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No. 267 Squadron RAF
A 267 Squadron Douglas Dakota C.III in flight, 1944
Active	27 September 1918–1 August 1923 19 August 1940–30 June 1946 15 February 1954–1 November 1958 1 November 1962 – 30 June 1970
Disbanded	30 June 1970
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Size	Squadron
Motto	Sine Mora (Without delay)
Engagements	First World War Second World War Western Desert campaign Mediterranean Theatre Burma campaign

No. 267 Squadron RAF was a unit of theRoyal Air Force that served duringWorld War I &World War II. The squadron has been formed a total of four times.

The squadron was formed atRAF Kalafrana,Malta on 27 September 1918 from Nos. 360, 361, 362 and 363 Flights equipped with a mixture ofFelixstowe F.2a andF.3flying boats andShort 184floatplanes.^[1][2] It flew anti-submarine patrols over theMediterranean Sea until the end of theFirst World War.^[1] Unlike most of the RAF's maritime patrol units, it remained operational after the end of the war, supporting the Mediterranean Fleet.^[3] In December 1920, the squadron receivedFairey IIID floatplanes, with its Short 184s being retired in 1921.^[1][2] The squadron's IIIDs made deployments aboard theseaplane carrierArk Royal.^[2] On 1 August 1923, the squadron was disbanded,^[3] with the Fairey IIID-equipped flight, which was deployed onArk Royal inthe Dardanelles at the time, becoming No. 481 (Coastal Reconnaissance) Flight.^[4] The flight remained operational at Kalafrana until January 1929, when it was renumbered202 Squadron.^[4]

On 19 August 1940, the squadron was reformed fromCommunication Unit, Heliopolis RAF equipped with a variety of light aircraft, includingMiles Magisters,Percival Proctors,Percival Q6s andAvro Ansons, with major duties including carrying mail to units in theWestern Desert and VIP transport.^[5] In 1941, the squadron acquiredWestland Lysanders to carry out its mail runs, with a flight ofGloster Gladiator fighters used for metrological flights.^[5] On 30 March 1941, one of the squadron's Q6s, carrying Air MarshalTedder on a tour ofCyrenaica, force landed north west ofMechili. The aircraft was not spotted until the next day, when Tedder was rescued by aBlenheim bomber that evening, avoiding capture by theadvancing German forces.^[6] On 11 April 1941, one of the squadron'sLockheed Lodestars evacuatedPrince Paul of Yugoslavia andPrincess Olga of Greece and Denmark from Greece to Egypt, with the squadron flying several more evacuation flights over the next few days.^[3] On 8 April 1941, one of the squadron's Lodestars was carrying GeneralWavell fromTobruk to Egypt when a loss of oil pressure caused the aircraft to force land. While the aircraft was wrecked, all aboard, including Wavell, were unharmed, and were rescued by an armoured car which took them toSollum, from where Wavell was flown back to his headquarters atCairo.^[7] From August 1941, the squadron's Lysanders added anti-malarial spraying to their duties, while transport operations continued.^[3]

By June 1942, the squadron rationalised its equipment to Lodestars andLockheed Hudsons, and began operating a regular service to Malta.^[3] In August 1942, operations extended to transport throughout the Mediterranean area and also undertook supply-dropping missions to resistance fighters inItaly and theBalkans, includingOperation Wildhorn, the operation to bring back parts of a recoveredV-2 rocket from Poland. The squadron moved to Italy in November 1943 and later toIndia in February 1945 during theFourteenth Army's final offensive during theBurma campaign. The squadron disbanded on 30 June 1946, although continued operations until 21 July.

Reformed on 15 February 1954 atRAF Kuala Lumpur,Malaya as a transport support and communications squadron. It was renumberedNo. 209 Squadron on 1 November 1958. The squadron was again reformed as a transport squadron on 1 November 1962 atRAF Benson withNo. 38 Group until being disbanded on 30 June 1970.

Source:^[2]

• Halley, James J. (1988).The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918–1988. Tonbridge, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd.ISBN 0-85130-164-9.
• Jefford, C. G. (1988).RAF Squadrons: A Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, 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 Limited.ISBN 0-7106-0187-5.
• Shores, Christopher; Massimello, Giovanni; Guest, Russell (2012).A History of the Mediterranean Air War 1940–1945: Volume One: North Africa, June 1940–January 1942. London: Grub Street.ISBN 978-1-908117-07-6.
• Sturtivant, Ray; Hamlin, John; Halley, James J. (1997).Royal Air Force Flying Training and Support Units. Tunbridge Wells, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd.ISBN 0-85130-252-1.
• Thomas, Andrew (October–November 2003). "Hi-Fi dans le ciel malais" [Hi-Fi in the Malaysian sky].Aéro Journal (in French). No. 33. p. 65.ISSN 0336-1055.

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