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350th Squadron ( Belgium ) The 350th Squadron ( , ) is a fighter squadron in the Air Component of the Belgian Armed Forces . It is part of the 2nd Tactical Wing and operates F - 16 Fighting Falcon s . It was formed during the Second World War under British command as No . 350 ( Belgian ) Squadron RAF , passing to Belgium in 1946 along with its sister , No . 349 ( Belgian ) Squadron . History . With the Royal Air Force . No . 350 Squadron , the first Royal Air Force squadron to be formed by Belgian personnel , was brought into existence in the United Kingdom at RAF Valley in November 1941 . The squadron operated the Supermarine Spitfire at first on convoy protection duties over the Irish sea , relocating to RAF Atcham in early 1942 . In April 1942 the squadron moved to RAF Debden and carried out offensive operations over France . The squadron moved several times around southern England , in 1944 it provided beach - head patrols during the invasion . In August 1944 the Squadron operated against the V - 1 rockets attacking England using the Spitfire XIV . The squadron moved to Belgium in December 1944 to provide offensive patrols over the battlefield including patrols in the Berlin area . The squadron was disbanded on 15 October 1946 on transfer to the Belgian air force . Under Belgian command . In 1946 , the squadron was integrated into the Belgian Air Force . In July 1949 , the squadron received its first jet aircraft , the Gloster Meteor mk . 4 and 8 . In 1954 , they were replaced by Hawker Hunter mk 4s . In 1958 , they received the Avro Canada CF - 100 Canuck . In August 1964 , the unit was given F - 104G Starfighter s , taking on the role of " Quick Reaction Alert " ( QRA ) with 349th Squadron . In 1975 , the Starfighters were finally replaced with F - 16s , becoming operational with the type in January 1982 . In 1993 , 1st Fighter Wing was dissolved and in 1996 , the squadron left Beauvechain to join 2nd Tactical Wing in Florennes . In 1999 , the unit participated in Operation Allied Force : the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia .
Charles Watson ( Royal Navy officer ) Vice Admiral Charles Watson ( 1714 – 16 August 1757 ) was an officer of the Royal Navy , who served briefly as colonial governor of Newfoundland , died at Calcutta , India . Origins . He was the son of John Watson by his wife the sister of Sir Charles Wager ( 1666 - 1743 ) , First Lord of the Admiralty . The armorials used by his son the 1st baronet ( " Argent , on a chevron engrailled azure between three martlets sable as many crescents or " ) are a differenced version of the arms of the Watson family , Marquess of Rockingham , and thus the family may have been a cadet branch of the latter . Naval career . Watson entered the navy as a volunteer per order on in 1728 . He was promoted lieutenant in 1734 and promoted captain and given command of in 1738 . He transferred to HMS " Plymouth " in May 1741 and to HMS " Dragon " in November 1742 which he commanded in the Battle of Toulon . In 1746 he transferred to HMS " Princess Louisa " which he commanded at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre in May 1747 and in the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre in October 1747 . In January 1748 he was appointed commander - in - chief of the Newfoundland and North American station with his flag in HMS " Lion " . He became governor of Newfoundland and commander - in - chief of Cape Breton . The position of governor of the colony had temporarily lapsed after the departure of Richard Edwards and therefore his successor , James Douglas , was not a governor of the island but commodore . No commodore nor governor was sent in 1747 , but Charles Watson became the governor on arrival in 1748 . As governor of Newfoundland he set about deporting Irish and Scots Catholics from the colony . In 1754 he became Commander - in - Chief of the East Indies Station . The English settlement at Fort William , India sought assistance from the Presidency of Fort St . George at Madras , which sent Colonel Robert Clive and Admiral Charles Watson . They re - captured Calcutta on 2 January 1757 , but the Nawab marched again on Calcutta on 5 February 1757 , and was surprised by a dawn attack by the English . This resulted in the Treaty of Alinagar on 7 February 1757 . However the Nawab was subsequently bolstered by French support and the Battle of Plassey followed in June 1757 . Watson was promoted to Vice - Admiral of the White in 1757 . Watson ' s quick rise through the ranks is thought to be attributed from his uncle , Sir Charles Wager , who was first lord of the admiralty . There is a memorial to Watson in Westminster Abbey , London . Marriage & progeny . He married in 1741 Rebecca Buller , a daughter of John Francis Buller ( 1695 - 1751 ) of Morval in Cornwall . She was co - heiress of the manor of Combe Martin , inherited jointly with her brother Francis Buller of Antony House in Cornwall from her father . Their son and heir was :
MacDonald Airfield MacDonald Airfield was an airfield built alongside the former northern road , west of Stuart Highway , north of Pine Creek , Northern Territory , Australia during World War II . The airfield was constructed by the 43rd Engineer Regiment ( US Army ) in March 1942 with further improvements undertaken by the 808th Engineer Aviation Battalion between 11 May 1942 and 16 July 1942 and later by the Allied Works Council and No 1 Airfield Construction Unit RAAF . Originally known as " Burkholder Field " , the runway was long and wide . Renamed MacDonald Airfield in honour of Wing Commander JRG McDonald of No . 13 Squadron RAAF who was killed at Laha on 10 December 1941 . The Royal Australian Air Force occupied the base on 24 November 1942 when No . 54 Operational Base Unit administered the base . The airfield became an Australian Army communication camp and was abandoned in 1945 .
143rd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps 143rd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps ( 9th Lancashire Fusiliers ) ( 143 RAC ) was a tank regiment of the British Army ' s Royal Armoured Corps during World War II . Origin . 143rd Regiment RAC was formed on 1 November 1941 by the conversion to the armoured role of 9th Battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers , a hostilities - only infantry battalion raised in 1940 . 9th Lancashire Fusiliers had been serving in 125th Infantry Brigade of 42nd ( East Lancashire ) Division , which were redesignated 10th Armoured Brigade and 42nd Armoured Division respectively . All three regiments in the brigade were drawn from the Lancashire Fusiliers and underwent simultaneous conversion to armour ( the other two became 108 RAC and 109 RAC respectively ) . In common with other infantry units transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps , all personnel would have continued to wear their Lancashire Fusiliers cap badge on the black beret of the RAC . Surplus personnel were posted to 15th and 44th Reconnaissance Battalions or to 2 / 5th and 2 / 6th Bns Lancashire Fusiliers . In common with the other units of 10th Armoured Bde , 143 RAC maintained Lancashire Fusilier traditions , celebrating Minden Day on 1 August each year . History . In May – June 1942 , 10th Armoured Bde ( later 10th Tank Bde ) became an independent formation , and moved from Barnard Castle , County Durham , to ' The Dukeries ' area of Nottinghamshire to continue tank training . 143 RAC was based at Thoresby Hall and operated Churchill infantry tank s , later receiving some Covenanter cruiser tank s from the Guards Armoured Division as well . By the end of 1942 , large numbers of 143 RAC ' s trained officers and men were being posted overseas , and during 1943 10th Tank Bde became a holding and training formation for reinforcements . In August 1943 , rumours began to circulate that 10th Tank Brigade was scheduled for disbandment , and a recruiting team arrived to persuade men to volunteer for the Parachute Regiment if the brigade disbanded . The brigade moved to Wensleydale in September 1943 , with 143 RAC based at Hawes , but soon afterwards began to disperse . During December officers and men were posted from 143 RAC to drafts and training regiments , many specialists going to the Royal Army Service Corps , Royal Army Ordnance Corps " etc " . Formal disbandment of 143th Regiment RAC ( 9th Lancashire Fusiliers ) was completed on 31 December 1943 .
French ship Vengeur ( 1803 ) The Vengeur ( " Avenger " ) was a first - rate 118 - gun ship of the line of the French Navy , of the " Océan " type , designed by Jacques - Noël Sané . She was the first ship in French service to sport 18 - pounder long gun s on her third deck , instead of the lighter 12 - pounder long gun s used before for this role . Career . Laid down as " Peuple " in covered basin no . 3 at Brest Dockyard in October 1793 , she was renamed as " Vengeur " after the Bataille du 13 prairial an 2 in honour of the " Vengeur du Peuple " by a decree passed by the National Convention . She was launched on 1 October 1803 and completed in February 1804 . She was again renamed in March 1805 , becoming " Impérial " . She took part in the Battle of San Domingo on the 6th of February 1806 . Severely battered by several British ships , most of her artillery out of order and without means to manoeuver , she was beached by her captain to prevent her sinking and capture . It took several days to evacuate her crew , of whom many were wounded ; after a few days , British ships closed in and sent boats to capture those remained aboard and set fire to the wreck .
Hans Felber Hans Gustav Felber ( July 8 , 1889 — March 8 , 1962 ) was a German infantry general ( from August 1 , 1940 ) and staff officer . Career . Felber started his military career as Fahnenjunker on March 17 , 1908 . On August 17 , 1909 he was elevated to Lieutenant of the 117th Infantry Regiment . On April 1 , 1932 Felber became a Lieutenant Colonel . On July 1 , 1935 he found himself the Head of the III Army Corps Staff . Since October 15 , 1939 Felber was the Head of the 2nd Army Staff , then serving as the Staff Head of the Army Group Centre ( from February 15 , 1940 ) . On October 25 , 1940 Felber was given the command of the XVIII Army Corps and in 1942 the XXXXV ( later renumbered to LXXXIII ) Army Corps . On May 21 , 1942 an Army Group named Felber was formed under his leadership . From September 26 to October 27 , 1944 he headed the Army Group Serbia . On December 6 , 1944 he led the Corps Group Felber , drawn from beaten units , which was renamed XIII Army Corps . From February 22 to March 25 , 1945 Felber was the commander of the 7th Army .
Devon and Cornwall County Division The Devon and Cornwall County Division was a County Division of the British Army formed on 28 February 1941 . The nucleus of its headquarters came from personnel taken out of Headquarters South - West Area in the Southern Command . It lasted until 1 December of that year when it was reformed in an infantry role , as the 77th Infantry Division . It had three commanding officers , Major General C . W . Allfrey from three days before its formation until one day before , Major General F . E . Morgan from then until 30 October and Major General W . G . Michelmore until 30 November . It controlled the 203rd Independent Infantry Brigade ( Home ) , 209th Independent Infantry Brigade ( Home ) and 211th Independent Infantry Brigade ( Home ) . It was always under the command of VIII Corps .
Denis O ' Connor ( British Army officer ) Lieutenant General Sir Denis Stuart Scott ( Rory ) O ' Connor KBE CB ( 1907 – 1988 ) was General Officer Commanding Aldershot District . Military career . O ' Connor was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1927 and was deployed in India from 1929 to 1935 . He served in the Second World War , initially as an Instructor at the Staff College and then with 11th Armoured Division . He was appointed Commanding Officer of 63rd Medium Artillery Regiment in North West Europe in 1944 and was then deployed with the 14th Army to Burma in 1945 . After the War he became Director of Plans to the Supreme Allied Commander for South East Asia Command before becoming a Brigadier on the General Staff of Middle East Command in 1946 . He was appointed Chief Instructor at the Royal School of Artillery in 1951 and Commander Royal Artillery for 11th Armoured Division in 1953 . He became Director of Plans at the War Office in 1955 and General Officer Commanding 6th Armoured Division in 1957 . He was made Chief Army Instructor at the Imperial Defence College in London in 1958 and GOC Aldershot District in 1960 . He was appointed Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff in 1962 and Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong in 1964 . He retired in 1966 . References .
HMS LST 3002 HMS " LST 3002 " was one of the first of her class of tank landing ship ( LST ) . She had a short but interesting career which demonstrated the robustness of the design and construction of her class of ship . She was built at Swan Hunter ' s yard on the Tyne and commissioned in August 1945 after acceptance trials . She sailed from the Tyne through the Pentland Firth to the Gareloch , encountering and sinking a floating contact mine on the way . She took aboard stores at Roseneath and worked up off the Clyde during September . She sailed for the Far East independently . She left Suez at 0600 on 9 December . After passing through the Suez Canal into the Gulf of Suez with a cargo of Scammel tank transporters , she was rammed in calm conditions at 0028 on 10 December , by the Victory ship , ( VC2 - S - AP3 ) , south of Suez . She was struck just about midships causing a hole about wide on the upper deck and wide at the keel and cutting the LST almost in two , leaving just about to hold her together . One of the ship ' s boats was damaged in the collision and the other seemed reluctant to yield to gravity . The crew of the LST abandoned ship , being taken aboard " Poland Victory " by rope ladder while she held position embedded in the LST . One crew member lost his life in the accident . He was Able Seaman Keith Larcombe and is buried in the Suez War Memorial Cemetery . " LST 3002 " was still afloat next morning and a skeleton crew re - boarded her . The rest of the crew were carried off by " Poland Victory " . The " Algerine " - class minesweeper HMS " Maenad " attended until the Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships " Prince Salvor " and " Salvage Duke " took the LST in tow slowly back to Port Taufiq ( or Tewfik ) arriving there of the afternoon of 12 December . There , she was dry docked in the small shipyard for temporary repairs , the skeleton crew remaining on board . Repairs included fitting great strongback girders straddling the hole and plating over the gap . Now seaworthy again , but still showing signs of injury , in July 1946 she sailed to Dockyard Creek , Valletta Harbour , Malta to complete the repairs in dry dock . Repairs completed in September 1946 , she returned home , calling in at Gibraltar on the way , paying off pennant flying boldly . She was decommissioned at Roseneath in November 1946 . In April 1947 , she was sold to the Greek Navy to become RHS Aliakmon ( L104 ) . In 1947 she was sold to I Sariktzis of Piraeus , Greece . This incident put the reputation of the LST ( Large Slow Target ) to be virtually unsinkable to a severe test . Much of the shock of the collision was taken by the tank transporters without which this LST would have been cut in two . Remarkably , the two parts of the partially severed vessel sailed comfortably together , thanks no doubt to the excellence of the design and construction , but also to the skill with which she had been ballasted .
HMS Wolf ( 1897 ) HMS " Wolf " was a B - class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy . She was completed by Laird , Son & Company , Birkenhead , in 1897 . Construction . " Wolf " was ordered on 9 January 1896 as the last of six 30 - knotter destroyers programmed to be built by Lairds under the 1895 – 1896 programme . These followed on from four very similar destroyers ordered from Lairds as part of the 1894 – 1895 programme . Like the other Laird - built 30 - knotters , " Wolf " was propelled by two triple expansion steam engines , fed by four Normand boiler s , rated at , and was fitted with four funnels . Armament was the standard for the 30 - knotters , i . e . a QF 12 pounder 12 cwt ( calibre ) gun on a platform on the ship ' s conning tower ( in practice the platform was also used as the ship ' s bridge ) , with a secondary armament of five 6 - pounder guns , and two 18 - inch ( 450 mm ) torpedo tubes . " Wolf " was laid down on 12 November 1896 and launched on 2 June 1897 . On 9 March 1898 , she carried out final trials , reaching an average speed of over the measured mile . " Wolf " commissioned in July 1898 . Service . HMS " Wolf " served , under the command of Lieutenant and Commander B . Long , as part of the Devonport Destroyer Instructional Flotilla until she was paid off at Devonport 2 September 1901 , taking part in the 1901 Naval Manoeuvres . Following the loss of the turbine - powered destroyer HMS " Cobra " , which broke in two and sank while on its delivery voyage on 19 September 1901 , the Admiralty set up a committee to investigate the strength and seaworthiness of its destroyers . As part of these investigations , a number of full - scale tests were carried out on " Wolf " to determine the stresses to which destroyers could be exposed to at sea . " Wolf " was fitted with strain gauge s and subject to hogging and sagging tests in dry dock at Portsmouth . Following this , " Wolf " , still fitted with strain gauges , was sent to sea to look for bad weather . The investigation indicated that the destroyers built to Admiralty design requirements had adequate strength . On 30 August 1912 the Admiralty directed all destroyers were to be grouped into classes designated by letters based on contract speed and appearance . As a four - funneled 30 - knotter destoyer , " Wolf " was assigned to the B Class . " Wolf " was a member of the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla , based at Devonport , in 1910 , and of the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla , also based at Devonport , in 1913 . On the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914 , " Wolf " remained part of the Seventh Destroyer Flotilla .
Convoy RA 55A Convoy RA 55A was an Arctic convoy during World War II . It was one of a series of convoys run to return Allied ships from Soviet northern ports to ports in Britain . It sailed in late December 1943 , reaching British ports at the end of the month . All ships arrived safely . Forces . RA 55A consisted of 23 merchant ships which departed from Kola Inlet on 22 December 1943 . Close escort was provided by the two destroyers , " Westcott " and " Beagle " , a minesweeper and three corvettes . There was also an Ocean escort , comprising the destroyer " Milne " ( Capt . IMR Campbell commanding ) and seven other Home Fleet destroyers . A cruiser cover force comprising " Belfast " ( V . Adm R Burnett commanding ) , " Norfolk " , and " Sheffield " also followed the convoy from Murmansk , to guard against attack by surface units . Distant cover would be provided by a Heavy Cover Force comprising the battleship " Duke of York " , the cruiser " Jamaica " and four destroyers under the command of V Adm . Bruce Fraser , which at the time of RA 55A ’ s departure was trailing the Murmansk - bound convoy JW 55B . RA 55A was threatened by a U - boat force of eight boats in a patrol line , code - named " Eisenbart " , in the Norwegian Sea , and a surface force comprising the battleship " Scharnhorst " and five destroyers was also available , stationed at Altenfjord . Action . RA 55A sailed from Kola with its escort on 22 December 1943 , two days after JW 55B had sailed from Britain . The Admiralty were aware of the threat of a sortie by " Scharnhorst " and Adm Fraser was placed in overall command of the operation , co - ordinating the movements of both convoys and the various escort forces . On 25 December 1943 Fraser received intelligence that " Scharnhorst " had sailed ; RA 55A was diverted north , to avoid detection , and later that day , was ordered to dispatch four of the supporting destroyers to reinforce JW 55B . The destroyers " Matchless " , " Musketeer " , " Opportune " and were sent , later taking part in the Battle of the North Cape , which saw the destruction of " Scharnhorst " . RA 55A itself was not sighted by any Axis forces , and cleared the danger area without further incident . It was met on 30 December 1943 by the western local escort , two minesweepers and two corvettes , and arrived safely at Loch Ewe on 1 January 1944 . Conclusion . The 23 ships of RA 55A arrived in Britain without loss , while the German attempt to attack the convoy had led to the loss of " Scharnhorst " , their last operational capital ship in Norway . an action in which RA 55A ’ s escorting destroyers had played a significant role . Ships involved . Allied ships . Merchant ships Close escort Ocean escort Cruiser cover force Distant Cover Force Axis ships . U - boat force Surface force
Filippo di Piero Strozzi Filippo di Piero Strozzi ( French : " Philippe Strozzi " ) ( 1541 – July 27 , 1582 ) was an Italian condottiero , a member of the Florentine family of the Strozzi . He fought mainly for France . Biography . He was born in Florence to Piero Strozzi and Laudomia de ' Medici . His father had been exiled from his native city , and had been received in France by Queen Catherine de ' Medici , being appointed as Marshal of France . Filippo became page of the future king Francis II . In 1557 Strozzi entered the French army . Starting from first battles in Piedmont , he fought in numerous of the battles of the 16th century . In 1558 the took part to the siege of Calais against England , in which his father was killed . In 1560 he was sent to Scotland to fight for the then regent Mary of Guise against Henry VIII of England , and was made lord of Épernay . Three years later he became colonel of the Royal Guards . In 1564 he came on help to Emperor Maximilian II during the Ottoman invasion in Hungary , and the following year he faced again the Ottomans at the siege of Malta . From there he moved to Rome , called to counter the Turk menace in the Adriatic Sea , distinguishing himself in the defence of Ancona . He later fought also in Transilvania . Returned to France in 1567 , he fought against the Huguenots . Two years later he became the sole Colonel General ( commander - in - chief of the army ) of France , and subsequently took part to the long siege of La Rochelle . He was accompanied by his friend Pierre de Bourdeille . In 1573 foughts alongside the House of Orange against the Spaniards . In 1581 Filippo Strozzi exchanged the position of General Commander for that of lord of Bressuire and was called by António , Prior of Crato ( Portuguese claimant to the Portuguese throne against Spanish Habsburg King Philip II ) as a private mercenary . With a contingent of French , Dutch , English and Portuguese volunteers , he set sail to the Azores , a Portuguese Atlantic territory that still did not recognize Philip II as king . His fleet was however destroyed in the Battle of Terceira ( July 26 , 1582 ) by the Spanish navy under the great admiral , Álvaro de Bazán , 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz . Taken prisoner , he was executed at the age of 42 , by being wounded to death and then thrown into the sea from a Spanish ship , as a pirate . The harsh punishments meted out to the unfortunate Strozzi and captured members of his crews were carried out at the instructions of the Spanish admiral , despite much protest from his own crews .