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No. 422 Squadron

No. 422 Squadron formed on 2 April 1942 at Lough Erne as a flying-boat unit. It worked up with Saro Lerwicks and Consolidated Catalinas, but in November converted to Short Sunderland Mk IIIs. At first it was used as a ferry squadron, carrying Hawker Hurricane spares to the USSR, then ferrying Catalinas across the Atlantic and finally flying a mail run down the West African coast to Lagos. At the end of February 1943 it began the work for which it had formed, anti-submarine duties over the..., Notice: Undefined variable: galleryRecord in /home/wings08/public_html/Squadrons/index.php on line 179 Gallery

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