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RAF Hamworthy

Royal Air Force Hamworthy, or RAF Hamworthy, is a former Royal Air Force Coastal Command seaplane base at Poole Harbour in Dorset, England, that was operational between 1939 and 1948. During the Second World War, it was used by the Royal Air Force, the Royal Navy and BOAC.

RAF units and aircraft

Unit Dates Aircraft Variant Notes
No. 210 Squadron RAF 1943 Consolidated PBY Catalina IB Detachments to Gibraltar.
No. 461 Squadron RAAF 1942-1943 Short Sunderland II and III

References

Citations

  1. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 70.
  2. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 93.

Bibliography

  • Jefford, C G (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.