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Re: 540 Squadron RAF June 1943
Sorry Col
You get me wrong. It's not the formation date or former identities of 540 Sq I am after. I have all such details already. You have already confirmed that HQ 540 Sq and A-flight was at Leuchars, which is what all my sources also state.
What I want to know is the exact date (if possible) they put their detachment (B-flight) at Benson.
From your initial post I interpreted your answer that the book you quote from basically said "straight away", that is they started up at both Leuchars and Benson on 19 Oct 1942. That is not what my sources state, since it seems B-flight went to Gibraltar also basically straight away and while it may have strayed at Benson for a couple of days, my interpretation is that they came back sometime in the spring of 1943.
That is where I stand with regard to their arrival at Benson. Udf have given me dates in May, but I am not sure if that is also their arrival month.
Cheers
Stig
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