No. 519 Squadron RAF was a meteorological squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.

History

No. 519 Squadron was formed on 15 August 1943 at RAF Wick from 1406 Flight, equipped with Handley Page Hampdens and Supermarine Spitfires. Its purpose was collecting meteorological data from the northern waters of the North Sea all the way to Norway. It soon replaced the Hampdens with Lockheed Hudsons and Lockheed Venturas. The squadron base moved on a number of times along the east coast of Scotland but the squadron's role remained the same. In November 1944 the squadron started using the Boeing Fortress, which it operated to the end of the war. With the war over, the squadron standardised on the Halifax Mk.III, until it was disbanded at RAF Leuchars on 31 May 1946.

No. 519 Squadron RAF

Aircraft operated

Squadron bases

See also

North Atlantic weather war

List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons

References

Notes

Bibliography

External links

History of No.'s 500–520 Squadrons at RAF Web

History of No. 519 Squadron on raf.mod.uk

Aircraft squadrons of the Royal Air Force in World War II

Meteorological organisations based in the United Kingdom

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Military weather units and formations

Military units and formations established in 1943

No. 519 Squadron RAF