No. 134 Squadron RAF was a part of the

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which was formed as a light bomber unit in

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and reformed as a fighter squadron in

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History

First World War

No. 134 Squadron

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was formed on 1 March 1918 and became a unit of the Royal Air Force a month later but disbanded on 17 August 1918.

Second World War

The squadron reformed from a nucleus provided by 17 Squadron in July 1941 as a fighter unit equipped with

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s stationed at

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. It was then based near

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to train

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n pilots until the Hurricanes were handed over to the Russian Navy. Back in the UK the squadron was re-assembled at

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on 7 December 1941, moved to

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for two months and returned to

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(in Warwickshire) to prepare to move overseas once again. It then operated in

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until November 1943 when it moved to

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and

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. The squadron converted to the

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and disbanded by being renumbered 131 Squadron.

Aircraft operated

Footnotes

References

External links

History of 131–135 Squadrons at RAF Web

134 Squadron history on the official RAF website
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