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No.53 Squadron RAF
Group Squadron Base County Arrived Comments
16 53 Detling Kent 03/07/40 Ex-Fighter Command.
16 53 Thorney Island Hampshire 20/11/40
15 53 St. Eval Cornwall 01/02/41 Day of month arbitrary.
16 53 Bircham Newton Norfolk 01/07/41 Day of month arbitrary. Hudson III, 07/41. Hudson V, 07/41.
19 53 St. Eval Cornwall 01/10/41 Day of month arbitrary.
15 53 Limavady Londonderry 01/12/41 Day of month arbitrary.
16 53 North Coates Lincolnshire 01/02/42 Day of month arbitrary.
19 53 St. Eval Cornwall 01/05/42 Day of month arbitrary.
53 Quonset Point USA 03/07/42
53 Waller Field Trinidad 01/08/42 Day of month arbitrary.
53 Edinburgh Field Trinidad 15/08/42 Day of month arbitrary.
53 Norfolk USA 01/11/42 Day of month arbitrary. Left 12/42.
19 53 Davidstow Moor Cornwall 01/02/43 Day of month arbitrary. Whitley VII, 02/43.
16 53 Docking Norfolk 15/02/43 Day of month arbitrary.
16 53 Bircham Newton Norfolk 01/03/43 Day of month arbitrary.
16 53 Thorney Island Hampshire 01/04/43 Day of month arbitrary. Liberator Va, 05/43.
16 53 Beaulieu Hampshire 01/09/43 Day of month arbitrary.
19 53 St. Eval Cornwall 01/01/44 Day of month arbitrary. Liberator VI, 07/44.
Iceland 53 Reykjavik Iceland 13/09/44 Liberator VIII, 01/45. Left 03/05/45.
19 53 St. Davids Pembrokeshire 01/06/45 To Transport Command, 09/45.
           
16 53 Bircham Newton Norfolk 19/09/40 Detachment. Left 21/09/40.
16 53 Manston Kent 14/11/40 Detachment. Left 16/11/40.
19 53 St. Eval Cornwall 01/07/41 Date arbitrary. Detachment. Left 10/41.
15 53 Limavady Londonderry 01/07/41 Date arbitrary. Detachment. Left10/41.
53 Zandery 15/08/42 Date arbitrary. Detachment. Left 11/42.
19 53 St. Eval Cornwall 01/04/43 Date arbitrary. Detachment. Left 01/44.
15 53 Ballykelly Londonderry 01/01/44 Date arbitrary. Detachment. Left 09/44.
Copyright: Ross McNeill August 1999