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No. 354 Squadron RAF

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Squadron of the Royal Air Force

No. 354 Squadron RAF
Consolidated Liberator
Active	10 May 1943 – 18 May 1945
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Role	Reconnaissance
Part of	No. 225 Group RAF,South East Asia Command^[1]
Insignia
Squadron Codes	No identity markings are known to have been carried^[2]
Aircraft flown
Patrol	Consolidated Liberator
Reconnaissance	Consolidated Liberator

Military unit

No. 354 Squadron RAF was a general reconnaissance squadron of theRoyal Air Force during theSecond World War.

History

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No. 354 squadron was first formed atDrigh Road,Karachi on 10 May 1943 as part ofCoastal Command, and was posted to RAF StationCuttack on 17 August 1943, where it receivedLiberator Mk.V bombers. Detachments of the squadron were located atSigiriya andSt Thomas Mount. The squadron redeployed toMinneriya in Ceylon on 12 October 1944, with detachments atKankesanturai and Cuttack, and returned to Cuttack whilst maintaining a detachment at Kankesanterai in January 1945, where they received the Liberator Mk.VI. The squadron was disbanded on 18 May 1945 at RAF Cuttack.

Aircraft operated

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Aircraft operated by no. 354 Squadron RAF, data from^[2]^[3]^[4]
From	To	Aircraft	Version
August 1943	August 1944	Consolidated Liberator	Mk.V
December 1943	April 1944	Consolidated Liberator	Mk.IIIa
February 1944	May 1945	Consolidated Liberator	Mk.VI

Squadron airfields

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Stations and airfields used by No. 354 Squadron RAF, data from^[2]^[3]^[4]
From	To	Airfield	Remark
10 May 1943	17 August 1943	RAF Drigh Road,Karachi	Formed here
17 August 1943	12 October 1944	RAF Cuttack,Orissa	Det. atSigiriya,Ceylon andSt Thomas Mount,Madras,Tamil Nadu
12 October 1944	5 January 1945	Minneriya, Ceylon	Det. atRAF Kankesanturai, Ceylon and Cuttack, Orissa
5 January 1945	18 May 1945	Cuttack, Orissa	Det. atKankesanturai

Commanding officer

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Officers commanding No. 354 Squadron RAF, data from^[2]
From	To	Name
July 1943	May 1944	W/Cdr. K.J. Mellor,DFC
May 1944	March 1945	W/Cdr. D.T. MacPherson
March 1945	May 1945	W/Cdr. F.G. Paisey

References

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Notes

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^Delve 1994, p. 76.
^^a ^b ^c ^dRawlings 1982, p. 204.
^^a ^bHalley 1988, p. 384.
^^a ^bJefford 2001, p. 90.

Bibliography

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Delve, Ken (1994).The Source Book of the RAF. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing.ISBN 1-85310-451-5.
Gwynne-Timothy, John R.W. (1991).Burma Liberators: RCAF in SEAC. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Next Level Press.ISBN 1-895578-02-7.
Halley, James J. (1988).The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth, 1918–1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd.ISBN 0-85130-164-9.
Jefford, C.G. (2001).RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912 (2nd ed.). Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd.ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
Oughton, James D.; Hamlin, John; Thomas, Andrew (2007).The Liberator in Royal Air Force and Commonwealth Service. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd.ISBN 978-0-85130-362-8.

Rawlings, John D.R. (1982).Coastal, Support and Special Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft. London: Jane's Publishing Company Ltd.ISBN 0-7106-0187-5.

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