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No. 355 Squadron RAF

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Royal Air Force heavy bomber squadron of World War II

No. 355 Squadron RAF
355 Squadron personnel, November 1944
Active18 August 1943 – 31 May 1946
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
BranchRoyal Air Force
MottosLatin:Liberamus Per Caerula
(Translation: "We liberate through tropical skies")[1][2]
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldryAn elephant's head affronté[1][2]
Aircraft flown
BomberConsolidated Liberator
Military unit

No. 355 Squadron RAF was a long-range bomber squadron based inBritish India from August 1943 until it disbanded in May 1946. Raised for service during theSecond World War, the squadron was equipped withConsolidated Liberator aircraft and carried out operations against the Japanese during theBurma campaign.

History

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The squadron was formed atSalbani,Bengal,British India on 18 August 1943, and carried out its first bombing mission on 20 November 1943.[3] The squadron mounted numerous raids on theBurma–Siam railway along with other important targets such as bridges, airfields, port facilities, supply dumps, gun positions, and marshalling yards.[4][5] During this period, the squadron included a significant number ofRoyal Australian Air Force (RAAF) andRoyal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) aircrew personnel, attached to it under theBritish Commonwealth Air Training Plan.[6][7]

Wing CommanderJames Brindley Nicolson, recipient of the onlyVictoria Cross awarded during theBattle of Britain, was killed 2 May 1945, when the 355 Squadron Liberator he was flying in as an observer, crashed into the Bay of Bengal shortly after an engine caught fire. The last raid carried out by the squadron was on 7 August 1945 against the Burma–Siam railway.[3]

After the war, 355 Squadron dropped emergency food supplies toPrisoners of War, and starving civilians inBurma. Between January and April 1946 the squadron operated from Digri, a little north of Salbani,[8] returning toSalbani (west of Calcutta) where it undertook aerial survey work shortly before it disbanded on 31 May 1946.[4]

Aircraft operated

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Aircraft operated by no. 355 Squadron RAF, data from[2][9][10]
FromToAircraftVersion
October 1943July 1944Consolidated LiberatorMk.III
March 1944September 1945Consolidated LiberatorMk.VI
August 1945May 1946Consolidated LiberatorMk.VIII

Squadron bases

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Bases and airfields used by no. 355 Squadron RAF, data from[1][2][9][11]
FromToBaseRemark
18 August 19433 January 1946RAF Salbani,Bengal,British IndiaDets. atRAF Dhubalia, Bengal; RAF Digri, Bengal andRAF Pegu ('Pilsener'),Burma
3 January 19463 April 1946RAF Digri, Bengal, British IndiaDet. at RAF Pegu, Burma
3 April 194631 May 1946RAF Salbani, Bengal, British IndiaDet. at RAF Pegu, Burma

References

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Citations

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  1. ^abcMoyes 1976, p. 232.
  2. ^abcdHalley 1988, p. 385.
  3. ^abMoyes 1976, p. 233.
  4. ^ab"Squadron histories for nos. 353–361 squadron on "Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation". Archived fromthe original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved20 December 2019.
  5. ^Odgers 1968, pp. 414–416, 428–429.
  6. ^Odgers 1968, pp. 413 & 419.
  7. ^"Salbani, Bengal, India. 1944-11-24. Group portrait of some of the RAAF and Royal New Zealand Air Force personnel". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved21 December 2019.
  8. ^Jefford 2001, pp. 270–271.
  9. ^abJefford 2001, p. 90.
  10. ^Moyes 1976, pp. 232–233.
  11. ^Jefford 2001, pp. 268–271.

Bibliography

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  • 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) [1988].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.ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
  • Moyes, Philip J.R. (1976) [1964].Bomber Squadron of the RAF and their Aircraft (2nd ed.). London: Macdonald and Jane's (Publishers) Ltd.ISBN 0-354-01027-1.
  • Odgers, George (1968) [1957].Volume II – Air War Against Japan 1943–1945. Australia in the War of 1939–1945: Series Three (Air). Canberra: Australian War Memorial.OCLC 246580191.

Further reading

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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.
  • 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.

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