July 1940 |
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