No. 255 Squadron RAF
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No. 255 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force Squadron formed as an anti-submarine unit in First World War and a night-fighter unit in the Second World War. The First World War squadron was formed from f
Hand-painted metallic casting circa 1950, depicting the Squadron's official badge
An Airco DH.6 similar to one flown by 255 Squadron
A Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I. similar to that used by No. 255 Squadron.
R2402, coded YD-G, a Beaufighter Mk.II night fighter of No. 255 Squadron at RAF Hibaldstow, 5 September 1941
RAF High Ercall
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Royal Air Force High Ercall or more simply RAF High Ercall is a former Royal Air Force sector station situated near the village of High Ercall, 7 miles northeast of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.
No. 255 Squadron RAF
…it moved to a satellite field at Hibaldstow, followed by a spell at RAF Coltishall in Norfolk with a detachment at RAF West Malling Kent, thereafter High Ercall and Honiley. Almost exclusively, the squadron was involved in night-time air defence throughout this time period. In November 1942, within days of the…
RAF High Ercall
RAF High Ercall on a target dossier of the German Luftwaffe, 1941