No. 171 Squadron RAF was a
Royal Air Force
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Squadron that was a coastal reconnaissance and radio countermeasures unit in
World War II
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.
History
Formation in World War II
The squadron formed on 15 June 1942 at
Gatwick and equipped with
Tomahawk and then
Mustang
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aircraft, it was disbanded in December 1942 and then reformed on 8 September 1944 at
North Creake
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It covers an area of and had a population of 414 in 184 households at the 2001 census, reducing to 386 at the 2011 Census.
For the purposes of local ...
, equipped with
Stirling III and then
Halifax Radio Countermeasures aircraft. It finally disbanded on 27 July 1945.
Aircraft operated
References
External links
History of No.'s 171–175 Squadrons at RAF Web171 Squadron history on the official RAF website
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171
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Military units and formations established in 1942