Název: Name | 640. peruť RAF | No. 640 Squadron RAF |
Originální název: Original Name: | No. 640 Squadron RAF | |
Datum vzniku: Raised/Formed: | 07.01.1944 | |
Předchůdce: Predecessor: | 158. peruť RAF (letka 'C') | No. 158 Squadron RAF ('C' Flight) |
Datum zániku: Disbanded: | 07.05.1945 | |
Nástupce: Successor: | - | - |
Nadřízené velitelství: Higher Command: | 07.01.1944-07.05.1945 4. skupina RAF | 07.01.1944-07.05.1945 No. 4 Group RAF |
Dislokace: Deployed: | 07.01.1944-07.05.1945 Leconfield, Royal Air Force Station Leconfield | |
Velitel: Commander: | 07.01.1944-20.04.1944 Eayrs, D. J. H. (Wing Commander) 20.04.1944-04.06.1944 Carter, Wilfred (Wing Commander) 04.06.1944-14.08.1944 Maw, M. T. (Wing Commander) 14.08.1944-22.01.1945 Viney, J. M. (Wing Commander) 22.01.1945-07.05.1945 Badcoe, E. D. (Wing Commander) | |
Výzbroj: Armament: | DD.01.1944-DD.03.1945 Handley Page Halifax Mk.III DD.03.1945-DD.05.1945 Handley Page Halifax Mk.VI | |
Poznámka: Note: | kódové označení XA (přiděleno 04.1939-09.1939) C8 (01.1944-05.1945) historie jednotky | Squadron Codes XA (Allocated 04.1939-09.1939) C8 (01.1944-05.1945) Units History |
Zdroje: Sources: | HALLEY, James J. The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918–1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1988. ISBN 0-85130-164-9. JEFFORD, Wing Commander C.G., MBE, BA, RAF(Retd.). RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988 (second edition 2001). ISBN 1-85310-053-6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._640_Squadron_RAF http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/640squadron.cfm http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/h640.html http://www.rafweb.org/Squadrons/Sqn621-650.htm http://www.lancaster-archive.com/bc_sqn-640.htm www.historyofwar.org |