RAF Castletown
Squadrons based at station

RAF Castletown

Section Title: Squadrons based at station
Table Section Text: None

Sqn	Aircraft	From	Arrived	Departed	To	Notes

3	Hawker Hurricane I	RAF Wick RAF Turnhouse RAF Skaebrae	3 September 1940 13 October 1940 10 February 1941	14 September 1940 7 January 1941 3 April 1941	RAF Turnhouse RAF Skaebrae RAF Martlesham Heath

17	Hurricane IIA/I	RAF Martlesham Heath	5 April 1941	16 June 1941	RAF Elgin	Detachments at RAF Elgin & RAF Sumburgh.

54	Supermarine Spitfire VB/IIB	RAF Hornchurch	17 November 1941	2 June 1942	RAF Wellingore

66	Spitfire LF IXB	RAF Bognor	8 May 1944	14 May 1944	RAF Bognor

118	Spitfire VI	RAF Peterhead	19 October 1943	20 January 1944	RAF Detling	Det at RAF Peterhead.

123	Spitfire I/IIA/VB	RAF Drem	22 September 1941	11 April 1942	en route Egypt	Det at RAF Tain.

124	Spitfire I/IIB/VA/VB	Reformed here	10 May 1941	17 November 1941	RAF Biggin Hill	Reformed here.

131	Spitfire VB/VC	RAF Westhampnett	22 January 1943	26 June 1943	RAF Exeter

132	Spitfire IXB/VB/VI	RAF Detling	17 January 1944	10 March 1944	RAF Detling

167	Spitfire VB	RAF Scorton	1 June 1942	14 October 1942	RAF Ludham	Det at RAF Peterhead.

213	Hurricane I	RAF Driffield	18 February 1941	11 May 1941	en route Egypt via HMS Furious

232	Hurricane I	RAF Sumburgh	18 September 1940	13 October 1940	RAF Skitten

260	Hurricane I	Reformed here RAF Skitten	22 November 1940 7 January 1941	5 December 1940 10 February 1941	RAF Skitten

278	Westland Lysander IIA Supermarine Walrus	RAF Matlask	21 April 1942	February	RAF Shoreham	As a detachment from RAF Coltishall.

282	Walrus Avro Anson I	Formed here	1 January 1943	12 January 1944	Disbanded	Dets at RAF Peterhead, RAF Drem and RAF Ayr.

310	Spitfire VA/VB/VI	RAF Exeter	26 June 1943	19 September 1943	RAF Ibsley	Det at RAF Sumburgh.

331	Hurricane I/IIB	RAF Catterick	21 August 1941	21 September 1941	RAF Skaebrae

404	Bristol Blenheim IVF	RAF Thorney Island	20 June 1941	27 July 1941	RAF Skitten

504	Hurricane I Spitfire VB/VC/VI Spitfire IXB/VB	RAF Wick RAF Redhill RAF Hornchurch	21 June 1940 19 September 1943 10 March 1944	2 September 1940 18 October 1943 30 April 1944	RAF Catterick RAF Peterhead RAF Digby	Full strength. Det at Sumburgh. Full strength.

607	Hurricane I	RAF Skitten	27 July 1941	20 August 1941	RAF Skitten

610	Spitfire VB/VC	RAF Ludham	15 October 1942	20 January 1943	RAF Westhampnett

808 FAA	Fulmar I	RNAS Worthy Down	5 September 1940	2 October 1940	RNAS Donibristle

Sentence(s)

In 1941, the 124th Squadron was formed at Castletown.

final_sentence: In 1941, the 124th Squadron was formed at Castletown.