23Sqn

During its long history, No 23 Squadron has been based in many places, mostly in the UK and Europe but also in the distant reaches of the South Atlantic.

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23Sqn

The Bases of No 23 Squadron 1915 - Present

 

Squadron Bases

Dates
Squadron Bases
Dates

Gosport

1 Sep 1915

Manston

21 Aug 1942

Sutton’s Farm

Oct 1915

Bradwell Bay

8 Sep 1942

Fienvillers

16 Mar 1916

Portreath

21 Dec 1942

Izel-le-Hameau

18 Mar 1916

Gibraltar

24 Dec 1942

Fienvillers

1 Sep 1916

Luqa

29 Dec 1942

Vert Galand

5 Sep 1916

Sigonella

5 Sep 1943

Baizieux

5 Mar 1917

Gerbini Main

5 Oct 1943

Auchel

23 May 1917

Pomigliano

1 Nov 1943

Bruay

29 May 1917

Alghero

7 Dec 1943

La Lovie

13 Jun 1917

Blida

8 May 1944

Matigny

16 Feb 1918

Little Snoring

2 Jun 1944 –

25 Sep1945

Moreuil

22 Mar 1918

Wittering

1 Sep 1946

Bertangles

28 Mar 1918

Coltishall

23 Jan 1947

St. Omer

29 Apr 1918

Church Fenton

19 Nov 1949

Bertangles

16 May 1918

Coltishall

22 Sep 1950

Cappy

13 Sep 1918

Horsham St. Faith

15 Jan 1952

Hancourt

11 Oct 1918

Coltishall

4 Jul 1952

Bertry East

25 Oct 1918

Horsham St. Faith

12 Oct 1956

Clermont

3 Dec 1918

Coltishall

28 May 1957

Waddington

15 Mar 1919 –

31 Dec 1919

Horsham St. Faith

7 Sep 1958

Henlow

1 Jul 1925

Coltishall

5 Jun 1959

Kenley

6 Feb 1927

Horsham St. Faith

31 Mar 1960

Biggin Hill

17 Sep 1932

Coltishall

11 Jul 1960

Northolt

21 Dec 1936

Leuchars

9 Mar 1963

Wittering

16 May 1938

Coningsby

1 Nov 1975

Collyweston

31 May 1940

Wattisham

25 Feb 1976

Wittering

16 Aug 1940

Wethersfield

Apr 1977

Ford

12 Sep 1940

Wattisham

Nov 1977

det. Middle Wallop

Sep 1940

Stanley

1 Apr 1983

Manston

7 Jan 1942

Mount Pleasant

21 April 1986

 

det. Bradwell Bay

 1 May 1942

Leeming

1 Nov 1988 –

1 Mar 1994

Manston

28 Jul 1942

Waddington

1 Apr 1996 -

Bradwell Bay

15 Aug 1942

 

 

 


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