No. 320 Squadron — Netherlands

Command
Bomber Command

History

No. 320 (Netherlands) Squadron formed at Pembroke Dock in June 1940 around Fokker T.VIIIW seaplanes escaped from the Netherlands and personnel of the Dutch naval air service. It first flew maritime patrols and anti-shipping work with Fokkers, Ansons and Hudsons, and absorbed No. 321 Squadron in early 1941. In 1943 the squadron transferred to No. 2 Group and re-equipped with Mitchells, flying daylight bombing with Second Tactical Air Force through Normandy, Belgium and Germany before passing to Royal Netherlands Navy control in August 1945.

Photographs

Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. [North American Mitchell](/aircraft/15/) Mark IIs of [No. 320 (Dutch) Squadron](/squadrons/389/) RAF lined up at [Dunsfold](/airfields/6130/), Surrey, during an inspection of No. 139 Wing by the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Expeditionary Force, General Dwight D Eisenhower.
ⓘ licence & creditStanley Devon / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Air_Force-_2nd_Tactical_Air_Force,_1943-1945._CH20598.jpgView source & full licence →
Royal Air Force- 1939-1945- Coastal Command A Dutch air gunner in the turret of an Anson of [No 320 Squadron](/squadrons/389/) at [Carew Cheriton](/airfields/6077/), near [Pembroke Dock](/airfields/6297/), in August 1940.
ⓘ licence & creditDaventry B J (F/O), Royal Air Force official photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Air_Force-_1939-1945-_Coastal_Command_CH1081.jpgView source & full licence →