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No. 211 Squadron RAF
211 Squadron RAF 1918 to 1919, 1937 to 1946, UK, Middle East & Far East
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de Havilland Mosquito
Origins
Though conceived in the same tense period after Munich that saw official support for the Bristol Beaufighter concept, de Havilland’s private venture design for a high-speed unarmed reconnaissa...
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Maps
Maps
The Middle East
A selection of Middle East maps, contemporary with the movements and operations of 211 Squadron from 1938 to 1942.
Middle East c1940 (Wings Over Olympus 1942)
Charming in its litt...
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Bristol Blenheim I
LJ-R leading. This aircraft survived operations from June 1940 in the Western Desert to March 1941 in Greece.
In Britain, the metropolitan airforce grew rapidly with the successive expansion plans of ...
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Squadron markings
were to be delivered to RAF Squadrons in factory-finish silver (ie aluminium) dope until production ceased at the end of 1937. Up to 1938, squadrons commonly showed their Squadron number on the fusela...
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NH Oddie
The RAAF contribution continued...
Spread half way around Australia or more, today the Oddie family maintain a keen sense of history, close links with each other, and a tradition of service in the RAA...