No. 321 Squadron — Netherlands

Command
Coastal Command

History

No. 321 (Netherlands) Squadron formed at Pembroke Dock in June 1940 from Dutch naval airmen and aircraft that had escaped to Britain. Its first existence was brief: the unit flew maritime patrols with Fokker T.VIIIW seaplanes but was absorbed into No. 320 Squadron in January 1941. The squadron number was revived in Ceylon in 1942 for Dutch personnel from the Netherlands East Indies, and it later operated Liberators on long-range maritime patrols and anti-submarine work from the Indian Ocean until it passed back to Dutch naval control after the war.

Photographs

Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. [Avro Anson](/aircraft/31/) Mark I, N9742, of [No. 321 (Dutch) Squadron](/squadrons/390/) RAF being refuelled by Dutch personnel at [Carew Cheriton](/airfields/6077/), Pembrokeshire.
ⓘ licence & creditDaventry B J (Mr), Royal Air Force official photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Air_Force_Coastal_Command,_1939-1945._CH1337.jpgView source & full licence →