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Squadron profiles from the formation interwar era of the Royal Air Force.
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11 Squadron
active — 14 February 1915
Explore 11 Squadron RAF from the Gunbus in 1915 and Burma operations to Lightnings, Tornado F.3s and today's Typhoons.
RAF Coningsby VC Awarded
View squadron → Formed <a href="https://theroyalairforcechronicle.co.uk/aircraft/eurofighter-typhoon/">Eurofighter Typhoon</a> FGR4
Final base Multi-role combat and air-defence fighter squadron with a long continuity from early fighter service to the modern Typhoon force.
Final aircraft Western Front, 1915–1918 Loos Somme, 1916 Arras Cambrai, 1917 Somme, 1918 Amiens Hindenburg Line North West Frontier, 1930–1931 North West Frontier, 1935–1939 East Africa, 1940 Egypt & Libya, 1940–1942 Greece, 1941 Syria, 1941 Ceylon, April 1942 Arakan, 1943–1944 North Burma, 1943–1944 Manipur, 1944 Burma, 1944–1945 Libya, 2011
Era First World War · Formation & Interwar · Second World War · Cold War · Modern RAF
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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”