No. 211 Squadron RAF
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 A Bristol Blenheim of 211 Squadron preparing to taxi at Menidi, Greece, 1941 | |
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[hide]Brief History
No. 211 Squadron RAF was active from 1917 to 1919 during WW1 and from 1937 to 1946 during WW2. In World War I it operated as a bomber and later a reconnaissance unit on the Western Front. In World War II it operated as a medium bomber unit in the Middle East and Far East and later as a strike fighter unit in the Far East. It was equipped with, successively, the Bristol Blenheim, the Bristol Beaufighter and De Havilland Mosquito aircraft.
Battle Honours
- North African Campaign
- Greco-Italian War
- Battle of Greece
- Syria–Lebanon Campaign
- Dutch East Indies campaign
- Burma Campaign
Unit Personnel
- Charles Douglas Pailthorpe DFC June - 13 Sep 1941
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