|
YEAR |
DATE |
Base |
Plane Type |
|
1925 |
12th Sep |
Formed at Renfrew |
|
|
1925 |
Oct |
|
DH9A (Jan 1928) |
|
1927 |
Sep |
|
Fawn (Oct 1929) |
|
1929 |
Jul |
|
Wapiti (Apr 1934) |
|
1933 |
20th Jan |
to Abbotsinch |
|
|
1934 |
Feb |
|
Hart (Jun 1936) |
|
1936 |
Jun |
|
Hind (Nov 1938) |
|
1938 |
Nov |
|
Hector (Jan 1939) |
|
1939 |
Jan |
|
Gauntlet II (May 1939) |
|
1939 |
May |
|
Spitfire I (Jun 1941) |
|
1939 |
7th October |
to Grangemouth |
|
|
1939 |
13th Oct |
to Drem |
|
|
1940 |
14th Apr |
to Dyce, det Montrose |
|
|
1940 |
22nd May |
to Drem |
|
|
1940 |
13th aug |
to Westhampnett |
|
|
1940 |
17th Dec |
to Prestwick |
|
|
1941 |
15th Apr |
to Ayr, det Montrose |
|
|
1941 |
May |
|
Spitfire IIA (Aug 1941) |
|
1941 |
10th Jul |
to Kenley |
|
|
1941 |
Jul |
|
Spitfire VB(Sep 1942) |
|
1942 |
14th Jan |
to Redhill, dets Kenley |
|
|
1942 |
4th Mar |
to Kenley |
|
|
1942 |
13th May |
to Redhill, dets Kenley |
|
|
1942 |
17th Jul |
to Peterhead |
|
|
1942 |
16th Aug |
to Biggin Hill |
|
|
1942 |
20th Aug |
to Peterhead |
|
|
1942 |
10th Sep |
to Skaebrae, det Sumurgh |
|
|
1942 |
Sep |
|
Spitfire VA (Oct 1942) |
|
1942 |
Sep |
|
Spitfire VI (Nov 1942) |
|
1942 |
Oct |
|
Spitfire VC (Apr 1943) |
|
1943 |
20th Jan |
to Perranporth |
|
|
1943 |
Jan |
|
Spitfire VB (Oct 1943) |
|
1943 |
14th Apr |
to Lasham |
|
|
1943 |
29th Apr |
to Fairlop |
|
|
1943 |
1st Jun |
to Bognor |
|
|
1943 |
1st Jul |
to Kingsnorth |
|
|
1943 |
13th Aug |
to Newchurch |
|
|
1943 |
Oct |
|
Spitfire IXB (Jan 1944) |
|
1943 |
12th Oct |
to Detling |
|
|
1944 |
17th Jan |
to Skaebrae |
|
|
1944 |
Jan |
|
Spitfire LF VB (Mar 1944) |
|
1944 |
12th Mar |
to Detling |
|
|
1944 |
13th Mar |
to Llanbedr |
|
|
1944 |
20th Mar |
to Detling |
|
|
1944 |
Mar |
|
Spitfire IXB (Aug 1944) |
|
1944 |
18th Apr |
to Ford |
|
|
1944 |
25th Jun |
to B11/Longes |
|
|
1944 |
Aug |
|
Spitfire IXE (Sep 1944) |
|
1944 |
13th Aug |
to B19/Lingevres |
|
|
1944 |
2nd Sep |
to B 40/Beauvais/Nivillers |
|
|
1944 |
5th Sep |
to B52/Douai |
|
|
1944 |
17th Sep |
to B70/Deurne |
|
|
1944 |
30th Sep |
to Coltishall |
|
|
1944 |
Sep |
|
Spitfire IXB (Nov 1944) |
|
1944 |
18th Oct |
to Matlask |
|
|
1944 |
Nov |
|
Spitfire XVI (May 1945) |
|
1944 |
20th Nov |
to Swannington |
|
|
1945 |
19th Feb |
to Coltishall |
|
|
1945 |
23rd Feb |
to Ludham |
|
|
1945 |
5th Apr |
to Coltishall |
|
|
1945 |
15th May |
Disbanded |
|
|
1946 |
10th May |
Reformed at Abbotsinch |
|
|
1946 |
11th Jun |
embodied |
|
|
1946 |
Oct |
|
Spitfire F.14 (Oct 1948) |
|
1947 |
Aug |
|
Spitfire F.21 (Jan 1951) |
|
1948 |
Oct |
|
Spitfire F.22 (May 1951) |
|
1951 |
Jan |
|
Vampire FB5 (Mar 1957) |
|
1951 |
15th Apr |
to Leuchars |
|
|
1951 |
13th Jul |
to Abbotsinch |
|
|
1952 |
15th Apr |
to Renfrew |
|
|
1954 |
18th June |
to Abbotsinch |
|
|
1957 |
10th Mar |
Disbanded |
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Noteable engagements in which 602 Squadron took part include The Battle of Britain, a night patrol to search for the plane which was later found to carry Rudolph Hess, escorts for daylight bombing over Europe, the sighting of Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, the Dieppe Raid, escorts for pre-invasion bombing, divebombing of V.1 launch platforms, the random attack on the car carrying Field Marshall Irwin Rommel, Arnhem and attacks on V.2 rocket launch sites. The Squadron Codes painted on their aircraft were ZT, LO and RAI. By 1943 only 15 of the original City of Glasgow airmen were still with the Squadron and in 1944 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron was made up of aircrew from six countries including Frenchmen, Australians, South Africans, New Zealanders and Canadians. 602 was reformed in 1946 at Abbotsinch and was finally disbanded in March 1957
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