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united kingdom 110 squadron

Royal Air Force


1917 to 1971    


Unit History:

110 squadron
Formed 1 Nov 1917 with aircraft funded from India and took the name (Hyderabad), as a bombing unit. Moved to Far East in Mar 1942, where it disbanded as a transport unit with Valettas on 31 Dec 1957. Reformed with Whirlwind HAR.4 on 3 Jun 1959 at Kuala Lumpur, when 155 & 194 Squadrons were amalgamated and renumbered. Moved to RAAF base at Butterworth (WMKB) in Sep 1959, where Sycamore HR.14s arrived in Apr 1960 and had replaced the Whirlwinds by Jul 1960. A detatchment was sent to Brunei in Apr 1963 and following the introduction of the Whirlwind HAR.10 in Jul 1963, the whole unit moved to Borneo where it stayed until Nov 1967. On 6 Mar 1969 it moved to RAF Changi (WSSS) where it disbanded on 15 Feb 1971.

Bases / Heliports of this unit:

YearsBase / Heliport
1969/71SG Changi International Airport
1964/69SG Seletar
1959/63MY Kota Belud Butterworth
1959MY Kuala Lumpur Sungai Besi / Simpang

Models served in this unit: Login to Edit    

YearsModels
1963/71whirlwind
1960/64sycamore
1959/60whirlwind



Participated in operations :

DatesOperation
jul48 to dec57Operation Firedog






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