No 245 Hurricane Squadron
"I Put To Flight ;I Do Not Flee"
Northern Rhodesia Squadron
Squadron Leader E.W.Whitley
No 245 was first formed in the August of 1918
The first Hurricane's arrived in March 1940. The squadron became operational in April and later flew patrols over the Dunkirk beaches and the Channel. On the 20th of June 1940 Whitley led a very successful low level attack on the airfield at Roven-Boos. Considerable damage was done to around fifty aircraft on the ground, with at least twenty of them destroyed.
W.H.Banks C.B.Brown R.I.Chaffe
V.B.De La Perrele E.R.Edmunds V.Fogler
W.T.Eiby D.J.Hammond M.Hare
A.L.Hedges G.E.Hill G.L.Howitt
A.J.Hughes G.W.J.Jarrett P.Killick
T.R.Kitson J.Kucera P.C.Leggett
G.Marsland W.W.McConnel K.B.McGlashan
N.J.Mowatt A.R.More D.A.Pennington
R.B.J.Price J.Redman J.S.Southwell
D.J.Steadman Sylvester C.J.M.P.De Scitivaux
D.J.Spence E.W.Whitley D.M.Whitney
D.S.Yapp
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