Royal Air Force Tingley or more simply RAF Tingley is a former Royal Air Force station located to the northeast of Lake Fetzara, El Bouni District, Algeria.
RAF Tingley | |
|---|---|
| Lake Fetzara, El Bouni District in Algeria | |
  RAF Tingley Shown within Algeria | |
| Coordinates | 36°49′01″N 07°36′15″E / 36.81694°N 7.60417°E |
| Type | Royal Air Force station |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Air Ministry |
| Operator | Royal Air Force |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1940s |
| In use | 1940s |
| Battles/wars | Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II |
The following squadrons were here at some point:
- No. 32 Squadron RAF between 21 May and 19 August 1943 with the Supermarine Spitfire VC & IX and the Hawker Hurricane IIC[1]
- No. 43 (China-British) Squadron RAF between 19 April and 2 May 1943 with the Spitfire VC[2]
- No. 81 Squadron RAF between 26 January and 17 March 1943 with the VC & IX[3]
- No. 87 (United Provinces) Squadron RAF between 22 May and 13 August 1943 with the Spitfire VB, VC & IX[4]
- No. 154 (Motor Industries) Squadron RAF between 17 January and 16 March 1943 with the Spitfire VB & IX[5]
- No. 232 Squadron RAF between 12 January and 16 March 1943 with the Spitfire VB[6]
- No. 242 (Canadian) Squadron RAF between 13 March and 19 April 1943 with the Spitfire VB[7]
- No. 243 Squadron RAF between 13 and 28 January 1943 with the Spitfire VB & VC[8]
- Detachment from No. 255 Squadron RAF between December 1942 and May 1943 with the Bristol Beaufighter VIF[9]
- No. 283 Squadron RAF between 13 and 30 May 1943 with the Supermarine Walrus[10]
- Detachment from No. 600 (City of London) Squadron AAF between January and June 1943 with the Beaufighter VIF[11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 35.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 39.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 49.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 51.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 63.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 75.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 76.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 77.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 79.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 83.
- ^ Jefford 1988, p. 98.
- Jefford, C. G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.