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Military unit
No. 597 Squadron RAF
was a proposed squadron of the
Royal Air Force
during the
Second World War
.
History
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The squadron was formed on 10 January 1944 as a transport unit within
46 Group
. This group was created as a Transport Support Group and was to have five squadrons at three new bases:
RAF Down Ampney
(Gloucestershire),
RAF Blakehill Farm
(Wiltshire) and
RAF Broadwell
(Oxfordshire).
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The intended squadrons were two already existing ?
Nos. 271
,
512
? and three new:
569
,
575
and 597. In the event only 575 Squadron was formed, while
48 Squadron
and
233 Squadron
took the other places, though personnel under training with 512 Squadron had been intended for service with 569 Squadron.
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No. 597 Squadron, like 569 Squadron, was disbanded on 1 March 1944 before it had any aircraft or personnel.
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See also
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References
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Notes
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Bibliography
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- Halley, James J. (1988).
The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth, 1918?1988
. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd.
ISBN
0-85130-164-9
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- Jefford, C.G. (2001).
RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912
(2nd ed.). Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd.
ISBN
1-85310-053-6
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