26 Squadron SAAF
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26 Squadron SAAF is a disbanded squadron of the South African Air Force
. The squadron was based at Takoradi, Gold Coast (now Ghana) on the West Coast of Africa during World war II. They flew Vickers Wellingtons on anti-submarine and convoy escort patrols over the Atlantic. The squadron was seconded to No. 298 Wing RAF
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South African Air Force
The South African Air Force is the air force of South Africa, with headquarters in Pretoria. It is the world's second oldest independent air force, and its motto is Per Aspera Ad Astra...
. The squadron was based at Takoradi, Gold Coast (now Ghana) on the West Coast of Africa during World war II. They flew Vickers Wellingtons on anti-submarine and convoy escort patrols over the Atlantic. The squadron was seconded to No. 298 Wing RAF
No. 298 Wing RAF
- 26 Squadron SAAF :26 Squadron SAAF was seconded to 298 Wing RAF and was based at Takoradi, Gold Coast , West Africa during World War II. They flew Vickers Wellingtons on anti-submarine and convoy escort duties over the Atlantic.-External links:**...
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History
- First formed: 24 August 1942
- Formed at: AFB SwartkopAFB SwartkopAFB Swartkop is an air force base in South Africa. It is managed as part of AFB Waterkloof and houses one of the three branches of the South African Air Force Museum...
, South Africa - First Operational: 4 May 1943
- Main Role: Anti-submarine (u-Boat) patrols and convoy escort duties, Atlantic
- Main base: Takoradi, Gold Coast (now Ghana), West Africa
- Historic aircraft flown: Vickers WellingtonVickers WellingtonThe Vickers Wellington was a British twin-engine, long range medium bomber designed in the mid-1930s at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey, by Vickers-Armstrongs' Chief Designer, R. K. Pierson. It was widely used as a night bomber in the early years of the Second World War, before being displaced as a...
MK X and XI - Disbanded: 12 June 1945
- War Graves: Takoradi European Public cemetery(Ghana), Du Plantation cemetery(Liberia), Yaba CemeteryYaba CemeteryYaba Cemetery is situated in Yaba, an eastern suburb of on the outskirts of Lagos, Nigeria. It is a civil cemetery known locally as Atan Cemetery.The cemetery contains the largest concentration of World War II era war graves in Nigeria.-External links:*...
(Nigeria) - Memorials: Bays Hill Memorial(South Africa) Commonwealth Air Forces Memorial(Malta), Umtentweni Memorial(South Africa)
External links
- 26 Squadron SAAF Web Site (Unofficial)
- A Wellington similar to those flown by SAAF 26 Squadron