No. 1455 Flight RAF

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1455 (Fighter) Flight was formed at RAF Tangmere, West Sussex on 7 July 1941, equipped with Turbinlite Douglas Boston and Douglas Havoc aircraft.

[2] On operations they co-operated with the Hawker Hurricanes of 1 Squadron and 3 Squadron.

[3] The flight was replaced with 534 Squadron on 2 September 1942.

[4][5] 534 Sqn, which had taken over men and machines, carried on flying the Turbinlite Bostons and Havocs till the system was abandoned on 25 January 1943,[6] when Turbinlite squadrons were, due to lack of success on their part and the rapid development of AI radar, thought to be superfluous.