Hugh Boyle Airman
Hugh Boyle LAC 1796858 W/OP/GD
No. 203 Squadron Royal Air Force
Morse Code "88"
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Hugh BoyleLAC 1796858
Gound to Air W/Op.
No 203 Squadron RAF
No. 203 Squadron StandardRoyal Air Force
No. 201 Group. No. 207 Wing - RAF Middle East - Mediterranean Air Command
Berca Airfield Benghazi, Libya. 1943. Aged 16
After the seizure of Bengazi by the British Eighth Army during the Western Desert Campaign in early 1943, Berca Airfield was used by No. 203 Squadron Royal Air Force, the Royal Canadian Air Force and United States Army Air Force, Mediterranean Air Command.
From March 1943 to October 1943 during the North African Campaign No. 203 Squadron Royal Air Force was stationed at Berca No.3 From August 1942 to August 1943 they were equiped with the Martin Baltimore I, II, III. And from May 1943 to October 1943 with the Martin Baltimore IIIA, V.
Combat Role Light Bomber, Reconnaissance. ✈
No. 203 Squadron Locations
October 1942 - March 1943
Location: Landing Ground 227 (LG.227 Maryut, Egypt)
Operational Aircraft ✈ Martin Baltimore I, II, III
March 1943 - November 1943
Location: Berka No. 3
Operational Aircraft ✈ Martin Baltimore
November 1943
Location: Landing Ground 91 (LG.91)
Operational Aircraftt ✈ Martin Baltimore IIIA
November 1943 - October 1944
Location: Santa Cruz
Operational Aircraft ✈ Vickers Wellington
Vickers Wellington Mark IC Z9099 C of No. 38 Squadron RAF
October 1944 - February 1945
Location: Madura
Operational Aircraft ✈ Consolidated Liberator
February 1945 - May 1946
Location: Kankesantura
Operational Aircraft: ✈ Consolidated Liberator
BZ991, EV823, EV830, EV842, EV939, EV948
No. 203 Squadron were Part of:
- September 1939: British Forces in Aden
- 11 November 1941: No.234 Wing; No.201 Group; RAF Middle East; Beaufort Detachment with AHQ Western Desert
- 27 October 1942: No.201 Group; RAF Middle East
- 10 July 1943
No. 201 Group
No. 247 Wing
RAF Middle East
Mediterranean Air Command - 1 July 1944
No. 225 Group
Air Command South East Asia
Further Reading: Ibiblio
Royal Air Force 1939-1945 VOLUME III
The Fight is won
Arakan, Kohima, and Imphal
By Hilary St. George Saunders
Squadron Codes: PP, V, Y, F, D
Duties
- 1942-1943: Reconnaissance and Bombing duties, Middle East
- 1943-1944: Coastal Patrols, India
- 1944-1945: Anti-submarine patrols, Ceylon
Source: Rickard, J (4 February 2011) No. 203 Squadron RAF: Second World War. http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/203_wwII.htm
Morse Code Translator SC Phillips
- 201 Group,
- 203 Squadron,
- 207 Wing,
- 225 Group,
- Air Command South East Asia,
- Hugh Boyle,
- India,
- Middle East,
- Morse Code,
- No. 225 Group RAF,
- North Africa,
- Royal Air Force
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