No. 194 Squadron RAF
194 Squadron RAF, though formed as a training unit in Egypt and ended as a casualty evacuation unit in British Malaya, Malaya, was for most of its active service life a RAF Military transport aircraft, transport squadron that flew in South East Asia. History Formation and World War I Formed as a training squadron in No. 20 Group (or No. 32 GroupSturtivant and Hamlin 2007, pp. 280, 288.) at RAF El Amiriya in Egypt on 9 August 1917, it disbanded on 21 July 1918 into No. 16 Training Depot Station. World War II No. 194 Squadron was reformed at Walton Airport, RAF Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab on 13 October 1942 as a transport unit equipped with Lockheed Hudson, Hudsons. It maintained mail and passenger routes in India until it became an airborne forces squadron in September 1943. Douglas DC-3, Douglas Dakotas had started to arrive in May and, with the departure of the last Hudsons in September, No. 194 began paratroop training. In February 1944, supply-dropping flights to Chin ...
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 170 ...
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