No. 16 Squadron RAF - Stations

Stations

From To Location Notes
10 February 1915 5 March 1915 Saint-Omer Formation.
6 March 1915 31 May 1915 La Gorgue Detachment to Aire.

Battle of Neuve Chapelle began 10 March 1915.
1 June 1915 17 July 1915 Choques
18 July 1915 11 December 1915 Merville Battle of Loos between 25 and 28 September 1915.
12 December 1915 30 August 1916 La Gorgue
31 August 1916 24 May 1917 Bruay Battle of the Somme between 1 July and 18 November 1916.
25 May 1917 20 October 1918 Camblain-l'Abbe
21 October 1918 24 October 1918 La Brayelle
25 October 1918 13 February 1918 Auchy
14 February 1918 31 December 1918 Fowlmere Disbanded following cessation of hostilities.
1 April 1924 16 February 1940 Old Sarum Reformed as Army co-operation squadron.

1938 - First squadron to operate the Lysander.
17 February 1940 12 April 1940 Hawkinge
13 April 1940 13 April 1940 Amiens
14 April 1940 18 May 1940 Bertangles Battle of France commenced 10 May 1940.
19 May 1940 2 June 1940 Lympne Dunkirk evacuation between 26 May and 4 June 1940.
3 June 1940 28 June 1940 Redhill First RAF squadron to operate there.
29 June 1940 2 August 1940 Cambridge
3 August 1940 14 August 1940 Okehampton Detachment to Cambridge.
15 August 1940 3 June 1941 Western Zoyland Detachments to Okehampton, Roborough, RAF Tilshead, St Just and Bolt Head.

Battle of Britain occurred between 10 July and 31 October 1940.
4 June 1941 5 June 1941 Okehampton
6 June 1941 8 September 1941 Weston Zoyland Detachments to Lee-on-Solent and RAF Tilshead.
9 September 1941 10 September 1941 Okehampton
11 September 1941 24 September 1941 Weston Zoyland
25 September 1941 2 October 1941 Thruxton
3 October 1941 22 November 1941 Weston Zoyland Detachment to Farnborough.
23 November 1941 26 November 1941 Lympne
27 November 1941 31 December 1942 Weston Zoyland Detachment to Okehampton.
1 January 1943 25 February 1943 Andover
26 February 1943 12 March 1943 Ford
13 March 1943 5 April 1943 Andover
6 April 1943 8 April 1943 Weston Zoyland
9 April 1943 15 May 1943 Andover
16 May 1943 21 May 1943 Weston Zoyland
22 May 1943 31 May 1943 Andover
1 June 1943 28 June 1943 Middle Wallop
29 June 1943 15 April 1944 Hartford Bridge Operated in Strategic Reconnaissance Wing of the 2nd Tactical Air Force.
16 April 1944 19 September 1945 Northolt D-Day on 6 June 1944. Disbanded following cessation of hostilities.
19 September 1945 1 April 1946 Celle Reformed and disbanded. Renumbered from 268 Squadron.
1 April 1946 31 May 1946 Fassberg Reformed from 56 Squadron.
1 June 1946 11 June 1946 Manston
12 June 1946 20 June 1946 Fassberg
21 June 1946 13 July 1946 Sylt
14 July 1946 4 September 1946 Fassberg
5 September 1946 15 September 1946 Manston
16 September 1946 3 February 1947 Fassberg
4 February 1947 20 March 1947 Gatow
21 March 1947 7 May 1947 Fassberg
8 May 1947 19 May 1947 Ahlhorn
20 May 1947 12 July 1947 Fassberg
13 July 1947 11 August 1947 Zeltweg
12 August 1947 5 October 1947 Fassberg
6 October 1947 16 October 1947 Middle Wallop
17 October 1947 2 November 1947 Fassberg
3 November 1947 23 November 1947 Lübeck
24 November 1947 31 November 1947 Fassberg
1 December 1947 5 January 1948 Gütersloh
6 January 1948 1 February 1948 Gatow
2 February 1948 13 July 1948 Gütersloh Berlin Airlift begins on 24 June 1948.
14 July 1948 6 August 1948 Lübeck
7 August 1948 1 November 1950 Gütersloh Berlin Airlift ends 11 May 1949.
2 November 1950 1 June 1957 Celle Disbanded.
1 March 1958 6 June 1972 Laarbruch Cuban Missile Crisis between 8 and 28 October 1962.
8 Jan 1973 29 Feb 1984 Laarbruch
1 Mar 1984 11 Sep 1991 Laarbruch Squadron took part in Operation GRANBY.
1 November 1991 20 July 2000 Lossiemouth Became a Reserve squadron as Jaguar OCU.
21 July 2000 11 March 2005 Coltishall Coltishall, the last surviving operational RAF base involved in the Battle of Britain, closed on 30 November 2006.
1 October 2008 Present Cranwell Elementary flying training.

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