8 Squadron

8 SQUADRON

Aircraft Time Line

1915

11 types including BE2c and Bristol Scout

1920

20th January disbanded at Duxford

18th October reformed at Helwan in Egypt

DH 9a

Nighthawk

Fairey IIIf

Fairey Floatplane

1939

YO & HV

Vincent and Blenheim

1940

Blenheim I

Maryland I

Swordfish I

Blenheim IV

Hudson IIIa

1945

1st May disbanded at Khormaksar

15th May reformed at Jessore in India by renumbering 200 Sqn

Liberator

Disbanded 15th November

1946

Reformed 1st September at Khormaksar

Mosquito VI

Tempest VI

Brigand B1

Auster VI

Vampire FB9

Venom FB1, FB4

Meteor FR9

1960

Converted to Hunter FGA9 retained the Meteor Recce Flight

Meteor flight converted to Hunter FR10

1967

August the Squadron deployed to Masirah

1967

September moved to Bahrain

1971

21st December disbanded

1972

1st January reformed with Shackelton at Kinloss

Converted to Boeing Sentry at Waddington

Brief History as a Hunter Squadron

1960

Converted to FGA9

Sqn Cdr.: Sqn. Ldr.

1961

Detached to Kuwait during the crisis

1961

Sqn Cdr.: Sqn. Ldr. Laurie Jones

1963

Sqn Cdr.: Sqn. Ldr. Tam Syme

1964

Radfan crisis - Operation Nutcracker

1965

Sqn Cdr.: Sqn. Ldr. Des Melaniphy

1967

Sqn Cdr.: Sqn. Ldr. Fred Trowern in May

1967

Squadron moved to Muharraq in Bahrain

1968

Sqn Cdr.: Sqn. Ldr. Jock McVie short toured due to illness

1969

Sqn Cdr.: Sqn. Ldr. Bill Stoker

Sqn Cdr.: Sqn. Ldr.

1971

Disbanded in December

Reformed as a AWACs Squadron at Lossiemouth with Shackleton aircraft

Formed

No. 8 Sqn was formed at Brooklands on I January 1915 before moving to St Omer, France in April with BE2Cs where it became an army co-operation unit

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