No. 160 Squadron RAF - Squadron Bases

Squadron Bases

Bases and airfields used by no. 160 Squadron RAF, data from
From To From To Base Remark
16 January 1942 12 February 1942 RAF Thurleigh, Bedfordshire Ground personnel
January 1942 26 April 1942 RAF Polebrook, Northamptonshire Air echelon, training at 1653 HCU
12 February 1942 4 June 1942 Left for India Ground personnel
26 April 1942 7 May 1942 RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire Air echelon
7 May 1942 30 May 1942 RAF Nutts Corner, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Air echelon
30 May 1942 8 June 1942 RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire Air echelon
4 June 1942 17 June 1942 RAF Drigh Road, Karachi Ground personnel
8 June 1942 11 June 1942 Left for Middle East Air echelon
17 June 1942 22 November 1942 RAF Quetta, Balochistan Ground personnel
11 June 1942 16 September 1942 RAF Fayid, Egypt Air echelon (absorbed into 159 sqn)
16 September June 1942 8 November 1942 RAF Aqir, Palestine Air echelon
8 November 1942 15 January 1943 Shandur, Egypt Air echelon (leftovers absorbed by 178 sqn)
22 November 1942 19 February 1943 RAF Salbani, Paschim Medinipur, Bengal Ground personnel first,
later joined by greater part of air echelon
19 February 1943 2 August 1943 RAF Ratmalana, Ceylon Det. at RAF Sigiriya, Ceylon
2 August 1943 31 July 1944 RAF Sigiriya, Ceylon Dets. at RAF Cuttack, Orissa;
RAF Ratmalana, Ceylon;
RAF Vavuniya, Ceylon and
RAF Gan (Addu Atoll), the Maldives
1 August 1944 7 February 1945 RAF Kankesanturai, Ceylon Dets. at Addu Atoll, the Maldives and
RAF Kandy (Senkadagalapura), Ceylon
7 February 1945 17 October 1945 RAF Minneriya, Ceylon Det. at RAF Ramree Island, Burma
17 October 1945 23 June 1946 RAF Kankesanturai, Ceylon
23 June 1946 30 September 1946 RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland

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