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united kingdom 194 squadron

Royal Air Force


1942 to 1959    


Unit History:

First formed 13 Oct 1942 at Lahore and disbanded at Mingaladon on 15 Feb 1946. Reformed on 2 Feb 1953 at RAF Sembawang (WSAG) from the Far East Casevac Flight with the Dragonfly HC.2, becoming the RAF's first operational helicopter squadron. It sent a detatchment to Kuala Lumpur and the whole unit followed on 1 May 1953, where it received its first Sycamore HR.14s, which replaced the Dragonfly in Jun 1956. On 3 Jun 1959, it merged with 155 Squadron and both were renumbered into 110 Squadron.

Bases / Heliports of this unit:

YearsBase / Heliport
1953/59MY Kuala Lumpur Sungai Besi / Simpang
1953SG Sembawang


Models served in this unit: Login to Edit    

YearsModels
1954/59sycamore
1953/56dragonfly



Participated in operations :

DatesOperation
feb53 to jun59Operation Firedog






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