No. 534 Squadron RAF

No. 534 Squadron RAF
No. 534 Squadron RAF
Active	2 Sep 1942 – 25 Jan 1943
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Role	Turbinlite nightfighter squadron
Part of	No. 11 Group RAF, Fighter Command

No. 534 Squadron RAF was one of the ten Turbinlite nightfighter squadrons of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.

History

No. 534 Squadron was formed at RAF Tangmere, Sussex on 2^[1] September 1942, from No. 1455 (Turbinlite) Flight,^[3]^[4] as part of No. 11 Group RAF in Fighter Command. Instead of operating only Turbinlite and -rudimentary- Airborne Intercept (AI) radar equipped aircraft (Havocs and Bostons) and working together with a normal nightfighter unit the unit now also flew with their own Hawker Hurricanes. It was disbanded at Tangmere on 25 January 1943,^[1] when Turbinlite squadrons were, due to lack of success on their part and the rapid development of AI radar, thought to be superfluous.^[5]

Aircraft operated by No. 534 Squadron RAF, data from^[1]^[3]^[5]
From	To	Aircraft	Version
2 September 1942	25 January 1943	Douglas Havoc	Mk.I (Turbinlite)
2 September 1942	25 January 1943	Douglas Havoc	Mk.II (Turbinlite)
2 September 1942	25 January 1943	Douglas Boston	Mk.I (Nightfighter)
2 September 1942	25 January 1943	Douglas Boston	Mk.III (Turbinlite)
2 September 1942	25 January 1943	Hawker Hurricane	Mk.IIc

Bases and airfields used by No. 534 Squadron RAF, data from^[1]^[3]^[5]
From	To	Base
2 September 1942	25 January 1943	RAF Tangmere, Sussex

Officers commanding No. 534 Squadron RAF, data from^[3]
From	To	Name
2 September 1942	25 January 1943	S/Ldr. K. Matthews

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Jefford 2001, p. 97.
^ "www.rafcommands.com". Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Rawlings 1978, p. 465.
^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 123.
^ ^a ^b ^c Halley 1988, p. 402.

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