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No. 292 Squadron RAF

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Air-sea rescue squadron of the Royal Air Force

No. 292 Squadron RAF
Active	1 February 1944 – 14 June 1945
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Role	Air-sea rescue
Part of	Air Command, South East Asia
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldry	No badge authorised^[1]
Squadron Codes	No code(s) are known to have been used by this squadron^[2]^[3]

Military unit

No. 292 Squadron RAF was anair-sea rescue (ASR) squadron of theRoyal Air Force operating in theBay of Bengal during theSecond World War.

History

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No. 292 Squadron was formed atRAF Jessore, Bengal, (then) British India, on 1 February 1944, as a dedicatedair-sea rescue squadron equipped withWalrus flying boats. A detachment of the squadron was sent further south, inCeylon. In April the squadron received a number ofVickers Warwick patrol aircraft, but these were found to be unsuitable in the tropical climate, and in December 1944 they receivedConsolidated Liberator Mk.VIs as replacements. In November 1944 the squadron received a number ofSupermarine Sea Otters, a more modern flying boat. It was posted toRAF Agartala in February 1945, as operations had shifted further eastwards through Burma; they were located there when the squadron was disbanded on 14 June.^[4] Its duties were then taken over by three independent flights, No's1347,1348 and1349 Flights.

Aircraft operated

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Aircraft operated by No. 292 Squadron^[5]^[6]^[7]
From	To	Aircraft	Version
February 1944	June 1945	Supermarine Walrus	Mks.I, II
April 1944	June 1945	Vickers Warwick	ASR.Mk.I (unsuited for tropical climate, non-operational after November 1944)
November 1944	June 1945	Supermarine Sea Otter	Mk.II
December 1944	June 1945	Consolidated Liberator	Mk.VI

Squadron basesd

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Camps and airfields used by No. 292 Squadron^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]
From	To	Airfield	Remark
1 February 1944	5 February 1945	RAF Jessore,Bengal,British India	Det. atRAF Ratmalana,Ceylon;RAF Sigiriya, Ceylon andRAF Santa Cruz,Maharashtra, British India
5 February 1945	14 June 1945	RAF Agartala,Tripura, British India	Dets. atRAF Kankesanthurai, Ceylon andRAF Chittagong, Bengal, British India

References

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Notes

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^"An index to the badges of RAF Squadrons in AIR 2".National Archives. 1993.
^Bowyer & Rawlings 1979, p. 147.
^Flintham & Thomas 2003, p. 231.
^"RAF - History".mod.uk.
^^a ^bRawlings 1982, p. 252.
^^a ^bHalley 1988, p. 350.
^^a ^bJefford 2001, p. 86.
^Delve 1994, pp. 76–77.

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.

External links

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292 Squadron Association Archived 6 April 2011 at theWayback Machine
No. 292 Squadron RAF movement and equipment history Archived 11 December 2010 at theWayback Machine
History of No. 292 Squadron
292 Squadron reports Archived 15 July 2011 at theWayback Machine

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