No. 59 Squadron RAF

[2] On 13 February 1917, the squadron crossed the English Channel, deploying to Saint-Omer in northern France to operate in the army co-operation role, equipped with Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8s.

[3] On 1 April 1918 all RFC squadrons were absorbed into the newly formed Royal Air Force (RAF) During the Second World War No.

After the war, it was attached to Transport Command, flying troops to India from September 1945 until 15 June 1946, when the squadron was disbanded.

At 0800 the move from RAF Waterbeach to RAF Abingdon commenced whereupon the arrival of their commanding officer, Squadron Leader E.V Best A.F.C at 1000, the squadron officially reformed, as a Long Range Transport Unit flying Avro Yorks.

The squadron disbanded again on 31 October 1950, then reformed at RAF Gutersloh, Germany in August 1956, when No.

A Lockheed Hudson of No. 59 Squadron after its wing was struck by anti-aircraft fire during an ani-shipping patrol over the North Sea, mid-1942