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Royal Air Force |
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Numbers |
Allocations |
1 - 299 |
RFC/RAF allocation. Those from
No. 201 onwards had predominantly maritime (RNAS) origins. No. 188 has never been used. |
300 - 309 |
Polish Squadrons. |
310 - 313 |
Czechoslovak Squadrons. |
315 - 318 |
Polish Squadrons. |
320 - 322 |
Dutch Squadrons. |
326 - 329 |
French Squadrons. |
330 - 334 |
Norwegian Squadrons. |
335 - 336 |
Greek Squadrons. |
340 - 347 |
French Squadrons. |
349 - 350 |
Belgian Squadrons. |
351 - 352 |
Yugoslav Squadrons. |
353 - 399 |
RAF allocation. Only 353-358,
360, and 361 have been used. |
400 - 445 |
Canadian Squadrons. 444 and 445
not used. |
450 - 467 |
Australian Squadrons. 465 not
used. |
485 - 490 |
New Zealand Squadrons. |
500 - 509 |
Special Reserve (later Auxiliary,
the Royal Auxiliary Air Force) squadrons. Only 500 - 504 used. |
510 - 599 |
RAF allocations. 522, 523, 545,
546, 568, 569, 572-574, 579-581, 583-586, 588-594, 596, 597, and 599 were never used. |
600 - 616 |
Special Reserve (later Auxiliary,
the Royal Auxiliary Air Force) squadrons. 606 not used. |
617 - 650 |
RAF allocation. 617 - 620 were
originally intended as Auxiliaries but were not formed as such. 629, 632 - 634, 636 - 638,
641 - 643, and 645 - 649 were not used. |
651 - 673 |
Army associated allocation. 651 -
666 were AOP units, of which 663 was Polish, 664 - 666 were Canadian, 668 - 673 were
glider units in India. Since 1st September, 1957 this block has been dedicated to Army Air
Corps units. |
674 - 699 |
RAF allocation. Only 679 - 684,
691, 692, and 695 have been used. |
700 - 799 |
Originally attached to Fleet Air
Arm catapult units, but later changed to second-line Naval units. |
800 - 899 |
Allocated to carrier and land
based operational squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm. |
900 - 999 |
Barrage balloon squadrons. |
1000 - 1299 |
Not used. |
1300 - 1399 |
Allocated to miscellaneous
flights and some conversion units. |
1400 - 1499 |
Allocated to miscellaneous
flights. |
1500 - 1699 |
Allocated to flights and
conversion units. |
1700 - 1799 |
Second allocation for Fleet Air
Arm second line squadrons. |
1800 - 1899 |
Second allocation for Fleet Air
Arm operational squadrons. |
1900 - 1999 |
Allocated to AOP flights. |