No. 125 Expeditionary Air Wing is a former deployable

Expeditionary Air Wing On 1 April 2006 Expeditionary Air Wings (EAWs) were formed at nine of the RAF's Main Operating Bases. Each EAW has its own identity and is led by the Station Commander, supported by his Station management team. The deployable elements of the st ...

of the

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based at

RAF Leuchars Royal Air Force Leuchars or RAF Leuchars was a Royal Air Force (RAF) station located in Leuchars, Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. Throughout the Cold War and beyond, the station was home to fighter aircraft which policed northern UK airspac ...

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, Scotland. The current wing was established on 1 April 2006 the wing has history dating back to May 1944:

Second World War

No. 125 (Fighter) Wing within No. 15 Sector RAF,

No. 83 Group RAF No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group is a group within the Royal Air Force, currently based at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. Originally formed in 1943, during the Second World War it formed part of the 2nd Tactical Air Force (2TAF) and was known as No ...

, RAF Second Tactical Air Force at

RAF Ford HM Prison Ford (informally known as Ford Open Prison) is a Category D men's prison, located at Ford, in West Sussex West Sussex is a county in South East England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the shire di ...

on 12 May 1944. It moved to B.9 Bazenville, B.11 Longues, B.2 Beauvais/Nivelles, B.70 Antwerp/Deurne, B.82 Grave, B.64 Diest, Y.32 Ophoven, B.78 Eindhoven, B.106 Twente/Enschede, B.118 Celle, B.160 Kastrup, B.172 Husum and finally B.158 Lubeck where the wing was disbanded on 14 July 1945. Squadrons: * No. 132 (City of Bombay) Squadron RAF (12 May 1944 to 28 September 1944) *

No. 453 Squadron RAAF No. 453 Squadron is an air traffic control unit of the Royal Australian Air Force. It was established at Bankstown, New South Wales, in 1941 as a fighter squadron, in accordance with Article XV of the Empire Air Training Scheme for overseas se ...

(12 May 1944 to 28 September 1944) * No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron RAuxAF (12 May 1944 to 28 September 1944) *

No. 441 Squadron RCAF The numero sign or numero symbol, №, (also represented as Nº, No, No. or no.), is a typographic abbreviation of the word ''number''(''s'') indicating ordinal numeration, especially in names and titles. For example, using the numero sign, t ...

(14 July 1944 to 28 September 1944) *

No. 137 Squadron RAF No. 137 Squadron RAF existed briefly as a day bomber unit in World War I but never became operational. During World War II it flew as one of the two Whirlwind squadrons before converting to Hurricane Mk.IV fighter-bombers and later the Hawker T ...

(Unknown to 13 August 1944) *

No. 80 Squadron RAF No. 80 Squadron RAF was a Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force squadron active from 1917 until 1969. It was operative during both World War I and World War II. Establishment and early service Founded on 1 August 1917 at RAF Montrose, equipped ...

(28 September 1944 to 1 October 1944) * No. 130 (Punjab) Squadron RAF (28 September 1944 to 10 May 1945) *

No. 274 Squadron RAF No. 274 Squadron RAF existed briefly in 1918 and 1919 as a patrol and bomber squadron, and served in World War II as a fighter squadron. History The squadron began to form as a patrol squadron, intended to fly Vickers Vimys, at Seaton Carew in ...

(28 September 1944 to 7 October 1944) *

No. 402 Squadron RCAF 402 "City of Winnipeg" Squadron (french: links=no, 402e Escadron) is a Royal Canadian Air Force squadron based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Pre-war history 402 Squadron began on 5 October 1932 as Number 12 Army Co-operation Squadron, a unit of ...

(28 September 1944 to 27 December 1944) *

No. 41 Squadron RAF No. 41 Squadron of the Royal Air Force is the RAF's Typhoon Test and Evaluation Squadron ("TES"), based at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire. Its official title is "41 TES". The squadron was formed in 1916 during First World War as part of the Royal ...

(8 November 1944 to 25 January 1945) * No. 350 (Belgian) Squadron RAF (8 November 1944 to 14 July 1945) * No. 610 (County of Chester) Squadron RAuxAF (8 November 1944 to 21 February 1945) *

(21 March 1945 to 14 July 1945) *

(7 May 1945 to Unknown) *

No. 486 Squadron RAAF No. 486 Squadron was a maintenance unit of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). It was formed in August 1946 as part of No. 86 Wing RAAF, No. 86 (Transport) Wing, which operated Douglas C-47 Skytrain, Douglas C-47 Dakotas out of RAAF Sta ...

(12 May 1945 to 14 July 1945)

History of No. 125 Airfield

No. 125 Airfield Headquarters was formed on 24 June 1943 at RAF Gravesend within

, it moved to

RAF Newchurch Royal Air Force Newchurch or RAF Newchurch was a temporary Second World War airfield at Newchurch, Kent. It was a base for a Hawker Tempest wing that gave fighter cover over occupied France in the period up to and beyond D-Day and later defende ...

on 2 July 1943. The unit then moved to RAF Detling on 12 October 1943 then to

on 4 May 1944. The HQ was disbanded still at Ford on 12 May 1944 to become No. 125 (Fighter) Wing RAF. Squadrons: *

No. 19 Squadron RAF Number 19 Squadron (sometimes written as No. XIX Squadron) is a squadron of the Royal Air Force. It was the first squadron to operate the Supermarine Spitfire. It currently operates the UK's Control and Reporting Centre from RAF Boulmer. No. 19 S ...

(24 June 1943 to 18 August 1943) replaced by

No. 184 Squadron RAF No. 184 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron during the second world war. History No.184 Squadron was formed at RAF Colerne on 1 December 1942, as a fighter bomber unit equipped with the Hawker Hurricane. Initially, Mark IIDs with 40mm anti-ta ...

(18 August 1943 to 12 May 1944) * No. 132 (City of Bombay) Squadron RAF (24 June 1943 to 12 May 1944) *

No. 175 Squadron RAF No. 175 Squadron RAF was a part of 121 Wing; 83 Group; 2nd Tactical Airforce; RAF in support of World War II Normandy landings, and supported the allied advance through France Holland and Belgium on into Germany. The squadron was active from un ...

(5 August 1943 to 12 August 1943) replaced by No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron RAuxAF (13 August 1943 to 12 May 1944) *

(19 January 1944 to 12 May 1944)

Post war

The wing was reformed on 1 April 1953 at RAF Ahlhorn as No. 125 (Night Fighter) Wing, it controlled: *

No. 96 Squadron RAF ("We prowl by night") , aircraft_fighter= December 1940 - March 1942: Hawker HurricaneFebruary 1941 - June 1942: Boulton Paul DefiantMay 1942 - June 1943: Bristol BeaufighterJune 1943 - December 1944: de Havilland Mosquito , aircraft_bomber= ...

(1 April 1953 to 12 February 1958) *

No. 256 Squadron RAF No. 256 Squadron RAF was a flying squadron of the Royal Air Force which operated during the First and Second World Wars. Initially equipped with Dh6 and Kangaroo aircraft, it operated Defiant Mk IIs, Beaufighters, and Mosquitoes in the Second Wo ...

(1 April 1953 to 12 February 1958) * No. 213 (Ceylon) Squadron RAF (1 September 1955 to 22 August 1957) *

No. 14 Squadron RAF No. 14 Squadron of the Royal Air Force currently operates the Beechcraft Shadow R1 (a modified Beechcraft Super King Air) in the Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR) role from RAF Waddington. History Wor ...

(26 September 1957 to 1 September 1958) *

No. 20 Squadron RAF ("Deeds not Words") , colors = , colors_label = , march = , mascot = , battles = , anniversaries = , decora ...

(26 September 1957 to 1 September 1958) It was disbanded on 1 September 1958 still at Ahlhorn.

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