No. 52 Wing RAF

No. 52 Wing RAF was a wing of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. 52 Wing composed No. 59 and 53 Squadrons in France from October 1939 until May 1940. They were stationed in Poix until returning to the UK. Both units flew the Bristol Blenheim Mk. IV bomber—recon role. They served under the Air Component Wing of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and later under BAFF (British Air Forces in France).^[1]

References

↑ Saward, Dudley (1985). Victory denied: the rise of air power and the defeat of Germany, 1920–1945. Buchan & Enright. ISBN 0907675190.

Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force portal

Formations and units	Commands Groups Stations Wings Squadrons Flights Conversion units Operational Training units Schools / Training units Ferry units Glider units Misc units Regiment squadrons

Branches and components	RAF Regiment RAF Chaplains Branch RAF Intelligence RAF Legal Branch RAF Medical Services Princess Mary's RAF Nursing Service RAF Police Search and Rescue Force Mountain Rescue Service RAF Marine Branch

Reserve forces	Royal Auxiliary Air Force RAF Volunteer Reserve

Associated civil organizations	Air Training Corps RAF Association RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine RAF Football Association

Equipment	List of RAF aircraft List of RAF missiles

Personnel	Officer ranks Other ranks List of personnel

Appointments	Chief of Air Staff Assistant Chief of the Air Staff Air Member for Personnel Air Secretary Air Member for Materiel Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment Chief of the Air Staff's Warrant Officer

Symbols and uniform	Ensign Badge Roundels Uniform

History Timeline Future

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/11/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.