About: No. 161 Squadron RAF   Sponge Permalink

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No. 161 (Special Duties) Squadron was a highly secretive unit of the Royal Air Force, which, together with 138 Squadron, was tasked with missions of the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War. Their primary role was to drop and collect secret agents and equipment into and from Nazi-occupied Europe. The squadron had a secondary role in acting as the King's Flight.

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  • No. 161 Squadron RAF
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  • No. 161 (Special Duties) Squadron was a highly secretive unit of the Royal Air Force, which, together with 138 Squadron, was tasked with missions of the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War. Their primary role was to drop and collect secret agents and equipment into and from Nazi-occupied Europe. The squadron had a secondary role in acting as the King's Flight.
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  • RAF Graveley March 1942-April 1942
  • RAF Newmarket Feb 1942-March 1942
  • RAF Tempsford April 1942-June 1945
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  • Special Duties
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  • MA / JR
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  • --02-15
  • --05-09
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  • No. 161 Squadron RAF
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  • Base
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  • Liberate
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  • No. 161 (Special Duties) Squadron was a highly secretive unit of the Royal Air Force, which, together with 138 Squadron, was tasked with missions of the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War. Their primary role was to drop and collect secret agents and equipment into and from Nazi-occupied Europe. The squadron had a secondary role in acting as the King's Flight.
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