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No 17 Squadron was formed on the 1st of February
1915 at Gosport for service overseas and was disbanded on the 14th of November
1919. It was re-formed on the 1st of April 1924 as a fighter Squadron at
Hawkinge. They got their first Hurricanes
in the June of 1939. It was involved in the heavy fighting in France and
over Dunkirk.
They flew from Tangmere and were at Debden on the 13th
of August 1940. They were detached to Tangmere on the 19th
of August 1940, they then returned to Debden on the 2nd
of September 1940. Unlike many of the Squadrons No 17 was not rested
and fought all the way through the Battle of Britain and into November
1940. They were finally rested in April 1941 when they were posted to Scotland
to fly convoy patrols. |
