No. 164 Squadron — Argentine-British

No. 164 (Argentine–British) Squadron was a fighter and ground-attack unit of the Royal Air Force, funded by the British community resident in Argentina as a wartime donation squadron. Reformed at Peterhead in Aberdeenshire on 6 April 1942, it initially flew Supermarine Spitfires on shipping patrols and coastal defence duties over the North Sea. In early 1943 the squadron converted to cannon-armed and rocket-armed Hawker Hurricanes at Fairwood Common in South Wales, transitioning to the dedicated ground-attack role. By March 1944 it had re-equipped with the Hawker Typhoon Mk Ib, becoming part of No. 136 Wing within No. 84 Group, Second Tactical Air Force. The squadron played an active role on D-Day, 6 June 1944, and subsequently moved to France in July to support the 21st Army Group through the Normandy campaign, the Falaise battle, and the advance through Belgium and into Germany. It participated in Operation Plunder, the Rhine crossing of March 1945, before converting back to Spitfires in June 1945 and being renumbered as No. 63 Squadron at Middle Wallop on 31 August 1946.