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No 111 Squadron was formed on the 1st of August
1917 in Palestine from a flight of No 14 Squadron. On the 1st of February
1920 it was re-numbered No 14 Squadron until the 1st of October 1923 at
Duxford and became No 111 Fighter Squadron. They made history by becoming
the first Squadron to receive the Hawker
Hurricane in late 1937.
They operated from Croydon Satellite Station until the 19th
of August 1940. It then transferred to Debden until the 3rd of September
1940 then returned to Croydon on the 7th of September 1940 |
