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No. 1456 Flight RAF

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No. 1456 Flight RAF
An A-20 Havoc of the USAAF, like the ones used by the flight
Active	24 Nov 1941 – 2 Sep 1942
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Role	Night Fighter (Turbinlite)
Part of	No. 9 Group RAF, Fighter Command^[1]
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldry	No known badge
Squadron Codes	No known identification code for the flight is known to have been carried

No. 1456 (Fighter) Flight was formed at RAF Honiley, Warwickshire on 24 November 1941, equipped with Turbinlite Douglas Boston and Douglas Havoc aircraft.^[2] On operations they cooperated with the Hawker Hurricanesof257 Squadron.^[3] The flight was replaced with 535 Squadron on 2 September 1942^[4]^[5] but officially disbanded as late as 25 January 1943.^[4]

535 Sqn, which had taken over men and machines, carried on flying the Turbinlite Bostons and Havocs till the system was abandoned on 25 January 1943,^[6] when Turbinlite squadrons were, due to lack of success on their part and the rapid development of AI radar, thought to be superfluous.^[7]

Aircraft operated[edit]

Aircraft operated by no. 1457 Flight RAF, data from^[2]^[3]^[4]
From	To	Aircraft	Version
24 November 1941	8 September 1942	Douglas Havoc	Mk.I (Turbinlite)
24 November 1941	8 September 1942	Douglas Havoc	Mk.I
24 November 1941	8 September 1942	Douglas Havoc	Mk.II (Turbinlite)
24 November 1941	8 September 1942	Douglas Boston	Mk.II (Turbinlite)
24 November 1941	8 September 1942	Douglas Boston	Mk.III (Turbinlite)

Flight bases[edit]

Bases and airfields used by no. 1456 Flight RAF, data from^[2]^[3]^[4]
From	To	Base
24 November 1941	June 1942	RAF Honiley, Warwickshire
June 1942	2 September 1942	RAF High Ercall, Shropshire

Commanding officers[edit]

Officers commanding no. 1456 Flight RAF, data from^[3]
From	To	Name
24 November 1941	August 1942	S/Ldr. I.E. Chalmers-Watson, AFC
August 1942	2 September 1942	S/Ldr. B.H. Moloney

References[edit]

Notes

^ Delve 1994, p. 57.

^ ^a ^b ^c Lake 1999, p. 90.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Rawlings 1978, p. 465.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Sturtivant and Hamlin 2007, p. 123.

^ Jefford 2001, p. 97.

^ Halley 1988, p. 403.

^ Rawlings 1978, p. 463.

Bibliography

Delve, Ken. The Source Book of the RAF. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1994. ISBN 1-85310-451-5.

Halley, James J. The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918-1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1988. ISBN 0-85130-164-9.

Jefford, C.G. RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988 (second edition 2001). ISBN 1-85310-053-6.

Lake, Alan. Flying Units of the RAF. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.

Rawlings, John D.R. Fighter Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft. London: Macdonald & Jane's (Publishers) Ltd., 1969 (2nd edition 1976, reprinted 1978). ISBN 0-354-01028-X.

Sturtivant, Ray, ISO and John Hamlin. RAF Flying Training And Support Units since 1912. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 2007. ISBN 0-85130-365-X.

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