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{{Short description|Defunct flying squadron of the Royal Air Force}}
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|unit_name= No. 631 Squadron RAF
|image=
|caption=
|dates= 1 December 1943 -– 7 februaryFebruary 1949
|country= {{flagicon|UK}} [[United Kingdom]]
|allegiance=
|branch= [[ImageFile:Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg|23px]] [[Royal Air Force]]
|type=
|role= [[Anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft co-operation ]]
|size=
|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>
|command_structure=
|current_commander=
|garrison=
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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
}}
'''No. 631 Squadron RAF''' was aan [[Anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft co-operation]] squadron of the [[Royal Air Force]] from 1943 to 1949.
 
==HisdtoryHistory==
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 Operatedoperated==
{|class="wikitable"
{{Standard table|0}}
|+Aircraft operated by No. 631 Squadron RAF<ref name="Rawlings1982p258"/><ref name="Halley1988p442"/><ref name="Jefford2001p102">{{Harvnb|Jefford|2001|p=102.}}</ref>
! style="text-align: left; background: #B0C4DE;"|From
!From !! To !! Aircraft !! Version
! style="text-align: left; background: #B0C4DE;"|To
! style="text-align: left; background: #B0C4DE;"|Aircraft
! style="text-align: left; background: #B0C4DE;"|Version
|-
| December 1943 || February 1945 || [[Hawker Henley]] || Mk.II
| Dec 1943
| Feb 1945
| [[Hawker Henley]]
| Mk.II
|-
| March 1944 || July 1945 || [[Hawker Hurricane]] || Mk.IIc
| Mar 1944
| Jul 1945
| [[Hawker Hurricane]]
| Mk.IIc
|-
| August 1944 || July 1945 || [[Airspeed Oxford]] ||▼
| Aug 1944
| Jul 1945
▲| [[Airspeed Oxford]]
|▼
|-
| September 1944 || October 1944 || [[Miles Martinet]] || Mk.I
| Sep 1944
| Oct 1944
| [[Miles Martinet]]
| Mk.I
|-
| May 1945 || May 1947 || [[Vultee A-31 Vengeance|Vultee Vengeance]] || Mk.IV▼
| May 1945
| May 1947
▲| [[Vultee A-31 Vengeance|Vultee Vengeance]]
| Mk.IV
|-
| June 1945 || July 1945 || [[Supermarine Spitfire]] || Mk.Vb▼
| Jun 1945
| Jul 1945
▲| [[Supermarine Spitfire]]
| Mk.Vb
|-
| June 1945 || February 1949 || [[Supermarine Spitfire]] || Mk.XVI
| Jun 1945
| Feb 1949
| [[Supermarine Spitfire]]
| Mk.XVI
|-
| January 1947 || February 1949 || [[Miles Martinet]] || Mk.I
| Jan 1947
| Feb 1949
| [[Miles Martinet]]
| Mk.I
|-
| August 1948 || February 1949 || [[De Havilland Vampire]] || F.1
| Aug 1948
▲|}
| Feb 1949
 
| [[De Havilland Vampire]]
==Squadron bases==
| F.1
{|class="wikitable"
|}<ref>Rawlings 1982, p. 258.</ref><ref>Halley 1988, p. 442.</ref><ref>Jefford 2001, p. 102.</ref>
|+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
|-
| 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 }}
* Halley, James J. ''The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918-1988''. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1988. ISBN 0-85130-164-9.▼
*{{cite Jefford,book Wing|last=Delve Commander|first=Ken C.G., [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]],BA,RAFtitle=The (Retd).Source ''RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive RecordBook of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912''.|location= Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: |publisher=Airlife Publishing, 2001.|year= ISBN1994 |isbn=1-8403785310-141451-2.5}}
*{{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}}
* Rawlings, John D.R. ''Coastal, Support and Special Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft''. London: Jane's Publishing Company Ltd., 1982. ISBN 0-7106-0187-5.▼
▲*{{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 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 |isbn=0-7106-0187-5.}}
{{refend}}
 
==External links==
* [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]
 
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