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No. 575 Squadron RAF

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Defunct flying squadron of the Royal Air Force

No. 575 Squadron RAF
Active	1 February 1944 – 15 August 1946
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Inactive
Role	Transport
Part of	No. 46 Group,RAF Transport Command^[1]
Motto	The air is our path^[2]^[3]
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldry	A hand couped at the wrist, supporting a terrestrialglobe^[3]
Squadron Codes	I9 (Feb 1944 – Aug 1946)^[4]^[5]

Military unit

No. 575 Squadron RAF was a transport squadron of theRoyal Air Force during theSecond World War.

History

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The squadron was formed atRAF Hendon on 1 February 1944 from elements of512 Squadron. Just two weeks later it moved toRAF Broadwell to work-up as a tactical transport squadron with theDouglas Dakota, the military transport version of theDouglas DC-3 airliner. The squadron's first operations were leaflet raids onFrance, on the eve ofD-Day it dropped the5th Para brigade into the invasion drop zone (Operation Tonga).^[6] On 6 June it towed 21 gliders into France. In the next few weeks it started a casualty evacuation service from France back toEngland. In September 1944 it was heavily involved in operations atArnhem, suffering casualties.^[6]

After the end of thewar the squadron began flying to and fromIndia fromRAF Melbourne inYorkshire and later fromRAF Blakehill Farm. In January 1946 it moved toRAF Bari inItaly to operate an air service between Italy, Austria, Romania, Greece and Bulgaria. It was eventually disbanded atRAF Kabrit,Egypt on 15 August 1946.^[3]^[7]

Aircraft operated

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Aircraft operated by no. 575 Squadron RAF, data from^[3]^[6]^[7]
From	To	Aircraft	Version
February 1944	August 1946	Douglas Dakota	Mk.III
June 1944	May 1945	Avro Anson	Mk.I
March 1945	August 1946	Douglas Dakota	Mk.IV

Squadron bases

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Bases and airfields used by no. 575 Squadron RAF, data from^[3]^[6]^[7]
From	To	Base	Remark
1 February 1944	14 February 1944	RAF Hendon,Middlesex
14 February 1944	5 August 1945	RAF Broadwell,Oxfordshire	Dets. atB.56/Evere andB.70/Deurne,Belgium
5 August 1945	16 November 1945	RAF Melbourne,Yorkshire
16 November 1945	11 January 1946	RAF Blakehill Farm,Wiltshire
11 January 1946	26 July 1946	RAF Bari,Italy
26 July 1946	15 August 1946	RAF Kabrit,Egypt

Commanding officers

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Officers commanding no. 575 Squadron RAF, data from^[6]
From	To	Name
February 1944	December 1944	W/Cdr. T.A. Jefferson,AFC
December 1944	July 1945	W/Cdr. E.C. Deanesly,DFC
July 1945	August 1946	W/Cdr. B.L. Duigan,DSO, DFC

References

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Notes

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^Delve 1994, pp. 74, 81.
^Rawlings 1982, p. 235.
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^eHalley 1988, p. 413.
^Bowyer & Rawlings 1979, pp. 56–57.
^Flintham & Thomas 2003, p. 79.
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^eRawlings 1982, p. 236.
^^a ^b ^cJefford 2001, p. 98.

Bibliography

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Bowyer, Michael J.F.; Rawlings, John D.R. (1979).Squadron Codes, 1937–56. Cambridge, UK: Patrick Stephens Ltd.ISBN 0-85059-364-6.
Delve, Ken (1994).The Source Book of the RAF. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing.ISBN 1-85310-451-5.
Flintham, Vic; Thomas, Andrew (2003).Combat Codes: A Full Explanation and Listing of British, Commonwealth and Allied Air Force Unit Codes since 1938. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd.ISBN 1-84037-281-8.
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.
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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