#Raf squadron codes and serial numbers serial number#
#Raf squadron codes and serial numbers series#

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I think the squadron was based at Proyart on the Somme only a few miles from the cemetery, I need to do more work. The information I have is that Edgar was K.I.A - 9 Sqdn., were equipped with the R.E.8, a known death trap. became 209 on April 1st., the formation date of the RAF, I will investigate this further. It's not certain that I'm right, but it might be worth investigating missions for 9 Squadron for all of August.Thanks for this, sorry about the delay in my reply. Since one fairly generally finds complete crews together, I wonder whether he died of wounds after an earlier mission. There are no others who died in August 1918 from 9 Squadron in the cemetary, and also single representatives of 3 other squadrons who died then.

#Raf squadron codes and serial numbers serial number#

It's made up of casualties moved there from temporary graveyards that were in use during the war, one of which was attached to a medical unit. The aircraft that crashed, serial number W4026 and squadron code DQ-M, was flown by 228 Squadron, based at RAF Oban. I'm having trouble finding anything much, apart from the fact that it turned into 209 Sqdn on 1 April 1918, and nothing for, so I had a look at the CWGC cemetary where he's buried.

#Raf squadron codes and serial numbers series#

During the Second World War, when units from other air forces were attached to the RAF such as the Article XV squadrons (also known as 400 series squadrons) their squadron codes were often changed, to avoid confusion with. 9 Squadron was supporting the troops on the Western Front in 1918, mostly on bombing and spotting missions. When individual units are assigned unusually large numbers of aircraft, multiple squadron codes have been.