No. 299 Squadron RAF
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No. 299 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron.
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[edit] History
No. 299 Squadron was formed at RAF Stoney Cross, England on the 4 November 1943 as a special operations squadron. It became operation in April 1944 dropping SOE agents. During the Normandy landing the squadron first delivered paratroopers then returned to air-tow 16 Airspeed Horsa gliders across the English Channel.
The squadron continued operations with re-suppy drops until the 10 June when it returned to SOE duties.
In between the SOE duties the squadron air-towed Horsa gliders for the Arnhem landing (Operation Market Garden), and the Rhine crossing (Operation Varsity).
It was also involved in suppy-dropping to resistance forces in Norway until the end of the war.
At the end of the second world war the squadron disbanded at Shepherd's Grove on 15 February 1946.
[edit] Aircraft Operated
- 1943 - Lockheed Ventura I and II
- 1944 - Short Stirling IV and V
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- G G Jefford, RAF Squadrons, second edition 2001, Airlife Publishing, UK, ISBN 1-84037-141-2.
