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1933
1933 - 0758.PDF
FLIGHT, OCTOBER 12, 1933 IN SQUADRON FORMATION : Fairey " Gordons " of No. 207 (Bomber) Squadron. (FLIGHT Photo. Zeebrugge, greatly to the annoyance of the submarines there. During the last spring of the war the squadron was withdrawn to Andover to refit with 10 Handley Pages cf new type. Under the command of Maj. G. L." Thom son, D.S.O., it then went back overseas to Digescourt aerodrome, near Abbeville, joining the 54th Wing. During the summer the squadron was commanded successively by Maj. T. A. Batchelor, D.S.C, who was injured in a flying accident, and Maj. G. R. Elliot. During the last months of the war the squadron was engaged in bombing Peronne, Cambrai, and Valenciennes. Then it moved forward with the advance and bombed the railway stations at Liege, Namur, and Maubeuge, so as to harass the German retreat. After the Armistice it remained for a while with the Army of Occupation, but in August, 1919, was reduced to cadre. The cadre was disbanded at Uxbridge on January 20, 1920, but on February 1 the squadron reformed at Bircham Newton as a permanent unit of the Royal Air Force. It has remained ever since at Bircham Newton. PILOTS OF No. 207 (BOMBER) SQUADRON : From left to right, P Sgt. Mitchell, P/Sgt. Lawton, P O. Terdrey, F O. Bax, Fit. Lt. Ware, Sqd. Ldr. Vachell, Fit. Lt. Crummy, P/Sgt. Gould, and P/Sgt. Goodwin. (FLIGHT Photo.) No. 210 (F.B.) Squadron WHEN No. 210 (Flying Boat) Squadron was formed at Pembroke Dock it was temporarily equipped with the " Southamptons " which had been returned from Basra by No. 203 (F.B.) Squadron when the latter received " Rangons." No. 210 has continued to use " Southamp tons " ever since, but it has now been decided to re-equip SEE the squadron with the Short " Singapore 3," four Rolls- Royce " Kestrels." The hulls, we understand, have already been laid down at the Short works at Rochester. Landing Light at Lympne A LANDING floodlight is now again in operation at Lympne aerodrome, and the use of Money flares will there fore be discontinued. 1024
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