Hawker Hurricane Mark II Hendon 2007

Hawker Hurricane  Mark II  Hendon 2007
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Avion aux couleurs du  No 174 (Mauritius) Squadron

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Formed from a nucleus of eight pilots from No 607 Squadron at Manston on 3 March 1942, operations began immediately.  Equipped with Hurricanes it carried out shipping strikes and fighter-bomber attacks on coastal targets, which it continued up to the Spring of 1943.

In April 1943 the squadron began to receive Typhoons and started working  up on its new machines, becoming operational on 14 July.  In June the squadron had become part of the newly created 2nd Tactical Air Force carrying out bombing, escort and anti-shipping operations.  Early in 1944 its targets were widened to include V1 launching (Noball) sites and from April its prime weapon became the rocket projectile rather than the bomb.

In June 1944 following the Normandy landings, the squadron moved over to France, but this venture was short-lived when its airfield came under heavy bombing.  It soon returned and began its close air support role of the Allied armies in their advance across Europe.  Having arrived in Germany, the squadron disbanded on 8 April 1945.  Two further incarnations took place, the first started on 26 August 19445 when No 137 Squadron was re-numbered 174 but it disbanded again on 6 September.  Three days later No 274 Squadron on an Armament Practice Camp at Warmwell was re-numbered 174, equipped with Tempest Vs.  174 returned to Germany finally disbanding at Fassburg on 31 March 1946.

Motto:      Attack

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