RAF in Russia

[Alex Smart]

Hello,
Any details on RAF Units that operated in Russia in WW2.
Such as what ops and targets were there ?
And what serial numbers of aircraft ?
Were the squadrons maintained by Russian's or RAF service people ?

Sept 1941 - 81sqn Hurricane.
Sept 1941 - 134sqn Hurricane
Feb 1942 - 210sqn Catalina
April 1942 - 144sqn Hampden
April 1942 - 455sqn Hampden
Oct 1942 - 543sqn Spitfire
April 1943 - 9sqn Lancaster
Feb 1944 - 540sqn Mosquito
April - 617sqn Mosquito and Lancaster

Bases were I think -
Grasnaya - 1942 - 210sqn
Vaenga - 1941 and 1942 - 81;143;144;455;543 sqn's
Afrikanda - 1942 - 144sqn
Yadodnik - 9; 540; 617 sqn's

Many thanks
Alex

[Leendert]

Alex,

You may start here: http://lend-lease.airforce.ru/englis...rd/hurricanes/

Regards,

Leendert

[Tom Semenza]

There is also a very useful monograph covering the operations of 151 Wing (81 & 134 Sqns.):

Hugh Harkins, Hurricane IIb Combat Log: 151 Wing RAF, North Russia 1941, Centurion Publishing, Glasgow, 2013.

Covers daily operations, list of serial numbers for each squadron, and interesting photos.

Tom

[Alex Smart]

Thanks to you both,
The Hurricanes, Hampden's and 617 Squadrons Lancaster's are well covered I think.
How about the rest ?
Alex

[Orwell1984]

Some info here:
https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/...-RAF-II-5.html

And this book is useful:
Arctic Airmen : The RAF in Spitsbergen and North Russia 1942
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Arctic-Airm.../dp/1862272913

Ernest Schofield obituary

http://www.aircrewremembered.com/schofield-ernest.html

543 Squadron history here with details of time in Russia:
http://www.543sqn.org.uk/25thAnniversayBooklet.pdf

[Alex Smart]

Hello, Orwell1984,
Just seen your post.
Many thanks for the links.
I will look at them later tonight.
Thank you
Alex