No. 42 Squadron RAF
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No. 42 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Nimrod MR2, based at RAF Kinloss, Moray.
History
Formed from crews of 19 Squadron at Filton in 1916, 42 Squadron spent the First World War flying reconnaissance sorties. Using BE2s (and later RE8s), the squadron spent time on both the Western Front and the Austro-Italian Front. On returning to England in 1919 after the war, the Squadron was disbanded.+ WW2 and post-war history
RAF Nimrod squadrons
MR.2
- No. 42(Reserve) Squadron - Nimrod OCU
- No. 120 Squadron
- No. 201 Squadron
R.1
See also
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