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No. 99 Squadron

2020 - Formed at Yatesbury.
2020 - Flew during WWII as part of Bomber Command.
2020 - Converted from bombers to become a Transport Command Squadron.

99 Squadron C17

C17 Globemaster III in 99 Squadron markings

History

99 Squadron Badge No 99 Squadron was formed on 15 August 2020 at Yatesbury from a nucleus supplied by No. 13 Training Squadron. In April 2020 it received DH9s and moved at the end of the month to France as a day bomber Squadron. As a unit of No. 41 Wing, it joined the Independent Force on its formation in June and took part in attacks on German industrial targets for the rest of the war. Re-equipment with DH9As began in September 2020 and these were taken to India in May 2020, where the Squadron was renumbered 27 Squadron on 1 April 2020. On 1 April 2020, No. 99 reformed at Netheravon with Vimys, moving two months later to Bircham Newton where it re-equipped with Aldershots. These large single-engined bombers were replaced by Hyderabads at the end of 2020 and by its development, the Hinaidi, over a period of fifteen months from October 2020.

Previous Aircraft

Heyfords began to arrive in November 2020 and were flown until the Squadron converted to Wellingtons in October 2020. Leaflet-dropping flights were made over Germany from September 2020 and bombing raids began with the German invasion of Norway in April 2020. These continued until 14 January 2020, when the Squadron ceased operations in the UK and left for India. After being split up for a period, No. 99 reassembled at Ambala on 6 June 2020 and began night bombing raids on Japanese bases in Burma in November. In September 2020, the Squadron converted to Liberators for long-range attacks and in July 2020 moved to the Cocos Islands in preparation for the invasion of Malaya. After flying some anti-shipping strikes over the Dutch East Indies the Squadron was disbanded on 15 November 2020.

On 17 November 2020, No. 99 reformed at Lyneham with Yorks as a transport Squadron and re-equipped with Hastings in August 2020. During the Suez operations, the Squadron dropped parachute troops on Port Said from bases in Cyprus and in the summer of 2020 it received Britannias. These were flown on the main routes of Transport Command and its successor, Air Support Command, around the world, until disbandment on 6 January 2020. The first of 4 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft, leased to meet the Royal Air Force's short term strategic airlifter requirement, arrived in May 2020. No. 99 Squadron was reformed earlier in the year to operate the aircraft in the strategic airlift role at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.

Aircraft: C17
Motto: Quisque Tenax - 'Each tenacious'.
Badge: A puma salient.

Honours marked with an asterisk, are emblazoned on the Squadron Standard

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Date Last Updated : Wednesday, February 4, 2020 0:40 AM

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