263 squadron造句

• Roundel On 7 December 1942, Westland Whirlwind ( fighter ) s from No . 263 Squadron RAF crashed, after flying through heavy flak, south of Jersey after attacking shipping in St . Helier harbour.
• Roundel On 15 June 1943, a Westland Whirlwind ( fighter ) ( reference : P7000 ) from No . 263 Squadron RAF exploded in flames and crashed, after sinking a German Minesweeper M483, north of Sark
• No . 263 Squadron, the first and last squadron to operate the Whirlwind, flew its last Whirlwind mission on 29 November 1943, turning in their aeroplanes and converting to the Hawker Typhoon in December that year.
• By the end of 26 April, although 263 Squadron had managed to destroy two Heinkels, all of its aircraft had been destroyed or rendered unserviceable and by the end of the month the squadron was ordered home.
• Roundel On 7 December 1942, Westland Whirlwind ( fighter ) s from " No . 263 Squadron RAF " piloted by the Sqdn Leader was hit by flak and ditched south of Jersey after attacking shipping.
• Ten Gladiators of 263 Squadron were flown aboard during the afternoon of 7 June and the Hurricanes of 46 Squadron were also flown aboard without any significant problems in the early evening despite having a much higher landing speed than the biplanes.
• After quick repairs, which included the removal of several rows of turbine blades, " Furious " returned to Norway on 18 May carrying the 804 Squadron and nine Swordfish of 816 Squadron for self-protection while ferrying 263 Squadron.
• In 1949, new runways were laid, and the following year Wattisham became home to the Gloster Meteor, the 263 Squadrons, the UK's next generation fighter, which helped secure Wattisham's future as a major fighter base.
• The flight lasted 5 hours and 46 minutes and their opponents were again from No . 263 Squadron, aircraft serial number N5893 piloted by Pilot Officer J . L . Wilkie, and N5681 piloted by Pilot Officer L . R . Jacobsen.
• She was sunk and along with the aircraft from four squadrons . 263 Squadron lost its CO, S / Ldr John W Donaldson, F / Lt Alvin T Williams and P . O . Sidney Robert McNamara along with seven other pilots.
• No . 263 Squadron flew Whirlwinds until the end of 1943 these three years being spent in the west; two years in airfields around Wiltshire, Dorset and Gloucestershire, six months in south Wales, and six months in Devon and Cornwall.
• *1940  The British aircraft carriers HMS Glorious and HMS Furious fly off Royal Air Force aircraft for service ashore at Bardufoss, Norway, with Glorious delivering the Hurricanes of No . 46 Squadron and Furious the Gladiators of No . 263 Squadron.
• Whirlwind Mark I, P7116 " HE-F " " Bellows Argentina No . 2 ", flown by the Officer Commanding 263 Squadron RAF based at Colerne, Wiltshire, on the snow-covered airfield at Charmy Down, Somerset.
• *1940  HMS Ark Royal brings aboard the five surviving Supermarine Walrus flying boats of No . 701 Squadron from Harstad and HMS Glorious the surviving Hurricanes of No . 46 Squadron and Gladiators of No . 263 Squadron from Bardufoss as the Allied evacuation from Norway continues.
• Squadrons stationed at RAF Filton from the beginning of the Second World War included 263 Squadron ( reformed on 2 October 1939 at Filton ) taking over some of the Gloster Gladiator I biplane fighters previously with No . 605 Squadron RAF and still wearing that squadron's code letter ( HE ).
• On 27 August 1944 the squadron and No . 263 Squadron RAF Typhoons with Spitfire escort was mistakenly ordered to attack the Royal Navy 1st Minesweeping Flotilla off Cap d'Antifer, Le Havre, with the result that and were sunk and was irreparably damaged, killing 117 sailors and wounding 153 more.
• After the invasions of Belgium and France in 1940 he flew to England, where he enlisted in the RAF . After instructing pilots he requested to fly with an operational unit, he flew with No . 123 Squadron RAF until being given command of No . 263 Squadron RAF on 25 February 1944.
• Too often in World War II, such aircraft suffered accelerated development or limited service, with the result that teething difficulties came to be regarded as permanent limitations . " Bruce Robertson, in " The Westland Whirlwind Described ", quotes a 263 Squadron pilot as saying, " It was regarded with absolute confidence and affection ."
• Action was short but intense before the squadrons were instructed on 2 June to prepare for evacuation; 263 Squadron had flown 249 sorties and claimed 26 enemy aircraft destroyed . 263's ten surviving Gladiators were landed on HMS " Glorious " on 7 June . " Glorious " sailed but was intercepted by the German battleships and.
• The Second World War saw the town bombed, first by German bombers in June 1940 and later by Allied bombers which caused damage to the glass in the town, in particular 8 Hawker Typhoon aircraft flown by No . 263 Squadron RAF attack on German submarine U-275, in the harbour on 14 June 1944 shattered most of stained glass windows in the church.