No. 587 Squadron RAF
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No. 587 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force from 1943 to 1946.
The squadron was formed at RAF Weston Zoyland, England on 1 December 1943, from 1600 Flight, 1601 Flight and 1625 Flight for anti-aircraft co-operation duties over Wales and the south east of England. It operated a variety of aircraft in this role.
Due to the ongoing training requirement the squadron was not disbanded at the end of the war and it moved to RAF Tangmere on 1 June 1946 to cover the south coast, but was disbanded shortly afterwards on the 15 June 1946.
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[edit] Aircraft Operated
- 1943 - Airspeed Oxford
- 1943 - Hawker Henley III
- 1943 - Hawker Hurricane IV
- 1943 - Miles Martinet
- 1944 - Hawker Hurricane IIC
- 1944 - Vultee Vengeance IV
- 1945 - North American Mustang I
- 1945 - Supermarine Spitfire XVI
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[edit] Bibliography
- Delve, Ken. The Source Book of the RAF. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing, UK, 1994. ISBN 1-85310-451-5.
- Halley, James J. The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth, 1918-1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (historians) Ltd., 1988. ISBN 0-85130-164-9.
- Jefford, Wing Commander C.G., MBE, BA, RAF (retd.). RAF Squadrons: A Comprenhensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing, UK, 2001. ISBN 1-84037-141-2.
