Country United Kingdom Type Inactive | Branch Royal Air Force Role Meteorological | |
Active 15 August 1943 – 31 May 1946 Part of No. 18 Group RAF, Coastal Command | ||
No. 519 Squadron RAF was a meteorological squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
History
No. 519 Squadron was formed on 15 August 1943 at RAF Wick from 1406 Flight, equipped with Handley Page Hampdens and Supermarine Spitfires. Its purpose was collecting meteorological data from the northern waters of the North Sea all the way to Norway. It soon replaced the Hampdens with Lockheed Hudsons and Lockheed Venturas. The squadron base moved on a number of times along the east coast of Scotland but the squadron's role remained the same. In November 1944 the squadron started using the Boeing Fortress, which it operated to the end of the war. With the war over the squadron standardised on the Halifax Mk.III, until it was disbanded at RAF Leuchars on 31 May 1946.