No. 533 Squadron RAF
Active	8 Sep 1942 – 25 Jan 1943[1]
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Role	Turbinlite nightfighter squadron
Part of	No. 10 Group RAF,Fighter Command[2]

No. 533 Squadron RAF was one of the tenTurbinlite nightfighter squadrons of theRoyal Air Force during the Second World War.

No. 533 Squadron was formed atRAF Charmy Down,Somerset on 8^[1] September 1942, fromNo. 1454 (Turbinlite) Flight,^[3][4] as part ofNo. 10 Group RAF inFighter Command. Instead of operating only Turbinlite and – rudimentary –Airborne Intercept (AI) radar-equipped aircraft (Havocs and Bostons) and working together with a normal nightfighter unit, such as in their case with theHawker Hurricanes ofNo. 87 Squadron RAF in the Flight,^[3] the unit now also flew with their own Hurricanes. It was disbanded at Charmy Down on 25 January 1943,^[1] when Turbinlite squadrons were, due to lack of success on their part and the rapid development of AI radar, thought to be superfluous.^[5]

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• Squadron.cfm 533 Squadron history on MOD site
• No. 533 Squadron RAF movement and equipment history
• Squadron histories for nos. 521–540 squadron on RafWeb's Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation

• Aircraft squadrons of the Royal Air Force in World War II
• Military units and formations established in 1942
• Military units and formations disestablished in 1943
• Royal Air Force night fighter units

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