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No. 609 (West Riding) Squadron of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, originally formed as a bomber squadron and in the Second World War active as fighter squadron, nowadays provides personnel to augment and support the operations of the Royal Air Force.
Flying the Spitfire Crook participated in the Battle of Britain, flying with No. 609 Squadron RAF (at the time this was a squadron of the Auxiliary Air Force). He initially joined the squadron on 22 September 1938 as an acting pilot officer , [1] this rank was confirmed on 4 May 1940, [2] and later further back-dated to 9 December ...
No 609 Squadron RAF. No. 609 Squadron was formed on 10 February 1936 at Yeadon as a day bomber unit of the Auxiliary Air Force. It began to receive Harts in June and these were replaced by Hinds before the squadron was redesignated a fighter unit on 8 December 1938.
Flying Officer (RAF) Unit: No. 609 Squadron RAF: Battles/wars: Second World War. European air campaign † Awards: Knight of the Order of Leopold (Posthumous) War cross WWII with palm Distinguished Flying Cross Coat of arms of Selys Longchamps
No 609 squadron was relocated to RAF Manston and in November standing patrols were set up from dawn till dusk to intercept raiding Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter bombers (Jagdbombers). At the same time Beamont was developing the use of the Typhoon as a night intruder.
It is currently based at RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire. No. 609 Squadron of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, originally formed as a bomber squadron and in the Second World War active as fighter squadron, nowadays provides personnel to augment and support the operations of the Royal Air Force.
On 8 August 1940 Keough was posted to No. 609 Squadron RAF at Middle Wallop airfield. He flew many missions during the height of the Battle of Britain in August and September. He was credited with one shared kill: Dornier Do 17 bomber shot down on 15 September with Pilot Officer Mike Appleby and Flight lieutenant John Dundas .
