29 Squadron (other)
29 Squadron or 29th Squadron may refer to: * No. 29 Squadron RAAF, a unit of the Australian Royal Air Force * No. 29 Squadron RAF, a unit of the United Kingdom Royal Air Force * 29 Squadron SAAF, a unit of the South African Air Force during the Second World War. * Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 29 Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 29 (MALS-29) is an aviation logistics support unit of the United States Marine Corps. Known as the "Wolverines", they fall under the command of Marine Aircraft Group 29 and the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing and are c ...

29 Squadron SAAF
29 Squadron was one of the Coastal Command SAAF of the South African Air Force during the Second World War. It was assigned the role of maritime patrol and shipping escort and operated Venturas from Lombazi on the Pondoland Pondoland or Mpondoland (Xhosa: ''EmaMpondweni''), is a natural region on the South African shores of the Indian Ocean. It is located in the coastal belt of the Eastern Cape province. Its territory is the former Mpondo Kingdom of the Mpondo peopl ... coast. With the decline in activities in the war at sea, the squadron was disbanded on 15 November 1943 and absorbed into 29 Operational Training Unit based at Darling in the Cape. The squadron was re-activated in August 1944 and deployed to Matubatuba in Zululand from where it once again operated with Venturas. At this time, the squadron did very little flying (3hrs escort flying between 25 August and 24 September 1944Martin and Orpen, (1979) p.318) and was disbanded at the end of the war. Notes {{Use ...
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