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Squadron profiles from the first world war era of the Royal Air Force.
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74 Squadron
“1 July 1917”
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Explore 74 Squadron RAF from First World War aces and the Battle of Britain to Lightnings, Phantoms and its final Hawk training years.
<a href="https://theroyalairforcechronicle.co.uk/aircraft/bae-hawk/">BAE Hawk</a> T.1/T.1A VC Awarded
View squadron → Formed Single-seat fighter squadron later employed in air defence, fighter-bomber operations and, in its final incarnation, reserve fast-jet training.
Disbanded 1918
Final base Western Front, 1918 France & Low Countries, 1940 Dunkirk Battle of Britain, 1940 Fortress Europe, 1940–1941 and 1944 Home Defence, 1940–1941 Mediterranean, 1943 Walcheren Normandy, 1944 France & Germany, 1944–1945 Rhine
Final aircraft 1
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29 Squadron Captain <a href="https://theroyalairforcechronicle.co.uk/people/james-mccudden/">James McCudden</a> VC served with 29 Squadron in the First World War and was awarded the Victoria Cross for repeated conspicuous bravery and combat success, gazetted in April 1918.
74 Squadron Single-seat fighter squadron later employed in air defence, fighter-bomber operations and, in its final incarnation, reserve fast-jet training.–1918 “1 July 1917”
11 Squadron <a href="https://theroyalairforcechronicle.co.uk/aircraft/eurofighter-typhoon/">Eurofighter Typhoon</a> FGR4
19 Squadron Western Front, 1916–1918 Somme, 1916 Arras Ypres, 1917 Somme, 1918 Amiens Hindenburg Line Dunkirk Home Defence, 1940–1942 Battle of Britain, 1940 Channel & North Sea, 1941–1942 Fortress Europe, 1942–1944 Dieppe Normandy, 1944 Arnhem France & Germany, 1944–1945 “1 September 1915”