No. 631 Squadron RAF: Difference between revisions

|identification_symbol_2= '''6D''' (Dec 1943 -– Feb 1949)<ref>{{Harvnb|Bowyer and |Rawlings|1979|p=33.}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Flintham and |Thomas|2003|pp=57 and 147.}}</ref>

The squadron was formed at [[RAF Towyn]] on 1 December 1943, from [[No. 1605 Flight RAF|1605 Flight]] and [[No. 1628 Flight RAF|1628 Flight]] for anti-aircraft co-operation duties, and operated a variety of aircraft in this role.<ref>{{cite web|title=No 631 Squadron|url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/631squadron.cfm|website=Royal Air Force|publisher=Royal Air Force|access-date=2 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816135622/http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/631squadron.cfm|archive-date=16 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 10 May 1945 the squadron moved to [[RAF Llanbedr]]. It was disbanded on 11 February 1949 when redesignated [[No. 20 Squadron RAF]].<ref name="Rawlings1982p258">{{Harvnb|Rawlings|1982|p=258.}}</ref><ref name="Halley1988p442">{{Harvnb|Halley|1988|p=442.}}</ref>

|+Aircraft operated by noNo. 631 Squadron, data fromRAF<ref name="Rawlings1982p258"/><ref name="Halley1988p442"/><ref name="Jefford2001p102">{{Harvnb|Jefford|2001|p=102.}}</ref>

|+Bases and airfields used by noNo. 631 Squadron RAF, data from<ref name="Rawlings1982p258"/><ref name="Halley1988p442"/><ref name="Jefford2001p102"/>

*{{cite book |last=Bowyer, |first=Michael J.F. and |first2=John D.R. |last2=Rawlings. '' |title=Squadron Codes, 1937-56''.1937–56 |location=Cambridge, UK: |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd., |year=1979. ISBN |isbn=0-85059-364-6. }}

*{{cite book |last=Delve, |first=Ken. ''|title=The Source Book of the RAF''. |location= Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: |publisher=Airlife Publishing, |year= 1994. ISBN |isbn=1-85310-451-5.}}

*{{cite book |last1=Flintham, |first1= Vic and|first2= Andrew |last2=Thomas. ''|title=Combat Codes: A fullFull explanationExplanation and listingListing of British, Commonwealth and Allied airAir forceForce unitUnit codesCodes since 1938''. |location=Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: |publisher=Airlife Publishing Ltd., |year=2003. ISBN |isbn=1-84037-281-8.}}

*{{cite book |last=Halley, |first=James J. ''|title=The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth, 1918–1988 1918-|year=1988''. |location=Tonbridge, Kent, UK: |publisher=Air -Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1988. ISBN |isbn=0-85130-164-9. }}

*{{cite Jefford,book Wing|last= CommanderJefford |first= C.G., [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]],BA,RAF (Retd).title= ''RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Recordrecord of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912'' |year=2001 |edition=2nd |publisher=Airlife Publishing Ltd. |location=Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 2001. ISBN |isbn=1-8403785310-141053-2.6 }}

*{{cite book |last=Rawlings, |first= John D.R. ''|title=Coastal, Support and Special Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft''. |location=London: |publisher= Jane's Publishing Company Ltd., |year= 1982. ISBN |isbn=0-7106-0187-5.}}

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081120/http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/h631631squadron.htmlcfm History of No. 631 Squadron]

* [http://www.rafweb.org/Squadrons/Sqn621-650.htm Squadron historiesHistory of nosNo.'s 621-650621–650 Squadrons sqnat onRAF RAFwebWeb]