No. 1300 (Meteorological) Flight was formed on 31 July 1943 at RAF Alipore, Calcutta, West Bengal, British India, by re-designating No. 1 Meteorological Flight RAF.Lake 1999, p. 84.Sturtivant and Hamlin 2007, p. 118. The flight, strength of which had been reduced to three Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIs by this time, was disbanded on 30 May 1946 at RAF Kallang, Malaya, as No. 1300 (Meteorological THUM) Flight, THUM standing for Temperature and Humidity.
No. 1300 (Meteorological Reconnaissance) Flight was re-formed on 1 June 1946 at RAF Mingaladon, Burma, moving to RAF Butterworth, in Malaya, where it disbanded on 15 March 1947 to become No. 18 Squadron RAF.
Aircraft operated +Aircraft operated by no. 1300 Flight RAF, data from From To Aircraft Version Example July 1943 ? Vultee Vengeance November 1943 ? Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV Z9811 August 1944 May 1946 Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIc LF201 August 1944 May 1946 Hawker Hurricane Mk.IId KW879 August 1944 1946 Hawker Hurricane Mk.IV KZ248 1945 1946 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XI PL920 June 1945 March 1947 de Havilland Mosquito FB.6 TE595; TE848 June 1945 March 1947 North American Harvard T.2b FS923 (Support aircraft)
Flight bases +Bases and airfields used by no. 1300 Flight RAF, data from From To Base 31 July 1943 11 April 1944 RAF Alipore, Calcutta, West Bengal, British India 11 April 1944 19 September 1944 RAF Baigachi, West Bengal, British India 19 September 1944 21 December 1945 RAF Alipore, West Bengal, British India 21 December 1945 30 May 1946 RAF Kallang, Malaya 1 June 1946 13 December 1946 RAF Mingaladon, Burma 13 December 1946 15 March 1947 RAF Butterworth, Malaya
See also List of RAF Regiment units List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadrons List of Army Air Corps aircraft units List of Air Training Corps squadrons List of Battle of Britain squadrons University Air Squadron Air Experience Flight Volunteer Gliding Squadron List of Royal Air Force units & establishments List of Royal Air Force schools List of Royal Air Force aircraft independent flights List of RAF squadron codes
References Notes
Bibliography
Delve, Ken. The Source Book of the RAF. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1994. . Lake, Alan. Flying Units of the RAF. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1999. . Sturtivant, Ray, ISO and John Hamlin. RAF Flying Training And Support Units since 1912. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 2007. .