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{{Infobox military unit|
|unit_name= No. 631 Squadron RAF
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|dates= 1 December 1943 – 7 February 1949
|country= {{flagicon|UK}} [[United Kingdom]]
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|branch= [[File:Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg|23px]] [[Royal Air Force]]
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|role= [[Anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft co-operation]]
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|command_structure= [[No. 70 Group RAF]], [[Air Defence of Great Britain]] (43-44)<ref>{{Harvnb|Delve|1994|p=72.}}</ref><br>[[No. 70 Group RAF]], [[RAF Fighter Command|Fighter Command]] (44-49)<ref>{{Harvnb|Delve|1994|p=79.}}</ref>
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|identification_symbol=
|identification_symbol_label= Squadron Badge heraldry
|identification_symbol_2= '''6D''' (Dec 1943 – Feb 1949)<ref>{{Harvnb|Bowyer|Rawlings|1979|p=33.}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Flintham|Thomas|2003|pp=57 and 147.}}</ref>
|identification_symbol_2_label= Squadron Codes
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'''No. 631 Squadron RAF''' was an [[Anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft co-operation]] squadron of the [[Royal Air Force]] from 1943 to 1949.
==History==
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
{|class="wikitable"
|+Aircraft operated by No. 631 Squadron RAF<ref name="Rawlings1982p258"/><ref name="Halley1988p442"/><ref name="Jefford2001p102">{{Harvnb|Jefford|2001|p=102.}}</ref>
!From !! To !! Aircraft !! Version
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| December 1943 || February 1945 || [[Hawker Henley]] || Mk.II
|-
| March 1944 || July 1945 || [[Hawker Hurricane]] || Mk.IIc
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| August 1944 || July 1945 || [[Airspeed Oxford]] ||
|-
| September 1944 || October 1944 || [[Miles Martinet]] || Mk.I
|-
| May 1945 || May 1947 || [[Vultee A-31 Vengeance|Vultee Vengeance]] || Mk.IV
|-
| June 1945 || July 1945 || [[Supermarine Spitfire]] || Mk.Vb
|-
| June 1945 || February 1949 || [[Supermarine Spitfire]] || Mk.XVI
|-
| January 1947 || February 1949 || [[Miles Martinet]] || Mk.I
|-
| August 1948 || February 1949 || [[De Havilland Vampire]] || F.1
|}
==Squadron bases==
{|class="wikitable"
|+Bases and airfields used by No. 631 Squadron RAF<ref name="Rawlings1982p258"/><ref name="Halley1988p442"/><ref name="Jefford2001p102"/>
! From !! To !! Name !! Remark
|-
| 1 December 1943 || 10 May 1945 || [[RAF Towyn]], [[Caernarfonshire]], [[Wales]] || Det. at [[RAF Llanbedr]], [[Gwynedd]], Wales
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| 10 May 1945 || 11 February 1949 || RAF Llanbedr, Gwynedd, Wales ||
|}
==See also==
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==References==
;Notes
{{Reflist}}
;Bibliography
{{refbegin}}
*{{cite book |last=Bowyer |first=Michael J.F. |first2=John D.R. |last2=Rawlings |title=Squadron Codes, 1937–56 |location=Cambridge, UK |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd. |year=1979 |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=1-85310-451-5}}
*{{cite book |last1=Flintham |first1= Vic |first2= Andrew |last2=Thomas |title=Combat Codes: A Full Explanation and Listing of British, Commonwealth and Allied Air Force Unit Codes since 1938 |location=Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK |publisher=Airlife Publishing Ltd. |year=2003 |isbn=1-84037-281-8}}
*{{cite book |last=Halley |first=James J. |title=The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth, 1918–1988 |year=1988 |location=Tonbridge, Kent, UK |publisher=Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd.|isbn=0-85130-164-9 }}
*{{cite book |last= Jefford |first= C.G. |title= RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record 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 |isbn=1-85310-053-6 }}
*{{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=0-7106-0187-5}}
{{refend}}
==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081120/http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/631squadron.cfm History of No. 631 Squadron]
* [http://www.rafweb.org/Squadrons/Sqn621-650.htm History of No.'s 621–650 Squadrons at RAF Web]
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{{Royal Air Force}}
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[[Category:Aircraft squadrons of the Royal Air Force in World War II]]
[[Category:Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons|631 squadron]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1943]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1949]]
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