No. 502 Squadron — Ulster

Command
Coastal Command

History

No. 502 (Ulster) Squadron was an Auxiliary Air Force squadron that served with RAF Coastal Command in the Battle of the Atlantic. It was the first Coastal Command squadron to operate the Handley Page Halifax, and its long-range anti-submarine patrols — aided by ASV radar and the Leigh Light — sank several U-boats in the war against the German submarine.

Photographs

Aircrew and [Handley Page Halifax](/aircraft/2/) Mk III bombers of [No. 502 Squadron](/squadrons/435/) operating with RAF Coastal Command at [Stornoway](/airfields/6347/), in the Outer Hebrides, February 1945. A crew of No. 502 Squadron RAF walk to their aircraft past Handley Page Halifax Mark IIIs at Stornoway, Outer Hebrides.
ⓘ licence & creditDaventry B J (Flt Lt), Royal Air Force official photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aircrew_and_Handley_Page_Halifax_Mk_III_bombers_of_No._502_Squadron_operating_with_RAF_Coastal_Command_at_Stornoway,_in_the_Outer_Hebrides,_February_1945._CH1View source & full licence →
Loading 250lb bounds into an [Armstrong Whitworth Whitley](/aircraft/7/) Mark V of [No 502 (Ulster) Squadron](/squadrons/435/) at [RAF Aldergrove](/airfields/6019/), Northern Ireland.
ⓘ licence & creditBelfast Telegraph Photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bombing_up_502_Squadron_RAF_Whitley_Aldergrove_Nov_1940_IWM_HU_107184.jpgView source & full licence →
Bombing up of a [Armstrong Whitworth Whitley](/aircraft/7/) Mark V of [No 502 (Ulster) Squadron](/squadrons/435/) at [RAF Aldergrove](/airfields/6019/), Northern Ireland.
ⓘ licence & creditBelfast Telegraph Photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:502_Squadron_RAF_Whitley_undercarriage_Aldergrove_Nov_1940_IWM_HU_107183.jpgView source & full licence →
Aircrew and [Handley Page Halifax](/aircraft/2/) Mk III bombers of [No. 502 Squadron](/squadrons/435/) operating with RAF Coastal Command at [Stornoway](/airfields/6347/), in the Outer Hebrides. Comment : The Merlin inline engines appear to identify the aircraft as Halifax Gr Mk II.
ⓘ licence & creditDaventry B J (Flt Lt), Royal Air Force official photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:502_Squadron_RAF_Halifax_and_aircrew_Stornoway_1945_IWM_CH_14814.jpgView source & full licence →