Введение
Третье тактическое воздушное командование Королевских ВВС (Третий TAF), сформированное в Южной Азии в декабре 1943 года, было одним из трех тактических воздушных командований, созданных Королевскими военно-воздушными силами (RAF) во время Второй мировой войны. Оно состояло из эскадрилий и личного состава RAF, Индийских ВВС (IAF) и воздушных сил других стран Содружества. Третий TAF было сформировано вскоре после создания командования Юго-Восточной Азии для оказания непосредственной воздушной поддержки Четырнадцатой армии. Впервые оно было сформировано 19 декабря 1943 года под наименованием "Тактическое воздушное командование (Бирма)", а 28 декабря 1943 года переименовано в Третий TAF. Наряду с частями десятой воздушной армии ВВС США, оно подчинялось Объединенному восточному воздушному командованию союзников, также сформированному в декабре 1943 года. С формированием этого воздушного командования британские войска, наконец, получили возможность перейти в наступление против японцев в Бирманской кампании. В начале 1943 года была предпринята попытка начать общее наступление в Аракане, но этому помешало японское наступление. Японцы были решительно разгромлены, но перенесли основной удар на центральную Бирму. Третий TAF оказал неоценимую помощь Четырнадцатой армии в битве при Кохиме и битве при Имфале, осуществляя штурмовку и бомбардировку японских войск, блокирующих их позиции, часто с очень малой высоты. После поражения японцев IV корпусом и XXXIII корпусом в Ассаме, сезон дождей помешал проведению многих контратак. После вынужденного периода сокращенных операций Третий TAF поддержал наступление Четырнадцатой армии против японских войск. Однако изменения в структуре командования в конце 1944 года привели к сокращению срока существования Третьего TAF. 4 декабря 1944 года оно было переименовано в штаб-квартиру RAF Bengal and Burma.
227 group, based in Bombay, was the RAF training group based in India for the training of Indian pilots. No. 229 Group RAF
229 Group was the transport part of the Tactical air force. The RAF squadrons were at one time Nos. 31, 52, 62, 96, 117, 194, 216, 232, 238, 267, 353, 435, 436, 668, 669, 670, 671 and 673. No. 231 Group RAF
The role of the group was to provide heavy bombers for the campaign in Burma. The RAF bomber squadrons were at one time Nos. 99, 159, 200, 215, 355, 356, 357 and 358.
! Squadron ! ! Group ! ! Date joined ! ! Date left ! ! Notes
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| No. 1 Squadron IAF || 221 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Hawker Hurricane IIc. |
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| No. 2 Squadron IAF || 221 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Hawker Hurricane IIc. |
| No. 3 Squadron IAF || 224 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Hawker Hurricane IIc. |
| No. 4 Squadron IAF || 224 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Hawker Hurricane IIc. |
| No. 6 Squadron IAF || 224 || || || Hawker Hurricane FR. IIb specialist reconnaissance to support the Fourteenth Army on this front, earning the name "The Eyes of the Fourteenth Army"
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| No. 7 Squadron IAF || 221 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Vultee Vengeance and later Hawker Hurricane IIc. |
| No. 8 Squadron IAF || 224 || || || Vultee Vengeance and later Spitfire. |
| No. 9 Squadron IAF || 221 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Hawker Hurricane IIc
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| No. 5 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || in 1942 they received American built Mohawks and became escorts to Blenheim bombers over north west Burma. These were replaced in turn by Hawker Hurricanes and later American built Thunderbolts. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 11 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Hawker Hurricane IIc. |
| No. 20 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIC
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| No. 22 Squadron RAF || 222 || || || Equipped with Beaufighters, undertook anti shipping rocket attacks. A month after the Japanese surrender, No. 22 Squadron disbanded. |
| No. 28 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew the Lysander and from December 1942 the Hawker Hurricane fighter bomber. By 1943 the squadron was operating in Burma until 1945 when it started to re equip with the Supermarine Spitfire. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 34 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew Blenheim IVs. These carried out bombing raids on Japanese bases in Burma until April 1943. The Squadron converted to Hawker Hurricanes and then began fighter bomber operations from November. It switched to Thunderbolts in March 1945. Fought in the battle of Imphal
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| No. 42 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIC
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| No. 60 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Blenhiem Mk IV then re equipped with Hawker Hurricane MK II and in May 1945 with Republic Thunderbolts. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 81 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Arrived at Alipore, India in December 1943, equipped with more modern Spitfire VIII, starting operations in January. It flew fighter and ground attack missions in support of the Second Battle of Arakan and fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 82 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew the Vultee Vengeance then the squadron was re equipped with Mosquitoes in July 1944. Fought in the battle of Imphal
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| No. 84 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew the Vultee Vengeance then the squadron re equipped with the Mosquito in February 1945. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 110 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew the Vultee Vengeance then the squadron re equipped with the DH Mosquito. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 113 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew Blenhiem Mk IV and then converted to Hurricanes in March 1943. These were used for ground attack duties being replaced by Thunderbolts in April 1945. Fought in the battle of Imphal
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| No. 123 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew Hurricanes into 1944 when it was moved again to India in the Chittagong area until June 1944 it re equipped with the Republic Thunderbolt. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 136 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew Hurricanes till October 1943 and then Spitfires. Fought in the battle of Imphal
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| No. 152 Squadron RAF || 221 || 19 December 1943 || Duration || Fought in the battle of Imphal, operated Spitfires from front line strips and supported the Fourteenth Army during its final conquest of Burma. |
| No. 176 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Equipped with Beaufighters and Hurricanes to provide night defence for Calcutta. Detachments of the squadron were then based at Chittagong Burma, Ratmalana Ceylon, Baigachi and Mingaladon where the Beaufighters were replaced with Mosquitoes in June 1945. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 177 Squadron RAF || 224 || || || Equipped with Beaufighters, twin engined, long range, ground attack fighters, Canadians formed a significant percentage of the pilots. During its two year of operations in Burma, it destroyed or damaged 266 locomotives and trains, 673 vehicles, a score of river and ocean going vessels and nine aircraft on the ground. |
| No. 211 Squadron RAF || || 8 January 1944 || Duration || Bristol Beaufighter X (October 1943 to May 1945)
de Havilland Mosquito FB VI (June 1945 to March 1946)
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| No. 607 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew Hurricanes and then Spitfires. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 615 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || flew Spitfires and was re equipped with Republic Thunderbolts when the squadron was renumbered to No. 615 squadron on that same day and began training for the invasion of Malaya. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
|No. 684 Squadron RAF
|231
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|Photo reconnaissance unit, it was disbanded on 1 September 1946 at RAF Seletar, Singapore by being renumbered to No. 81 Squadron RAF. |}
A Third TAF Communications Squadron was established on 28 December 1943, but disestablished on 4 December 1944 at RAF Comilla.
223-я группа RAF, 151-я эскадрилья (ранее 151 OTU) тактических воздушных сил. 227-я группа RAF, базирующаяся в Бомбее, являлась учебной группой RAF в Индии, предназначенной для подготовки индийских пилотов. 229-я группа RAF была транспортной частью тактических воздушных сил. Эскадрильи RAF в разное время включали в себя: № 31, 52, 62, 96, 117, 194, 216, 232, 238, 267, 353, 435, 436, 668, 669, 670, 671 и 673. 231-я группа RAF. Задача группы заключалась в обеспечении кампании в Бирме тяжелыми бомбардировщиками. Эскадрильи бомбардировщиков RAF в разное время включали в себя: № 99, 159, 200, 215, 355, 356, 357 и 358.
227 group, based in Bombay, was the RAF training group based in India for the training of Indian pilots. No. 229 Group RAF
229 Group was the transport part of the Tactical air force. The RAF squadrons were at one time Nos. 31, 52, 62, 96, 117, 194, 216, 232, 238, 267, 353, 435, 436, 668, 669, 670, 671 and 673. No. 231 Group RAF
The role of the group was to provide heavy bombers for the campaign in Burma. The RAF bomber squadrons were at one time Nos. 99, 159, 200, 215, 355, 356, 357 and 358.
! Squadron ! ! Group ! ! Date joined ! ! Date left ! ! Notes
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| No. 1 Squadron IAF || 221 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Hawker Hurricane IIc. |
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| No. 2 Squadron IAF || 221 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Hawker Hurricane IIc. |
| No. 3 Squadron IAF || 224 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Hawker Hurricane IIc. |
| No. 4 Squadron IAF || 224 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Hawker Hurricane IIc. |
| No. 6 Squadron IAF || 224 || || || Hawker Hurricane FR. IIb specialist reconnaissance to support the Fourteenth Army on this front, earning the name "The Eyes of the Fourteenth Army"
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| No. 7 Squadron IAF || 221 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Vultee Vengeance and later Hawker Hurricane IIc. |
| No. 8 Squadron IAF || 224 || || || Vultee Vengeance and later Spitfire. |
| No. 9 Squadron IAF || 221 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Hawker Hurricane IIc
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| No. 5 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || in 1942 they received American built Mohawks and became escorts to Blenheim bombers over north west Burma. These were replaced in turn by Hawker Hurricanes and later American built Thunderbolts. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 11 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Hawker Hurricane IIc. |
| No. 20 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIC
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| No. 22 Squadron RAF || 222 || || || Equipped with Beaufighters, undertook anti shipping rocket attacks. A month after the Japanese surrender, No. 22 Squadron disbanded. |
| No. 28 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew the Lysander and from December 1942 the Hawker Hurricane fighter bomber. By 1943 the squadron was operating in Burma until 1945 when it started to re equip with the Supermarine Spitfire. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 34 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew Blenheim IVs. These carried out bombing raids on Japanese bases in Burma until April 1943. The Squadron converted to Hawker Hurricanes and then began fighter bomber operations from November. It switched to Thunderbolts in March 1945. Fought in the battle of Imphal
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| No. 42 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIC
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| No. 60 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Blenhiem Mk IV then re equipped with Hawker Hurricane MK II and in May 1945 with Republic Thunderbolts. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 81 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Arrived at Alipore, India in December 1943, equipped with more modern Spitfire VIII, starting operations in January. It flew fighter and ground attack missions in support of the Second Battle of Arakan and fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 82 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew the Vultee Vengeance then the squadron was re equipped with Mosquitoes in July 1944. Fought in the battle of Imphal
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| No. 84 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew the Vultee Vengeance then the squadron re equipped with the Mosquito in February 1945. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 110 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew the Vultee Vengeance then the squadron re equipped with the DH Mosquito. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 113 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew Blenhiem Mk IV and then converted to Hurricanes in March 1943. These were used for ground attack duties being replaced by Thunderbolts in April 1945. Fought in the battle of Imphal
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| No. 123 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew Hurricanes into 1944 when it was moved again to India in the Chittagong area until June 1944 it re equipped with the Republic Thunderbolt. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 136 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew Hurricanes till October 1943 and then Spitfires. Fought in the battle of Imphal
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| No. 152 Squadron RAF || 221 || 19 December 1943 || Duration || Fought in the battle of Imphal, operated Spitfires from front line strips and supported the Fourteenth Army during its final conquest of Burma. |
| No. 176 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Equipped with Beaufighters and Hurricanes to provide night defence for Calcutta. Detachments of the squadron were then based at Chittagong Burma, Ratmalana Ceylon, Baigachi and Mingaladon where the Beaufighters were replaced with Mosquitoes in June 1945. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 177 Squadron RAF || 224 || || || Equipped with Beaufighters, twin engined, long range, ground attack fighters, Canadians formed a significant percentage of the pilots. During its two year of operations in Burma, it destroyed or damaged 266 locomotives and trains, 673 vehicles, a score of river and ocean going vessels and nine aircraft on the ground. |
| No. 211 Squadron RAF || || 8 January 1944 || Duration || Bristol Beaufighter X (October 1943 to May 1945)
de Havilland Mosquito FB VI (June 1945 to March 1946)
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| No. 607 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew Hurricanes and then Spitfires. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 615 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || flew Spitfires and was re equipped with Republic Thunderbolts when the squadron was renumbered to No. 615 squadron on that same day and began training for the invasion of Malaya. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
|No. 684 Squadron RAF
|231
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|Photo reconnaissance unit, it was disbanded on 1 September 1946 at RAF Seletar, Singapore by being renumbered to No. 81 Squadron RAF. |}
A Third TAF Communications Squadron was established on 28 December 1943, but disestablished on 4 December 1944 at RAF Comilla.
| Эскадрилья | Группа | Дата вступления | Дата выхода | Примечания |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| № 1 эскадрилья IAF | 221 | | | Участвовала в битве при Имфале. Hawker Hurricane IIc. |
| № 2 эскадрилья IAF | 221 | | | Участвовала в битве при Имфале. Hawker Hurricane IIc. |
| № 3 эскадрилья IAF | 224 | | | Участвовала в битве при Имфале. Hawker Hurricane IIc. |
| № 4 эскадрилья IAF | 224 | | | Участвовала в битве при Имфале. Hawker Hurricane IIc. |
| № 6 эскадрилья IAF | 224 | | | Hawker Hurricane FR. IIb, специализировалась на разведывательных полетах в поддержку Четырнадцатой армии на этом фронте, получив прозвище "Глаза Четырнадцатой армии". |
| № 7 эскадрилья IAF | 221 | | | Участвовала в битве при Имфале. Vultee Vengeance и позднее Hawker Hurricane IIc. |
| № 8 эскадрилья IAF | 224 | | | Vultee Vengeance и позднее Spitfire. |
| № 9 эскадрилья IAF | 221 | | | Участвовала в битве при Имфале. Hawker Hurricane IIc. |
| № 5 эскадрилья RAF | 221 | | | В 1942 году получила американские Mohawk и стала сопровождением бомбардировщиков Blenheim над северо-западной Бирмой. Позднее они были заменены Hawker Hurricanes, а затем американскими Thunderbolts. Участвовала в битве при Имфале. |
| № 11 эскадрилья RAF | 221 | | | Участвовала в битве при Имфале. Hawker Hurricane IIc. |
| № 20 эскадрилья RAF | 221 | | | Участвовала в битве при Имфале. Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIC. |
| № 22 эскадрилья RAF | 222 | | | Оснащена Beaufighters, осуществляла ракетные атаки по кораблям. Месяц после капитуляции Японии, эскадрилья была расформирована. |
| № 28 эскадрилья RAF | 221 | | | Летала на Lysander и с декабря 1942 года на истребителе-бомбардировщике Hawker Hurricane. К 1943 году эскадрилья действовала в Бирме до 1945 года, когда начала переоснащение Supermarine Spitfire. Участвовала в битве при Имфале. |
| № 34 эскадрилья RAF | 221 | | | Летала на Blenheim IV. Они осуществляли бомбардировки японских баз в Бирме до апреля 1943 года. Эскадрилья была переоборудована в Hawker Hurricanes, а затем начала истребительно-бомбардировочные операции с ноября. В марте 1945 года перешла на Thunderbolts. Участвовала в битве при Имфале. |
| № 42 эскадрилья RAF | 221 | | | Участвовала в битве при Имфале. Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIC. |
| № 60 эскадрилья RAF | 221 | | | Blenheim Mk IV, затем переоснащена Hawker Hurricane Mk II и в мае 1945 года Republic Thunderbolts. Участвовала в битве при Имфале. |
| № 81 эскадрилья RAF | 221 | | | Прибыла в Алипур, Индия, в декабре 1943 года, оснащенная более современными Spitfire VIII, начала операции в январе. Выполняла истребительные и штурмовые миссии в поддержку Второй битвы при Аракане и участвовала в битве при Имфале. |
| № 82 эскадрилья RAF | 221 | | | Летала на Vultee Vengeance, затем эскадрилья была переоснащена Mosquitoes в июле 1944 года. Участвовала в битве при Имфале. |
| № 84 эскадрилья RAF | 221 | | | Летала на Vultee Vengeance, затем эскадрилья переоснастилась Mosquito в феврале 1945 года. Участвовала в битве при Имфале. |
| № 110 эскадрилья RAF | 221 | | | Летала на Vultee Vengeance, затем эскадрилья переоснастилась DH Mosquito. Участвовала в битве при Имфале. |
| № 113 эскадрилья RAF | 221 | | | Летала на Blenheim Mk IV, затем перешла на Hurricanes в марте 1943 года. Они использовались для штурмовых действий, замененные Thunderbolts в апреле 1945 года. Участвовала в битве при Имфале. |
| № 123 эскадрилья RAF | 221 | | | Летала на Hurricanes до 1944 года, когда была переведена в Индию, в район Читтагонга, до июня 1944 года, где переоснастилась Republic Thunderbolt. Участвовала в битве при Имфале. |
| № 136 эскадрилья RAF | 221 | | | Летала на Hurricanes до октября 1943 года, затем на Spitfires. Участвовала в битве при Имфале. |
| № 152 эскадрилья RAF | 221 | 19 декабря 1943 года | Продолжение | Участвовала в битве при Имфале, использовала Spitfires с передовых аэродромов и поддерживала Четырнадцатую армию в ее окончательном завоевании Бирмы. |
| № 176 эскадрилья RAF | 221 | | | Оснащена Beaufighters и Hurricanes для обеспечения ночной обороны Калькутты. Отделения эскадрильи затем были размещены в Читтагонге (Бирма), Ратмалане (Цейлон), Байгачи и Мингаладоне, где Beaufighters были заменены Mosquitoes в июне 1945 года. Участвовала в битве при Имфале. |
| № 177 эскадрилья RAF | 224 | | | Оснащена Beaufighters, двухмоторными, дальними, штурмовыми истребителями, канадцы составляли значительный процент пилотов. За два года операций в Бирме она уничтожила или повредила 266 локомотивов и поездов, 673 транспортных средства, несколько речных и океанских судов и девять самолетов на земле. |
| № 211 эскадрилья RAF | | 8 января 1944 года | Продолжение | Bristol Beaufighter X (октябрь 1943 г. – май 1945 г.) de Havilland Mosquito FB VI (июнь 1945 г. – март 1946 г.) |
| № 607 эскадрилья RAF | 221 | | | Летала на Hurricanes, затем на Spitfires. Участвовала в битве при Имфале. |
| № 615 эскадрилья RAF | 221 | | | Летала на Spitfires и была переоснащена Republic Thunderbolts, когда эскадрилья была перенумерована в № 615 эскадрилью в тот же день и начала подготовку к вторжению в Малайю. Участвовала в битве при Имфале. |
| № 684 эскадрилья RAF | 231 | | | Подразделение фоторазведки, было расформировано 1 сентября 1946 года на авиабазе Селетар, Сингапур, путем перенумерации в № 81 эскадрилью RAF. |
227 group, based in Bombay, was the RAF training group based in India for the training of Indian pilots. No. 229 Group RAF
229 Group was the transport part of the Tactical air force. The RAF squadrons were at one time Nos. 31, 52, 62, 96, 117, 194, 216, 232, 238, 267, 353, 435, 436, 668, 669, 670, 671 and 673. No. 231 Group RAF
The role of the group was to provide heavy bombers for the campaign in Burma. The RAF bomber squadrons were at one time Nos. 99, 159, 200, 215, 355, 356, 357 and 358.
! Squadron ! ! Group ! ! Date joined ! ! Date left ! ! Notes
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| No. 1 Squadron IAF || 221 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Hawker Hurricane IIc. |
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| No. 2 Squadron IAF || 221 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Hawker Hurricane IIc. |
| No. 3 Squadron IAF || 224 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Hawker Hurricane IIc. |
| No. 4 Squadron IAF || 224 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Hawker Hurricane IIc. |
| No. 6 Squadron IAF || 224 || || || Hawker Hurricane FR. IIb specialist reconnaissance to support the Fourteenth Army on this front, earning the name "The Eyes of the Fourteenth Army"
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| No. 7 Squadron IAF || 221 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Vultee Vengeance and later Hawker Hurricane IIc. |
| No. 8 Squadron IAF || 224 || || || Vultee Vengeance and later Spitfire. |
| No. 9 Squadron IAF || 221 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Hawker Hurricane IIc
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| No. 5 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || in 1942 they received American built Mohawks and became escorts to Blenheim bombers over north west Burma. These were replaced in turn by Hawker Hurricanes and later American built Thunderbolts. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 11 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Hawker Hurricane IIc. |
| No. 20 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIC
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| No. 22 Squadron RAF || 222 || || || Equipped with Beaufighters, undertook anti shipping rocket attacks. A month after the Japanese surrender, No. 22 Squadron disbanded. |
| No. 28 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew the Lysander and from December 1942 the Hawker Hurricane fighter bomber. By 1943 the squadron was operating in Burma until 1945 when it started to re equip with the Supermarine Spitfire. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 34 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew Blenheim IVs. These carried out bombing raids on Japanese bases in Burma until April 1943. The Squadron converted to Hawker Hurricanes and then began fighter bomber operations from November. It switched to Thunderbolts in March 1945. Fought in the battle of Imphal
|
| No. 42 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIC
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| No. 60 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Blenhiem Mk IV then re equipped with Hawker Hurricane MK II and in May 1945 with Republic Thunderbolts. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 81 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Arrived at Alipore, India in December 1943, equipped with more modern Spitfire VIII, starting operations in January. It flew fighter and ground attack missions in support of the Second Battle of Arakan and fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 82 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew the Vultee Vengeance then the squadron was re equipped with Mosquitoes in July 1944. Fought in the battle of Imphal
|
| No. 84 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew the Vultee Vengeance then the squadron re equipped with the Mosquito in February 1945. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 110 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew the Vultee Vengeance then the squadron re equipped with the DH Mosquito. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 113 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew Blenhiem Mk IV and then converted to Hurricanes in March 1943. These were used for ground attack duties being replaced by Thunderbolts in April 1945. Fought in the battle of Imphal
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| No. 123 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew Hurricanes into 1944 when it was moved again to India in the Chittagong area until June 1944 it re equipped with the Republic Thunderbolt. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 136 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew Hurricanes till October 1943 and then Spitfires. Fought in the battle of Imphal
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| No. 152 Squadron RAF || 221 || 19 December 1943 || Duration || Fought in the battle of Imphal, operated Spitfires from front line strips and supported the Fourteenth Army during its final conquest of Burma. |
| No. 176 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Equipped with Beaufighters and Hurricanes to provide night defence for Calcutta. Detachments of the squadron were then based at Chittagong Burma, Ratmalana Ceylon, Baigachi and Mingaladon where the Beaufighters were replaced with Mosquitoes in June 1945. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 177 Squadron RAF || 224 || || || Equipped with Beaufighters, twin engined, long range, ground attack fighters, Canadians formed a significant percentage of the pilots. During its two year of operations in Burma, it destroyed or damaged 266 locomotives and trains, 673 vehicles, a score of river and ocean going vessels and nine aircraft on the ground. |
| No. 211 Squadron RAF || || 8 January 1944 || Duration || Bristol Beaufighter X (October 1943 to May 1945)
de Havilland Mosquito FB VI (June 1945 to March 1946)
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| No. 607 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew Hurricanes and then Spitfires. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 615 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || flew Spitfires and was re equipped with Republic Thunderbolts when the squadron was renumbered to No. 615 squadron on that same day and began training for the invasion of Malaya. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
|No. 684 Squadron RAF
|231
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|Photo reconnaissance unit, it was disbanded on 1 September 1946 at RAF Seletar, Singapore by being renumbered to No. 81 Squadron RAF. |}
A Third TAF Communications Squadron was established on 28 December 1943, but disestablished on 4 December 1944 at RAF Comilla.
Коммуникационная эскадрилья Третьего TAF была сформирована 28 декабря 1943 года, но расформирована 4 декабря 1944 года на авиабазе Комилла.
227 group, based in Bombay, was the RAF training group based in India for the training of Indian pilots. No. 229 Group RAF
229 Group was the transport part of the Tactical air force. The RAF squadrons were at one time Nos. 31, 52, 62, 96, 117, 194, 216, 232, 238, 267, 353, 435, 436, 668, 669, 670, 671 and 673. No. 231 Group RAF
The role of the group was to provide heavy bombers for the campaign in Burma. The RAF bomber squadrons were at one time Nos. 99, 159, 200, 215, 355, 356, 357 and 358.
! Squadron ! ! Group ! ! Date joined ! ! Date left ! ! Notes
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| No. 1 Squadron IAF || 221 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Hawker Hurricane IIc. |
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| No. 2 Squadron IAF || 221 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Hawker Hurricane IIc. |
| No. 3 Squadron IAF || 224 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Hawker Hurricane IIc. |
| No. 4 Squadron IAF || 224 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Hawker Hurricane IIc. |
| No. 6 Squadron IAF || 224 || || || Hawker Hurricane FR. IIb specialist reconnaissance to support the Fourteenth Army on this front, earning the name "The Eyes of the Fourteenth Army"
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| No. 7 Squadron IAF || 221 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Vultee Vengeance and later Hawker Hurricane IIc. |
| No. 8 Squadron IAF || 224 || || || Vultee Vengeance and later Spitfire. |
| No. 9 Squadron IAF || 221 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Hawker Hurricane IIc
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| No. 5 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || in 1942 they received American built Mohawks and became escorts to Blenheim bombers over north west Burma. These were replaced in turn by Hawker Hurricanes and later American built Thunderbolts. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 11 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Hawker Hurricane IIc. |
| No. 20 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIC
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| No. 22 Squadron RAF || 222 || || || Equipped with Beaufighters, undertook anti shipping rocket attacks. A month after the Japanese surrender, No. 22 Squadron disbanded. |
| No. 28 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew the Lysander and from December 1942 the Hawker Hurricane fighter bomber. By 1943 the squadron was operating in Burma until 1945 when it started to re equip with the Supermarine Spitfire. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 34 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew Blenheim IVs. These carried out bombing raids on Japanese bases in Burma until April 1943. The Squadron converted to Hawker Hurricanes and then began fighter bomber operations from November. It switched to Thunderbolts in March 1945. Fought in the battle of Imphal
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| No. 42 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Fought in the battle of Imphal. Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIC
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| No. 60 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Blenhiem Mk IV then re equipped with Hawker Hurricane MK II and in May 1945 with Republic Thunderbolts. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 81 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Arrived at Alipore, India in December 1943, equipped with more modern Spitfire VIII, starting operations in January. It flew fighter and ground attack missions in support of the Second Battle of Arakan and fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 82 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew the Vultee Vengeance then the squadron was re equipped with Mosquitoes in July 1944. Fought in the battle of Imphal
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| No. 84 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew the Vultee Vengeance then the squadron re equipped with the Mosquito in February 1945. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 110 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew the Vultee Vengeance then the squadron re equipped with the DH Mosquito. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 113 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew Blenhiem Mk IV and then converted to Hurricanes in March 1943. These were used for ground attack duties being replaced by Thunderbolts in April 1945. Fought in the battle of Imphal
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| No. 123 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew Hurricanes into 1944 when it was moved again to India in the Chittagong area until June 1944 it re equipped with the Republic Thunderbolt. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 136 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew Hurricanes till October 1943 and then Spitfires. Fought in the battle of Imphal
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| No. 152 Squadron RAF || 221 || 19 December 1943 || Duration || Fought in the battle of Imphal, operated Spitfires from front line strips and supported the Fourteenth Army during its final conquest of Burma. |
| No. 176 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Equipped with Beaufighters and Hurricanes to provide night defence for Calcutta. Detachments of the squadron were then based at Chittagong Burma, Ratmalana Ceylon, Baigachi and Mingaladon where the Beaufighters were replaced with Mosquitoes in June 1945. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 177 Squadron RAF || 224 || || || Equipped with Beaufighters, twin engined, long range, ground attack fighters, Canadians formed a significant percentage of the pilots. During its two year of operations in Burma, it destroyed or damaged 266 locomotives and trains, 673 vehicles, a score of river and ocean going vessels and nine aircraft on the ground. |
| No. 211 Squadron RAF || || 8 January 1944 || Duration || Bristol Beaufighter X (October 1943 to May 1945)
de Havilland Mosquito FB VI (June 1945 to March 1946)
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| No. 607 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || Flew Hurricanes and then Spitfires. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
| No. 615 Squadron RAF || 221 || || || flew Spitfires and was re equipped with Republic Thunderbolts when the squadron was renumbered to No. 615 squadron on that same day and began training for the invasion of Malaya. Fought in the battle of Imphal. |
|No. 684 Squadron RAF
|231
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|Photo reconnaissance unit, it was disbanded on 1 September 1946 at RAF Seletar, Singapore by being renumbered to No. 81 Squadron RAF. |}
A Third TAF Communications Squadron was established on 28 December 1943, but disestablished on 4 December 1944 at RAF Comilla.
Послевоенные годы в Бирме
Штаб-квартира ВВС Бенгалии и Бирмы была сформирована 4 декабря 1944 года путем переименования 3-го тактического авиационного корпуса, который все еще находился под командованием маршала авиации сэра Алекса Кортона. С Бирмой было относительно легко справиться, хотя и сложнее, чем с Сиамом. Большая часть колонии была завоевана за несколько месяцев до окончания войны, в ходе крупного британского наступления летом 1945 года. Это дало Командованию ВВС Юго-Восточной Азии необходимое время для начала восстановления колонии до того, как после войны резко возросли обязанности по оккупации. К концу войны под его контролем находилось 28 эскадрилий. Их число быстро сократилось с началом демобилизации. Транспортные эскадрильи вновь понесли наибольшую нагрузку, эвакуируя военнопленных и интернированных, а также снабжая гарнизоны и гражданское население. По объему работы на втором месте шли самолеты фоторазведки. Была использована возможность завершить процесс аэрофотосъемки Юго-Восточной Азии и использовать полученные данные для обновления карт. Завершение аэрофотосъемки состоялось только в августе 1947 года. Легкая транспортная и связная эскадрилья, эскадрилья связи штаба ВВС Бирмы, была сформирована 20 сентября 1945 года в Байгачи, но была расформирована через два месяца, 14 ноября 1945 года на аэродроме Мингаладон (ныне международный аэропорт Янгон), путем понижения до полета связи штаба ВВС Бирмы. После завершения наведения порядка сразу после войны встала задача подготовки Бирмы к независимости. Штаб ВВС Бирмы перебазировался из Рангуна в Мингаладон 1 января 1947 года. Бирманские ВВС были созданы 16 января 1947 года на базе бывших британских самолетов. Штаб ВВС Бирмы был расформирован 31 декабря 1947 года, а через три месяца Бирма обрела независимость.