Military unit
No. 1300 (Meteorological) Flight was formed on 31 July 1943 at RAF Alipore , Calcutta , West Bengal , British India , by re-designating No. 1 Meteorological Flight RAF .[ 2] [ 3] The flight, strength of which had been reduced to three Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIs by this time,[ 3] was disbanded on 30 May 1946 at RAF Kallang , Malaya , as No. 1300 (Meteorological THUM) Flight , THUM standing for Temperature and Humidity .
No. 1300 (Meteorological Reconnaissance) Flight was re-formed on 1 June 1946 at RAF Mingaladon , Burma, moving to RAF Butterworth , in Malaya, where it disbanded on 15 March 1947 to become No. 18 Squadron RAF .[ 2] [ 3]
Aircraft operated
Flight bases
Bases and airfields used by no. 1300 Flight RAF, data from[ 2] [ 3]
From
To
Base
31 July 1943
11 April 1944
RAF Alipore , Calcutta , West Bengal , British India
11 April 1944
19 September 1944
RAF Baigachi, West Bengal, British India
19 September 1944
21 December 1945
RAF Alipore, West Bengal, British India
21 December 1945
30 May 1946
RAF Kallang , Malaya
1 June 1946
13 December 1946
RAF Mingaladon , Burma
13 December 1946
15 March 1947
RAF Butterworth , Malaya
See also
References
Notes
^ Delve 1994, pp. 77, 84.
^ a b c d Lake 1999, p. 84.
^ a b c d e Sturtivant and Hamlin 2007, p. 118.
Bibliography
Delve, Ken. The Source Book of the RAF . Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1994. ISBN 1-85310-451-5 .
Lake, Alan. Flying Units of the RAF . Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-84037-086-6 .
Sturtivant, Ray, ISO and John Hamlin. RAF Flying Training And Support Units since 1912 . Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 2007. ISBN 0-85130-365-X .
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