No. 217 Squadron RAF

No. 217 Squadron RAF
Bristol Beauforts of No. 217 Squadron off Cornwall, 1942
Active1918-1919, 1937-1945, 1952-1957, 1958-1959
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
RoleMaritime patrol, anti-shipping, strike, reconnaissance
Part ofRAF Coastal Command
Motto(s)Woe to the unwary[1]
EngagementsWorld War I
World War II
Operation Grapple
Insignia
Squadron badge heraldryA demi-shark, erased
Aircraft flown
AttackAirco DH.4, Lockheed Hudson, Bristol Beaufort, Bristol Beaufighter TF.X
Utility helicopterWestland Whirlwind HAR.2
PatrolAvro Anson, Lockheed Hudson
ReconnaissanceLockheed Neptune MR.1

No. 217 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the RAF. It was formed and disbanded four times between 1 April 1918 and 13 November 1959. In World War I it served in a strike role against enemy bases and airfields in Belgium. In World War II as part of RAF Coastal Command it served first in a maritime patrol role along the Western Approaches and later in an anti-shipping role in the English Channel. Ordered to the Far East in 1942, the squadron was retained for two months in Malta in an anti-shipping role, protecting Allied convoys, before moving to Ceylon to defend the approaches to India, serving in an anti-submarine and anti-shipping role. It was equipped and training for a strike role, when the war ended. In the postwar period, it served for five years in a maritime reconnaissance role, and then briefly in a support role for Operation Grapple, the British hydrogen bomb tests on Christmas Island.

History

World War I

No. 217 Squadron traces its ancestry back to the Royal Naval Air Service. On 31 October 1914 a RNAS seaplane station was formed at Dunkerque.[2] On 14 January 1918, a unit consisting of Airco DH.4s was re-designated No. 17 (Naval) squadron.[3] When the Royal Air Force was created four months later on 1 April 1918 by merging the RNAS with the Royal Flying Corps, this unit was re-numbered No. 217 Squadron RAF, operating out of Bergues, near Dunkerque.[2][3] The new squadron conducted daylight raids using Airco DH.4s on enemy bases and airfields[2] in Belgium until the end of World War I. The squadron returned to RAF Driffield in March 1919, but was disbanded on 18 October 1919.[3]

World War II

No. 217 Squadron was re-formed under the recently created RAF Coastal Command on 15 March 1937, based at RAF Boscombe Down.[3][2][4] Equipped with Avro Ansons, the first RAF monoplane with retractable undercarriage, the squadron performed general reconnaissance duties until the outbreak of World War II.[3] It moved between different stations at RAF Tangmere, RAF Warmwell and RAF Bicester until October 1939.[3]

English Channel Operations

In October 1939, No. 217 Squadron moved to its brand-new war station at RAF St Eval on the north Cornish coast, which it occupied in an unfinished state.[2][4] Its Avro Ansons conducted anti-submarine patrols[3] over the Western Approaches to the English Channel.[2][4] From May 1940, the squadron started to be equipped with the Bristol Beaufort torpedo bomber, but serious problems with the new aircraft's Taurus engines meant that the Avro Ansons remained in service until December 1940.[2]

The Bristol Beauforts started to see active service from 24-25 September 1940.[4][2] They were used in anti-shipping and mine-laying missions. Torpedo attacks were difficult because the aircraft had a tendency to roll, the height of weapon release meant that the distance to target was hard to judge and the aircraft were forced to overfly their target ships, rather than expose their belly to flak by turning away.

One such anti-shipping mission set out on 12 February 1942 to intercept the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau as these fled from their safe haven at Brest, making the daring Channel Dash for Germany.[4] No. 217 Squadron had a detachment of four Beauforts that were ideally placed at RAF Thorney Island, near Portsmouth. On their first sortie, two aircraft made contact with a different warship, believed to be the German cruiser Prinz Eugen but their torpedoes missed. On their second sortie, the same pair found the Scharnhorst but their torpedoes missed again. The other two Beauforts reached the French coast, after misdirection due to a mix-up over radio frequencies.[4] A later sortie by the remaining aircraft from RAF St Eval only found four small minesweepers.[4]

In February 1942, the squadron moved briefly to RAF Skitten and then RAF Leuchars in Scotland, where they conducted few operations, as they were being earmarked for duty in Ceylon.[3]

Mediterranean Operations

In May 1942 the squadron was ordered to Ceylon, via Gibraltar and Malta. The ground echelon left on 7 May 1942,[3] with orders to proceed directly to the Far East,[4] and the aircraft followed on 7 June 1942,[3] arriving in Malta on 10 June 1942.[2] However, many of the Bristol Beauforts were found to be unserviceable on arrival, having problems with their torpedo loading and dropping mechanisms. All nine aircraft were grounded for repairs.[2]

The aircraft were detained in Malta, in order to provide cover two for Allied convoys that were to resupply Malta from both ends of the Mediterranean in June 1942.[4] Operation Harpoon sailed eastward from Gibraltar, while Operation Vigorous sailed westward from Alexandria. On the morning of 15 June 1942, a force of eight Bristol Beauforts attacked an Italian fleet that was steaming south, seeking to intercept the convoys.[5] A single torpedo from one Beaufort[5][6] crippled the Italian cruiser Trento, which was later sunk by the British submarine HMS Umbra (P.35).[4]

On 21 June 1942, eight Beauforts of No. 217 Squadron flying out of RAF Luqa located and attacked an enemy convoy, scoring two hits on each merchant vessel and one possible hit by one of three Beauforts which failed to return.[7] On 23 June 1942, twelve Beauforts of No. 217 and No. 39 Squadrons attacked four destroyers and two large merchant vessels, scoring three hits and one probable hit on one merchant ship and two hits on the other, immobilising the ships. One aircraft of No. 217 Squadron crashed on landing; two from No. 39 Squadron failed to return. Three aircraft were slightly damaged by anti-aircraft fire.[7]

In another incident, on 28 June 1942, the crew of a ditched Beaufort were rescued by an Italian CANT Z.506 seaplane. The rescued crew overpowered their Italian rescuers and the CANT was flown to Malta where the Italians were made prisoners of war.[8]

No. 217 Squadron remained on Malta for two months, carrying out anti-shipping attacks across a wide section of the Mediterranean, reaching as far as Greece.[4] These missions were very costly in terms of materiel and crew. On 3 July 1942, a mixed force of seven Bristol Beauforts escorted by five Bristol Beaufighters flying out of RAF Ta Kali was due to assault an Italian convoy south of the island of Zante in the Ionian Sea.[2] However, two of the Beauforts failed to start; and another two were forced to turn back due to engine trouble. Of the remaining three, two of the aircraft were shot down by flak and the third aircraft, having been hit in the tail, crashed on return to Malta, with the loss of all three crews.[2] Aircrew losses were so severe, that it was thought the squadron might be wiped out entirely.[9]

Far East Operations

The surviving aircrew arrived in Ceylon in July 1942, but had no aircraft, having left their battered Bristol Beauforts behind in the Middle East. The ground crews arrived by sea in August 1942.[4][3] Their mission was to defend the approaches to India from the Japanese navy, after successful Japanese attacks on Colombo and Trincomalee between 5-10 April 1942.

No. 217 Squadron was initially based at RAF Minneriya, an airstrip located in the east central part of Ceylon.[10] It was not until October 1942 that they started to receive Lockheed Hudsons. In November 1942,[11] crews converted from the Beaufort to the Hudson, which was used in anti-submarine patrols.[3] A detachment was sent to a location 20 km south of Colombo, to clear and construct a new airstrip at RAF Ratmalana in the jungle.[11]

In February 1943, the squadron relocated to RAF Vavuniya,[10] some 50 miles further north of RAF Minneriya, where the climate was more comfortable; and for a period, crews seemed to move between these two bases.[11] New Bristol Beauforts started to arrive in April 1943,[3][11] whereupon No. 217 Squadron joined forces with No. 22 Squadron RAF to become a torpedo-carrying anti-shipping force; however the Imperial Japanese Navy failed to show up, as they were busy in the Pacific Ocean at the time.[11] By June 1944, it seemed that the Japanese had been deterred from attacking again. The bored crews referred to themselves jokingly as the Ceylon Home Guard.[11]

In April 1944, No. 217 Squadron relocated to the airfield at RAF Ratmalana.[10] From June-July 1944,[11][3] they started to receive the new Bristol Beaufighter TF.X, an aircraft far better suited to maritime anti-shipping operations. The Beaufighter TF.X, affectionately known as the Torbeau, had four nose-cannon, an under-belly torpedo (or two wing-mounted bombs) and wing-mounted rocket projectiles. Their new commander, Wg Cdr John G Lingard, DFC, trained the crews in the use of rocket projectiles and raised the squadron to an effective strike unit.[11] The similarly re-equipped No. 22 Squadron was moved in a ground attack role to the Burma theatre, where Gen Wingate's Chindits had been more successful than expected. No. 217 Squadron relocated to RAF Vavuniya[10] in September 1944.

Operations Jinx and Zipper

In early 1945, a secret operation was conceived by No. 222 Group RAF in Colombo, which was later authorised by Vice-Admiral Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command.[11] The idea was to attack Japanese capital ships while they resupplied in Singapore harbour. The direct distance from Ceylon to Singapore was 2,300 miles, well beyond the range of the aircraft. However, it might be possible to fly 1,700 miles to an intermediate staging post on the Cocos Islands, a pair of volcanic atolls in the Indian Ocean, and from there to cross the 1,040 miles to Singapore, by flying over the 12,000 ft high mountains of Sumatra. This plan was codenamed Operation Jinx.[11][12][13]

In March, 1945 a group of Royal Engineers on Direction Island, one of the Cocos Islands, was secretly joined by an advance group of 15 airmen, later supplemented by 200 airmen in three transport ships, to prepare Station Brown, the staging post. On West Island, they cleared palm-trees from the beach and laid steel planking on crushed coral to serve as an airstrip. With Air Cdre A W Hunt commanding, the base was finished in April 1945. It was fitted out as a refuelling depot and supplied with 81 torpedoes.[11]

Unaware of this clandestine activity, groups of up to 12 Beaufighter crews practised long-distance formation flying down the east coast of India from Karachi to Colombo in Ceylon, without being told their true target.[11] To extend their range, the aircraft were fitted with an extra 90 gal fuselage tank and a 200 gal external drop-tank instead of the torpedo. Switching over sometimes led to air-locks in the fuel lines, causing two Beaufighters to ditch in the sea. Fortunately, both crews were rescued.[12]

The strike crews were told on 2 May 1945, the day before the planned assault, what the real target was. They were to attack three battleships, an aircraft carrier and several destroyers, protected by fighters from three airfields. This was clearly a dangerous, if not suicidal, mission.[11][12] Aircraft would be lost on the 1,700 mile outbound journey to the staging post, or would be spotted flying over Sumatra and finally, if they survived the attack, the planes would run out of fuel and have to be abandoned on Phuket Island. However, on 3 May, the crews were told that Operation Jinx had been postponed, in favour of Operation Zipper, supporting the invasion of the Malayan mainland at Mountbatten's directive. Conditions had changed: there were not enough targets in Singapore harbour to be worth the sacrifice of the squadron.[11][13]

On 22 June 1945, some air and ground crews were relocated to RAF Gannavaram on the Indian east coast in preparation for Operation Zipper. All other operations were suspended in the meantime,[11] and Operation Jinx was rescheduled for September 1945. However, the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 and Japan surrendered soon afterwards on 14 August 1945. The aircraft of No. 217 Squadron never went to the Cocos Islands. No. 217 Squadron was officially disbanded on 30 September 1945.[3][4][11]

Post-War Years

From 15 February 1949 the squadron number was kept active by being linked to No. 210 Squadron RAF, but this ceased on 13 January 1952.[3] No. 217 Squadron re-formed officially the following day on 14 January 1952 as a Maritime Reconnaissance Squadron at their old base RAF St Eval. Commanded by Wing Commander Mick Ensor, the squadron received two Lockheed Neptune MR.1s for trials (Maritime Reconnaissance, Mark 1 was the British designation for the Lockheed Neptune PV-5). On 7 April 1952, the squadron moved its base of operations to RAF Kinloss[3] and was fully equipped with Neptune MR.1s by July 1952. They conducted maritime reconnaissance for five years. The squadron disbanded again on 31 March 1957.[3][2]

Operation Grapple

No. 217 Squadron was re-formed on 1 February 1958 out of No. 1630 Flight, a helicopter unit based at RAF St Mawgan.[3] In this last incarnation, the squadron operated the Westland Whirlwind HAR.2 helicopter, and acted in a supporting role in Operation Grapple, the series of British hydrogen bomb trials being conducted at Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean. The Westland Whirlwinds of No. 217 Squadron were part of a much larger task force that included Avro Shackletons, English Electric Canberras and Vickers Valiants from other squadrons.[2] Once these trials were completed, the squadron was disbanded on 13 November 1959.[2][3]

Aircraft operated

From To Aircraft Variant
Jan 1918 Mar 1919 Airco DH.4
Mar 1937 Dec 1940 Avro Anson Mk.I
Sep 1940 Nov 1941 Bristol Beaufort Mk.I
Nov 1941 Aug 1942 Bristol Beaufort Mk.II
Oct 1942 Jun 1943 Lockheed Hudson Mk.IIIA
Jan 1943 May 1943 Lockheed Hudson Mk.VI
Apr 1943 Aug 1944 Bristol Beaufort Mk.I
Jul 1944 Sep 1945 Bristol Beaufighter TF Mk.X
Jan 1952 Mar 1957 Lockheed Neptune MR Mk.1
Feb 1958 Nov 1959 Westland Whirlwind HAR Mk.II

[3]

Squadron bases

From To Location Remarks
14 Jan 1918 31 Mar 1919 Dunkerque, France No. 17 (Naval) Squadron formed
1 Apr 1918 Feb 1919 Bergues, near Dunkerque No. 217 Squadron formed
Mar 1919 18 Oct 1919 RAF Driffield, Yorkshire Squadron disbanded
15 Mar 1937 Dec 1937 RAF Boscombe Down, Wiltshire No. 217 Squadron reformed
Dec 1937 Sep 1939 RAF Tangmere, West Sussex Main station[14]
03 Sep 1939 Oct 1939 RAF Warmwell, Dorset Temporary station
Oct 1939 Oct 1941 RAF St Eval, Cornwall Main war station
Oct 1941 05 Mar 1942 RAF Thorney Island, Hampshire Temporary station
06 Mar 1942 31 May 42 RAF Leuchars, Fife Main war station
01 Jun 1942 06 Jun 1942 RAF Portreath, Cornwall To Ceylon via Gibraltar and Malta
07 Jun 1942 Jul 1942 RAF Luqa, Malta Temporary secondment for aircraft only
Jul 1942 Jan 1943 RAF Minneriya, Ceylon Temporary station
Feb 1943 Mar 1944 RAF Vavuniya, Ceylon Main war station
Apr 1944 Aug 1944 RAF Ratmalana, Ceylon Main war station
Sep 1944 May 1945 RAF Vavuniya, Ceylon Main war station
Jun 1945 Sep 1945 RAF Gannavaram, Vijayawada Squadron disbanded
14 Jan 1952 6 Apr 1952 RAF St Eval, Cornwall Squadron reformed, main station
7 Apr 1952 31 Mar 1957 RAF Kinloss, Moray Firth Main station, squadron disbanded
7 Feb 1958 13 Nov 1959 RAF St Mawgan, Cornwall Squadron reformed and disbanded

[10][3][2]

Commanding officers

Appointed Commander Remarks
14 Jan 1918 Sqn Cdr/Maj William L Welsh DSC later Air Mshl
19 Mar 1937 Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr Dudley d'H Humphreys
May 1939 Wg Cdr Arthur P Revington later Air Cdre
Jun 1940 Wg Cdr L H Anderson
Jul 1940 Sqn Ldr L B B King later Gp Capt[15]
Jul 1940 Wg Cdr Guy A Bolland[16] later Gp Capt
Mar 1941 Wg Cdr Leslie W C Bower later Air Mshl
Jan 1942 Wg Cdr Howard R Larkin[17]
9 Feb 1942 Sqn Ldr Taylor DFC, AFC[5]
Feb 1942 Wg Cdr Samuel M Boal DFC
Apr 1942 Sqn Ldr Taylor DFC, AFC
Apr 1942 Wg Cdr W A L Davis CBE, DFC, AFC
Aug 1942 Fg Off C Buckley
Oct 1942 Fg Off W E M Price
Nov 1942 Wg Cdr A D W Miller
Mar 1943 Wg Cdr R J Walker
Mar 1944 Wg Cdr J Child
Aug 1944 Wg Cdr John G Lingard DFC[11]
Aug 1945 Wg Cdr A F Binks DFC
14 Jan 1952 Sqn Ldr M A Ensor DSO, DFC
Mar 1954 Sqn Ldr P H Stembridge DFC, AFC
1 Feb 1958 unknown commander

[3]

References

  1. ^ See Pine (1983), p. 266
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p See Dennis and Edwards (2016)
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w See Barass (2017)
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m See Rickard (2011)
  5. ^ a b c See Aldridge (2013)
  6. ^ See Telegraph (2016)
  7. ^ a b See MaltaGC70 (2018)
  8. ^ See Denney (2005)
  9. ^ See Mackie (2017a)
  10. ^ a b c d e See McNeill (1999)
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q See Nesbit (2014)
  12. ^ a b c See Mackie (2017b)
  13. ^ a b See Burgess (2005)
  14. ^ See Banks (1938), p150, 192
  15. ^ See Quirke (2007), p105, 183
  16. ^ See Telegraph (2001)
  17. ^ See Banks (1938), p327, 1117

Bibliography

  • Aldridge, Arthur (2013). The Last Torpedo Flyers: the True Story of Arthur Aldridge, Hero of the Skies. London: Simon and Schuster. 352pp. ISBN 978-1471102752
  • Banks, Sir Donald, ed. (1938). The Air Force List, January 1938. London: HMSO. Archive retrieved from National Library of Scotland.
  • Burgess, Jack, ed. (2005). Well... You Wanted to Fly! A Collection of Aircrew Reminiscences. Bognor Regis: Woodfield Publishing. 227pp. ISBN 1-903953-80-4.
  • Nesbit, Roy C (2014). An Expendable Squadron: The Story of 217 Squadron, Coastal Command, 1939-1945. Bradford: Pen & Sword Aviation. 256pp. ISBN 1-4738-2328-5.
  • Pine, Leslie G (1983). A Dictionary of Mottoes. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. 320pp. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
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