This is a list of Royal Air Force independent Flights. An independent Flight is a military administrative structure which is used to command flying units where the number of aircraft is not large enough to warrant a fully fledged squadron.

RAF Coastal based numbered Flights 1918–1929

• (Flying Boat) Flights • 300, 306, 309, 310, 311, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 339, 341, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 367 • (Seaplane) Flights • 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455 • (Fighter) Flights • 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487 • (Light Bomber) Flights • 490, 491, 492, 493, 494, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499 • (Special Duty) Flights • 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531, 532, 533 • (Light Bomber) Flights • 534, 550, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560, 561 • (Anti-Submarine) Flights • No. 562 (Anti-Submarine) Flight RAF

Royal Air Force Numbered Flights 1923–36

later Fleet Air Arm of the RAF numbered Flights.

Fleet Air Arm of the RAF numbered Flights

Numbered flights RAF 1940 on

• No. 416 (Army Co-operation) Flight RAF (1940 & 1940) became No. 231 Squadron RAF • No. 417 (General Reconnaissance) Flight RAF (1940–41) became No. 1417 (General Reconnaissance) Flight RAF • No. 418 (Fighter) Flight RAF (1940) became No. 261 Squadron RAF • No. 420 (Pandora) Flight RAF (1940) became No. 93 Squadron RAF – formed to trial aerial mines • No. 421 (Reconnaissance) Flight RAF (1940–41) became No. 91 Squadron RAF • No. 422 (Fighter Interception) Flight RAF (1940) became No. 96 Squadron RAF • No. 430 (Army Co-operation) Flight RAF (1940–41) became No. 1430 (Army Co-operation) Flight RAF • No. 431 (General Reconnaissance) Flight RAF (1940–41) became No. 69 Squadron RAF • No. 1115 Flight RAF (2004–07) became 'A' Flight of No. 39 Squadron in January 2007 • No. 1310 (Tactical Support) Flight RAF (1983–86 & 1995–?) • No. 1310 (Transport) Flight RAF (1944 & 1953) became No. 1310 Flight RAF • No. 1310 Flight RAF (1964–66) became No. 1310 (Tactical Support) Flight RAF • No. 1311 (Transport) Flight RAF (1944 & 1953–54) became 'Supply' Flight of No. 267 Squadron RAF • No. 1312 (In-Flight Refuelling) Flight RAF (1983–present) supporting air defence of Falkland Islands • No. 1312 (Transport Support) Flight RAF(1954–57) • No. 1312 (Transport) Flight RAF (1944) • No. 1314 (Transport) Flight RAF (1944–45) became West Africa Transport and Communication Squadron RAF • No. 1315 (Transport) Flight RAF (1945–46) • No. 1316 (Dutch) Flight RAF (1944-??) • No. 1316 (Transport) Flight RAF (??-1946) • No. 1317 (Training) Flight RAF (1945) • No. 1318 (Communication) Flight RAF (1944–46) • No. 1320 ('Abdullah') Flight RAF (1944) • No. 1321 Flight RAF (1957–58) • No. 1321 (Valiant/Blue Danube Trials) Flight RAF (1954–56) became No. 1321 Flight RAF • No. 1321 Bomber (Defence) Training Flight RAF (1944) became No. 1321 (Valiant/Blue Danube Trials) Flight RAF • No. 1322 (Air Despatch Letter Service) Flight RAF (1944) became Air Despatch Letter Service Squadron RAF • No. 1323 (Automatic Gun Laying Training) Flight RAF (1944–45) became No. 1323 (Canberra) Flight RAF • No. 1323 (Canberra) Flight RAF (1953–55) became No. 542 Squadron RAF • No. 1325 (Transport) Flight RAF (1956–60) • No. 1340 (Anti-Mau Mau) Flight RAF (1953–55) • No. 1341 (Radio Countermeasures) Flight RAF (1945) • No. 1342 (Rocket Projectile) Flight RAF (1945) • No. 1343 (Conversion) Flight RAF (1945) • No. 1345 (Anti-Malarial) Flight RAF (1945–46) • No. 1353 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1945–46) • No. 1354 (DDT Spraying) Flight RAF (1945) became No. 1354 (Special Duties) Flight RAF • No. 1354 Spray (Insecticide) Flight RAF (1945–46) • No. 1355 (Communications) Flight RAF (1945) • No. 1356 (Communications) Flight RAF (1945) • No. 1357 (Pampa) Flight RAF (1946) • No. 1358 (Pampa) Flight RAF (1946) • No. 1359 (VIP Transport) Flight RAF (1945–46) • No. 1360 (Helicopter) Flight RAF (1957–58) became No. 217 Squadron RAF • No. 1416 (Reconnaissance) Flight RAF (1941) became No. 140 Squadron RAF • No. 1417 (Communication) Flight RAF (1953–1958) became No. 152 Squadron RAF • No. 1417 (Fighter Reconnaissance) Flight RAF (1963–67) • No. 1417 (General Reconnaissance) Flight RAF (1941) became No. 1417 (Leigh Light Trials) Flight RAF • No. 1417 (Leigh Light Trials) Flight RAF (1942) became No. 172 Squadron RAF • No. 1417 (Tactical Ground Attack) Flight RAF (1980–93) • No. 1420 Flight RAF (1941) • No. 1422 (Night Fighter) Flight RAF (1941–44) became 'Special Projectile' Flight, Royal Aircraft Establishment • No. 1423 (Fighter) Flight RAF (1941–43) • No. 1424 (Air Observation Post) Flight RAF (1941–42) became No. 43 OTU • No. 1425 (Communication) Flight RAF (1941–42) became No. 511 Squadron RAF • No. 1426 (Enemy Aircraft Circus) Flight RAF (1941–45) nicknamed "Rafwaffe" tested enemy aircraft • No. 1426 (Photographic Reconnaissance) Flight RAF (1956) • No. 1429 (Czechoslovak Operational Training) Flight RAF (1942–43) became 'Czechoslovak' Flight, No. 6 OTU • No. 1430 (Army Co-operation) Flight RAF (1941) became No. 185 Squadron RAF • No. 1430 (Flying Boat Transport) Flight RAF (1946) became No. 88 Squadron RAF • No. 1431 Flight RAF • No. 1432 (Photographic Reconnaissance) Flight RAF (1942–43) • No. 1433 (Meteorological/Photographic) Flight RAF (1942–43) • No. 1434 (Photographic Survey) Flight RAF (1942–43) • No. 1434 (Target Towing) Flight RAF (1945) • No. 1435 (Fighter) Flight RAF (1942) became No. 1435 Squadron RAF • No. 1435 (Night Fighter) Flight RAF (1941–42) • No. 1435 Flight RAF (1983–85; 1988–present) • No. 1436 (Balloon) Flight RAF (Mk.VI Balloon) (1941–44) • No. 1437 (Strategic Reconnaissance) Flight RAF (1941–43) • No. 1438 (Strategic Reconnaissance) Flight RAF (1942–43) • No. 1439 (Communication Support) Flight RAF (1957) • No. 1439 (Strategic Reconnaissance) Flight RAF (1942) • No. 1441 (Combined Operations Development) Flight RAF (1942–43) became No. 516 Squadron RAF • No. 1449 (Fighter) Flight RAF (1942–44) • No. 1451 (Fighter) Flight RAF (1941–42) became No. 530 Squadron RAF • No. 1452 (Fighter) Flight RAF (1941–42) became No. 531 Squadron RAF • No. 1453 (Airborne Early Warning) Flight RAF (1953–56) • No. 1453 (Fighter) Flight RAF (1941–42) became No. 532 Squadron RAF • No. 1453 (Tactical Ground Attack) Flight RAF (1983–85) • No. 1454 (Fighter) Flight RAF (1941–42) became No. 533 Squadron RAF • No. 1455 (Fighter) Flight RAF (1941–42) became No. 534 Squadron RAF • No. 1456 (Fighter) Flight RAF (1941–42) became No. 535 Squadron RAF • No. 1457 (Fighter) Flight RAF (1941–42) became No. 536 Squadron RAF • No. 1458 (Fighter) Flight RAF (1941–42) became No. 537 Squadron RAF • No. 1459 (Fighter) Flight RAF (1941–42) became No. 538 Squadron RAF • No. 1460 (Fighter) Flight RAF (1941–42) became No. 539 Squadron RAF • No. 1471 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1942) • No. 1472 (Army Co-operation) Flight RAF (1942–43) • No. 1473 (Radio Countermeasures) Flight RAF (1942–44) became 'C' Flight of No. 192 Squadron RAF • No. 1475 (Training) Flight RAF (1942–43) • No. 1476 (Advanced Ship Recognition) Flight RAF (1943–44) • No. 1477 (Norwegian) Flight RAF (1943) became No. 333 Squadron RAF • No. 1478 (Mediterranean Air Command Communication) Flight RAF (1943) became Mediterranean Air Command Communication Unit RAF • No. 1478 Flight RAF (1943) became No. 1478 (Mediterranean Air Command Communication) Flight RAF • No. 1479 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1942–43) became No. 598 Squadron RAF • No. 1480 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1941–43) became No. 290 Squadron RAF • No. 1481 (Bomber) Gunnery Flight RAF (1942–44) • No. 1481 (Target Towing and Gunnery) Flight RAF (1942) became No. 1481 (Bomber) Gunnery Flight RAF • No. 1481 (Target Towing) Flight RAF (1941–42) became No. 1481 (Target Towing and Gunnery) Flight RAF • No. 1482 (Bomber) Gunnery Flight RAF (1942–44) became No. 2 Group Support Unit RAF • No. 1482 (Target Towing and Gunnery) Flight RAF (1941–42) became No. 1482 (Bomber) Gunnery Flight RAF • No. 1483 (Bomber) Gunnery Flight RAF (1942–44) became No. 1688 Bomber (Defence) Training Flight RAF • No. 1483 (Target Towing and Gunnery) Flight RAF (1941–42) became No. 1483 (Bomber) Gunnery Flight RAF • No. 1484 (Bomber) Gunnery Flight RAF (1942–44) became No. 1689 Bomber (Defence) Training Flight RAF • No. 1484 (Target Towing and Gunnery) Flight RAF (1942) became No. 1484 (Bomber) Gunnery Flight RAF • No. 1484 (Target Towing) Flight RAF (1941–42) became No. 1484 (Target Towing and Gunnery) Flight RAF • No. 1485 (Bomber) Gunnery Flight RAF (1942–44) became No. 1690 Bomber (Defence) Training Flight RAF • No. 1485 (Target Towing and Gunnery) Flight RAF (1942) became No. 1485 (Bomber) Gunnery Flight RAF • No. 1485 (Target Towing) Flight RAF (1941–42) became No. 1485 (Target Towing and Gunnery) Flight RAF • No. 1486 (Fighter) Gunnery Flight RAF (1942–43) became No. 12 Armament Practice Camp RAF • No. 1486 (Target Towing) Flight RAF (1941–42) became No. 1486 (Fighter) Gunnery Flight RAF • No. 1487 (Fighter) Gunnery Flight RAF (1942–43) became No. 11 Armament Practice Camp RAF • No. 1487 (Target Towing) Flight RAF (1941–42) became No. 1487 (Fighter) Gunnery Flight RAF • No. 1488 (Fighter) Gunnery Flight RAF (1942–43) became No. 17 Armament Practice Camp RAF • No. 1488 (Target Towing) Flight RAF (1941–42) became No. 1488 (Fighter) Gunnery Flight RAF • No. 1489 (Fighter) Gunnery Flight RAF (1942–43) became No. 16 Armament Practice Camp RAF • No. 1489 (Target Towing) Flight RAF (1941–42) became No. 1489 (Fighter) Gunnery Flight RAF • No. 1490 (Fighter) Gunnery Flight RAF (1942–43) became No. 14 Armament Practice Camp RAF • No. 1490 (Target Towing) Flight RAF (1941–42) became No. 1490 (Fighter) Gunnery Flight RAF • No. 1491 (Fighter) Gunnery Flight RAF (1942–43) became No. 15 Armament Practice Camp RAF • No. 1491 (Target Towing) Flight RAF (1941–42) became No. 1491 (Fighter) Gunnery Flight RAF • No. 1492 (Target Towing) Flight RAF (1941–43) became No. 13 Armament Practice Camp RAF • No. 1493 (Fighter) Gunnery Flight RAF (1942–43) became No. 18 Armament Practice Camp RAF • No. 1493 (Target Towing) Flight RAF (1941–42) became No. 1493 (Fighter) Gunnery Flight RAF • No. 1494 (Target Towing) Flight RAF (1941–45) • No. 1495 (Target Towing) Flight RAF (1942–43) • No. 1497 (Target Towing) Flight RAF (1942–43) • No. 1498 (Target Towing) Flight RAF (1942–43) became No. 11 Armament Practice Camp RAF • No. 1499 (Bomber) Flight RAF (1943–44) • No. 1500 (Target Towing) Flight RAF (1943–46) • No. 1508 (Acclimatisation) Flight RAF (1945–46) • No. 1508 (GEE Training) Flight RAF (1944) became 'C' Flight of No. 62 OTU • No. 1563 (Helicopter) Flight RAF (1963–72) became No. 84 Squadron RAF • No. 1563 (Tactical Support) Flight RAF (1983–94) • No. 1563 Flight RAF (2022–23) became No. 230 Squadron • No. 1564 (Helicopter) Flight RAF (1963–66 & 1969–70) • No. 1564 (Tactical Support) Flight RAF (1983–86) became No. 78 Squadron RAF • No. 1571 (Ground Gunnery) Flight RAF (1943–44) became No. 20 Armament Practice Camp RAF • No. 1572 (Ground Gunnery) Flight RAF (1943–44) became No. 21 Armament Practice Camp RAF • No. 1573 (Ground Gunnery) Flight RAF (1943–44) became No. 22 Armament Practice Camp RAF • No. 1574 (Target Facilities) Flight RAF (1964-??) became No. 1574 (Target Towing) Flight RAF • No. 1574 (Target Towing) Flight RAF (19??-70) • No. 1577 (Airborne Experimental) Flight RAF (1945) • No. 1577 (Glider Development) Flight RAF (1944–45) became No. 1577 (Airborne Experimental) Flight RAF • No. 1577 Flight RAF (1943) became No. 1577 Heavy Bomber Flight (Special Duties) RAF • No. 1584 (Heavy Bomber Conversion) Flight RAF (1943) became No. 1584 (Heavy Bomber) Conversion Unit RAF • No. 1587 (AOP Refresher) Flight RAF (1944–45) became 'C' Flight of No. 659 Squadron RAF • No. 1588 (Heavy Freight) Flight RAF (1945–46) • No. 1589 (Heavy Freight) Flight RAF (1945–46) • No. 1600 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1942–43) became No. 587 Squadron RAF • No. 1601 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1942–43) became No. 587 Squadron RAF • No. 1602 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1942–43) became No. 639 Squadron RAF • No. 1603 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1942–43) became No. 639 Squadron RAF • No. 1604 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1942–43) became No. 639 Squadron RAF • No. 1605 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1942–43) became No. 631 Squadron RAF • No. 1606 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1943–45) • No. 1607 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1943–43) became No. 595 Squadron RAF • No. 1608 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1942–43) became No. 595 Squadron RAF • No. 1609 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1942–43) became No. 595 Squadron RAF • No. 1611 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1942–43) became No. 695 Squadron RAF • No. 1612 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1942–43) became No. 695 Squadron RAF • No. 1613 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1942–43) became No. 291 Squadron RAF • No. 1614 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1942–43) became No. 650 Squadron RAF • No. 1616 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1942–43) became No. 679 Squadron RAF • No. 1617 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1942–43) became No. 290 Squadron RAF • No. 1618 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1942–43) • No. 1620 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1942–43) • No. 1621 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1942–43) • No. 1622 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1943–43) became No. 691 Squadron RAF • No. 1623 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1943) became No. 691 Squadron RAF • No. 1624 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1943) became No. 567 Squadron RAF • No. 1625 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1943) became No. 587 Squadron RAF • No. 1626 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1943) became No. 695 Squadron RAF • No. 1627 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1943) became No. 679 Squadron RAF • No. 1628 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1943) became No. 631 Squadron RAF • No. 1629 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1943) became No. 291 Squadron RAF • No. 1630 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1943) became No. 291 Squadron RAF • No. 1631 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1943) became No. 667 Squadron RAF • No. 1632 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1943) became No. 598 Squadron RAF • No. 1634 (Anti-Aircraft Co-operation) Flight RAF (1943) became No. 291 Squadron RAF • No. 1676 (Target Towing) Flight RAF (1943) became Fighter Defence Flight RAF, Gibraltar • No. 1678 (Heavy Conversion) Flight RAF (1943) became No. 1678 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF • No. 1679 Heavy Conversion Flight RAF (1943–44) • No. 1680 (Transport) Flight RAF (1944–46) • No. 1680 (Western Isles Communication) Flight RAF (1943–44) became No. 1680 (Transport) Flight RAF • No. 1681 Bomber (Defence) Flight RAF (1943–44) • No. 1682 Bomber (Defence) Flight RAF (1943–44) • No. 1683 Bomber (Defence) Flight RAF (1943–44) • No. 1684 Bomber (Defence) Flight RAF (1943–44) • No. 1685 Bomber (Defence) Flight RAF (1943–44) • No. 1686 Bomber (Defence) Flight RAF (1943–44) • No. 1687 Bomber (Defence) Flight RAF (1944–46) • No. 1688 Bomber Defence Training Flight RAF (1944–46) • No. 1689 Bomber (Defence) Training Flight RAF (1944–45) • No. 1690 Bomber (Defence) Flight RAF (1944–45) • No. 1691 Bomber (Gunnery) Flight RAF (1943–44) became No. 1695 Bomber (Defence) Training Flight RAF • No. 1692 (Bomber Support Training) Flight RAF (1943–45) • No. 1693 (General Reconnaissance) Flight RAF (1943–45) • No. 1694 (Target Towing) Flight RAF (1944) became No. 1694 Bomber (Defence) Training Flight RAF • No. 1694 Bomber (Defence) Training Flight RAF (1944–45) • No. 1695 Bomber (Defence) Training Flight RAF (1944–45) • No. 1696 Bomber (Defence) Training Flight RAF (1944–45) • No. 1697 (Air Despatch Letter Service) Flight RAF (1944–45) • No. 1699 (Fortress Training) Flight RAF (1944) became No. 1699 (Training) Flight RAF

A

Air Experience Flights

Air Observation Post Flights

• No. 1900 Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1947–57) became No. 20 Independent Reconnaissance Flight AAC • No. 1901 Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1947–57) became No. 1 Reconnaissance Flight AAC • No. 1902 Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1947–48 & 1948–57) became No. 2 Reconnaissance Flight AAC • No. 1903 Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1947–48) became No. 1905 Air Observation Post Flight RAF • No. 1903 Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1948–57) became No. 3 Reconnaissance Flight AAC • No. 1904 Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1947–57) became No. 4 Reconnaissance Flight AAC • No. 1905 Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1948-57) became No. 5 Reconnaissance Flight AAC • No. 1906 Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1947) became No. 1910 Air Observation Post Flight RAF • No. 1906 (Helicopter) Flight RAF (1950–57) became No. 6 Independent Depot/Liaison Flight AAC • No. 1907 Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1947 & 1948–53) became No. 1907 Light Liaison Flight RAF • No. 1907 Light Liaison Flight RAF (1953–57) became No. 7 Reconnaissance Flight AAC • No. 1908 Independent Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1946–55 & 1955–57) became No. 8 (Independent) Reconnaissance Flight AAC • No. 1909 Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1946–48 & 1951–57) became No. 9 Reconnaissance Flight AAC • No. 1910 Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1947–57) became No. 10 Reconnaissance Flight AAC • No. 1911 Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1950-52) became No. 1911 Light Liaison Flight RAF • No. 1911 Light Liaison Flight RAF (1952–57) became No. 11 Reconnaissance/Liaison Flight AAC • No. 1912 Continuation Training Flight RAF (1951–5?) became No. 1912 (Glider Training) Flight RAF • No. 1912 (Glider Training) Flight RAF (195?–52) became No. 1912 Light Liaison Flight RAF • No. 1912 Light Liaison Flight RAF (195?–54) became Light Liaison Flight RAF • Light Liaison Flight RAF (1954-57) became No. 12 Independent Liaison Flight AAC • No. 1913 (Air Observation Post) Flight RAF (1951–52) became No. 1913 Light Liaison Flight RAF • No. 1913 Light Liaison Flight RAF (1952–57) became No. 13 Liaison Flight AAC • No. 1914 Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1947–57) became No. 14 Reconnaissance/Liaison Flight AAC • No. 1915 Light Liaison Flight RAF (1956–57) became No. 15 Independent Liaison Flight AAC • No. 1951 Reserve Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1949–57) • No. 1952 Reserve Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1949–57) • No. 1953 Reserve Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1949–57) • No. 1954 Reserve Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1949–57) • No. 1955 Reserve Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1949–57) • No. 1956 Reserve Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1949–57) • No. 1957 Reserve Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1949–57) • No. 1958 Reserve Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1949–57) • No. 1959 Reserve Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1949–57) • No. 1960 Reserve Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1949–57) • No. 1961 Reserve Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1949–57) • No. 1962 Reserve Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1949–57) • No. 1963 Reserve Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1949–57) • No. 1964 Reserve Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1949–57) • No. 1965 Reserve Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1949–57) • No. 1966 Reserve Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1949–57) • No. 1967 Reserve Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1951–57) • No. 1968 Reserve Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1949–57) • No. 1969 Reserve Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1949–57) • No. 1970 Reserve Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1949–57)

Air Sea Rescue Flights

• Air Sea Rescue Flight RAF (1942–43) became No. 294 Squadron RAF • No. 1 Air Sea Rescue Flight (Far East) RAF (1945) became No. 1346 (Air Sea Rescue) Flight RAF • No. 2 Air Sea Rescue Flight (Far East) RAF (1945) became No. 1347 (Air Sea Rescue) Flight RAF • No. 3 Air Sea Rescue Flight (Far East) RAF (1945) became No. 1348 (Air Sea Rescue) Flight RAF • No. 4 Air Sea Rescue Flight (Far East) RAF (1945) became No. 1349 (Air Sea Rescue) Flight RAF • No. 5 Air Sea Rescue Flight (Far East) RAF (1945) became No. 1350 (Air Sea Rescue) Flight RAF • No. 1 Air Sea Rescue Flight (North Africa) RAF (1943–44) • No. 5 Air Sea Rescue Flight (North Africa) RAF (1943-??) • No. 6 Air Sea Rescue Flight (North Africa) RAF (1943-??) • No. 1346 (Air Sea Rescue) Flight RAF (1945–46) • No. 1347 (Air Sea Rescue) Flight RAF (1945–46) • No. 1348 (Air Sea Rescue) Flight RAF (1945–46) • No. 1349 (Air Sea Rescue) Flight RAF (1945–46) • No. 1350 (Air Sea Rescue) Flight RAF (1945) • No. 1351 (Air Sea Rescue) Flight RAF (1945–46) • No. 1352 (Air Sea Rescue) Flight RAF (1945–46) • Malta Air Sea Rescue and Communication Flight RAF (1943) became Malta Communication, Ferry Unit and Air Sea Rescue Flight RAF • Air Sea Rescue Flight RAF, Hawkinge (1941) became 'B' Flight, No. 277 Squadron RAF • Air Sea Rescue Flight RAF, Martlesham Heath (1941) became 'A' Flight, No. 277 Squadron RAF • Air Sea Rescue Flight RAF, Matlaske (1941) became No. 278 Squadron RAF • Air Sea Rescue Flight RAF, Merston/Westhampnett (1941) • Air Sea Rescue Flight RAF, Pembrey/Fairwood Common (1941) became 'D' Flight, No. 276 Squadron RAF • Air Sea Rescue Flight RAF, Perranporth (1941) became 'C' Flight, No. 276 Squadron RAF • Air Sea Rescue Flight RAF, Roborough (1941) • Air Sea Rescue Flight RAF, Shoreham/Friston/Shoreham (1941) became 'C' Flight, No. 277 Squadron RAF • Air Sea Rescue Flight RAF, Warmwell (1941) became No. 276 Squadron RAF • Sea Rescue Flight RAF (1941–42) became Air Sea Rescue Flight RAF • Search and Rescue Flight RAF, Khormaksar (1958–67) • Search and Rescue Flight RAF, Muharraq (1959–71)

Aircraft Delivery Flights

Anti-Aircraft Co-operation/Calibration Flights

B

Beam Approach Training Flights

Blind Approach Training Flights

C

Calibration Flights

Coast Defence / Co-operation Flights

Communication Flights

Conversion Flights

Meteorological flights

Seaplane Training Flights

Ferry flights

Specific Aircraft Type Flights

• No. 1 Queen Bee Flight RAF (1937) became 'D' Flight, No. 1 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit RAF • Andover Training Flight RAF (1966–70) • Blenheim Flight RAF (1941) • Buccaneer Training Flight RAF (1991–92) • Canberra Standardisation and Training Flight RAF (1990–91) became No. 231 Operational Conversion Unit RAF • Catalina Flight, Aden (1942–44) • Fortress Flight (1942) • Gladiator Flight (1940) • Hudson Flight RAF, West Africa (1942–44) • Lancaster Finishing Flight RAF (1944–45) • Lightning Augmentation Flight (1981–87) • Lightning Training Flight RAF (1975–87) • Lysander Flight (1939-??) • Oxford Test Flight (1945–46) • Victor Flight (1974–75) • Victor (B.2) Training Flight (1962–70) became No. 232 Operational Conversion Unit RAF • Vulcan Display Flight RAF (??-1992) • Wellington Flight, Malta (1940) became No. 148 Squadron RAF • Wessex Training Flight (1980–82)

Special Flights

Special Duty/Duties • Special Duties Flight RAF, Baginton (1941) • Special Duties Flight RAF, Sculthorpe (RB-45C Tornados at RAF Sculthorpe) (1952) • Special Duty Flight RAF, Invergordon (1940) • Special Duty Flight RAF, Malta (1941–42) • Special Duty Flight RAF, Northolt (1942) became No. 515 Squadron RAF • Special Duty Flight RAF, Old Sarum/Netheravon/Boscombe Down (1926–46) became 'D' Squadron, Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment • Special Duty Flight, Royal Flying Corps (1917–18) became 'I' Flight • Special Duty Flight RAF, St Athan, Martlesham Heath and Christchurch (1939–41) became Telecommunications Flying Unit RAF • No. 419 (Special Duties) Flight RAF (1940–41) became No. 1419 (Special Duties) Flight RAF • No. 1340 (Special Duties) Flight RAF (1944–46) • No. 1341 (Special Duties) Flight RAF (1944–45) • No. 1354 (Special Duties) Flight RAF (1945) became No. 1354 Spray (Insecticide) Flight RAF • No. 1418 (Special Duties) Flight RAF (1942) became Bombing Development Unit RAF • No. 1419 (Special Duties) Flight RAF (1941) became No. 138 Squadron RAF • No. 1474 (Special Duties) Flight RAF (1942–43) became No. 192 Squadron RAF • No. 1575 (Special Duties) Flight RAF (1943) • No. 1576 (Special Duties) Flight RAF (1943–44) became 'A' Flight of No. 357 Squadron RAF • No. 1577 Heavy Bomber (Special Duties) Flight RAF (1943–44) became No. 1577 (Glider Development) Flight RAF • No. 1586 (Polish Special Duties) Flight RAF (1943–44) became No. 301 Squadron RAF • No. 1692 (Special Duties) Flight RAF (1943) became No. 1692 (Bomber Support Training) Flight RAF • Catalina Special Duty Flight RAF (1944–45) Other Special flights • No. 160 (Special) Flight RAF (1944–45) • No. 1344 (Special Signals) Flight RAF (1945) • Special Experimental Flight RAF (1918–19) • Special Instruction Flight RAF (1920) • Special Operations (Liberator) Flight RAF (1942–43) • Special Performance Flight RAF, Aboukir (1942) • Special Service Flight RAF, Northolt (1942–43) • Special Survey Flight RAF (1939–40) • Special Transport Flight RAF (1947–49)

Miscellaneous Flights

• 'B' Flight, Palestine • 'G' Flight • 'H' Flight • 'I' Flight • 'J' Flight • 'K' Flight • 'M' Flight • 'N' Flight • 'O' Flight • 'P' Flight (1) • 'P' Flight (2) • 'Q' Flight • 'Sparrow' Ambulance Flight RAF (1944–45) • 'V' Flight • 'W' Flight • 'X' Flight (1940 – Palestine) • 'X' Flight (RFC/RAF) • 'Y' Flight • 'Z' Flight • No. 1 Chain Home Low Flight RAF (Unknown) • No. 1 Engine Control Instruction Flight RAF (1944–45) became School of Flight Efficiency RAF • No. 1 Free French (Bomber) Flight RAF (1940–41) • No. 1 Gunnery Co-Operation Flight RAF (1934–37) became No. 2 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit RAF • No. 2 Gunnery Co-Operation Flight RAF (1939–37) became No. 3 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit RAF • No. 2 (Training) Flight, Kenya Auxiliary Air Unit (1939–40) became Elementary Flying Training School (Kenya) • No. 3 (Reconnaissance) Flight, Kenya Auxiliary Air Unit (1939-??) • 2nd Tactical Air Force Instrument Training Flight (1951–54) • No. 60 (Photographic Survey) Squadron, South African Air Force – Royal Air Force Flight (1941–42) became No. 1434 (Photographic Survey) Flight RAF • Aden Command Training Flight RAF (1940–42) • Aden Conversion Flight RAF (1945) • Aden Defence Flight RAF (1920–28) • Aden Protectorate Reconnaissance Flight RAF (1959) became Arabian Peninsular Reconnaissance Flight RAF • Aden Protectorate Support Flight RAF (1947–50 & 1952–55) became Aden Protectorate Communication and Support Squadron RAF • Advanced Ship Recognition Flight RAF (1942–43) became No. 1476 (Advanced Ship Recognition) Flight RAF • Air Command Far East All-Weather Flight RAF (1948–50) became Far East Air Force Examining Squadron RAF • Air Command Far East Instrument Flying Training Flight RAF (1948) became Air Command Far East All-Weather Flight RAF • Air Depot Hinaidi Training Flight RAF (1929–30) became Communication Flight Iraq and Persia RAF • Air Headquarters Iraq Command Training Flight RAF (1927–28) • Air Movements Development Flight RAF (1958) became Air Movements Development Unit RAF • air observation post Training Flight / Team (1943–44) • Air Pilotage Flight RAF (1923–26 & 1933) became Air Pilotage School RAF • Air Training Corps Flight RAF (1943–46) • Air-to-Surface Vessel (ASV) Training Flight RAF (1944–45) • Airborne Interception Conversion Flight RAF, Cranfield and Twinwood Farm (1943-?) • Airborne Interception Conversion Flight RAF, Italy (1944) • Airborne interception Mk VIII Conversion Flight RAF (1943–44) • Airborne interception Mk X Conversion Flight RAF (1944–45) • Anti-locust Flight (Middle East) RAF (1944–46) • Anti-locust Flight (Persia) RAF (1943–44) became Anti-locust Flight (Middle East) RAF • Arabian Peninsular Reconnaissance Flight RAF (1959–60) • Argus Flight RAF (1918–23) • Artillery Flight RAF (1918) became 'L' Flight • Autogyro Training Flight RAF (1940) • Baltimore Photographic Flight RAF (1945) • Bangalore Calibration Flight RAF (1942–43) became No. 1580 (Calibration) Flight RAF • Battle Flight RAF (1940) • Battle of Britain Flight RAF (1958–69) became Battle of Britain Memorial Flight • Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (1969-) • Bengal Calibration Flight RAF (1943) became No. 1583 (Calibration) Flight RAF • Bomber Command Instrument Rating and Examining Flight RAF (1947–52) • Bomber Command Jet Conversion Flight RAF (1950-?) became Bomber Command Jet Conversion Unit RAF • Bomber Transport Flight RAF (1932–39) • Bristol Wireless Flight RAF (1940–45) • British Air Forces of Occupation Instrument Training Flight RAF (1950–51) became 2nd Tactical Air Force Instrument Training Flight RAF • Camouflage Flight RAF (1939) became No. 1 Camouflage Unit RAF • Casualty Air Evacuation Flight RAF (1950) became Far East Casualty Evacuation Flight RAF • Centaurus Flight RAF (1943–45) • Command Training Flight RAF (1961–64) • DDT Spray Flight RAF (1945) became No. 1354 (DDT Spraying) Flight RAF • Defence Flight RAF, Heliopolis (1942-?) • Desert Air Force Training Flight RAF (1944) became No. 5 Refresher Flying Unit RAF • Eagle Trials Flight RAF (1920) • Emergency Flying Training Flight RAF (1939–40) became Headquarters Far East Communications Flight RAF • Enemy Aircraft Flight RAF (1945) • Engine Control Demonstration Flight RAF (1943) became No. 1 (Coastal) Engine Control Demonstration Unit RAF • Experimental Flight, Upavon (1916) became Experimental Armament Squadron • Extended Reconnaissance Flight RAF (1939) • Famine Relief Flight RAF (1944) • Far East Casualty Evacuation Flight RAF (1950–53) became No. 194 Squadron RAF • Far East Flight (1927–29) became No. 205 Squadron RAF • Fighter Command Instrument Rating Flight RAF (1956–60) became Fighter Command Instrument Rating Squadron RAF • Fighter Command Instrument Training Flight RAF (1948–51) became Fighter Command Instrument Training Squadron RAF • Fighter Command Vanguard Flight RAF (1952–53) became No. 1453 (Early Warning) Flight RAF • Fighter Defence Flight RAF, Aden (1942–43) • Fighter Defence Flight RAF, Gibraltar (1943–44) became 'C' Flight, No. 256 Squadron RAF • Fighter Defence Flight RAF, Iraq (1943) • Fighter Defence Flight RAF, Takoradi (1941–43) • Fighter Experimental Flight RAF (1944–46) • Fighter Flight RAF, Shetlands (1939–40) became Fighter Flight RAF, Sumburgh • Fighter Flight RAF, Sumburgh (1940) became No. 247 Squadron RAF • Fighter Pilots Practice Flight RAF, Blida (1943) became Advanced Flying Unit RAF, Setif • Fighter Pilots Practice Flight RAF, Sétif (1943) became Advanced Flying Unit RAF, Setif • Floatplane Flight RAF (1943) • Floatplane Training Flight RAF (1938–39) became 765 Naval Air Squadron • Flying Boat Development Flight RAF (1921–22 & 1924–32) • Free French Flight RAF, Khartoum (1941) • Free French Flight RAF, Sudan (1941) • Gee-H Training Flight RAF (1944–46) became Bomber Command Radar School RAF • General Purpose Flight RAF, Sheikh Othman (1940–41) • Governor General's Flight RAF, Australia (1945–47) • Greek Training Flight RAF (1941–42) • Heavy Transport Flight RAF (1929–32) became Bomber Transport Flight RAF • Helicopter Development Flight RAF (1954–56) became Helicopter Squadron RAF • Helicopter Flight RAF, Nicosia (1955–1956) became No. 284 Squadron RAF • Helicopter Training Flight RAF (1945–46) • Heston Flight RAF (1939) became No. 2 Camouflage Unit RAF • High Altitude Flight RAF, 244 Wing (1943) • High Altitude Flight RAF, Northolt (1942) became Special Service Flight RAF, Northolt • High Commissioners Flight RAF (1949–55) • High Speed Flight RAF (1926–46) • Historic Aircraft Flight RAF (1957–58) became Battle of Britain Flight RAF • Home Command Instrument Training Flight RAF (1950–52) • Home Defence Flight RAF, Cramlington (19??-16) became No. 36 Squadron Royal Flying Corps • Hong Kong Auxiliary Flight RAF (1949–50) became Hong Kong Auxiliary Squadron RAF • Intelligence Photographic Flight RAF (1940–41) became No. 2 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF • Internal Security Flight RAF, Nicosia (1955–56) • Irish Flight RAF (1922) • Jet Training Flight RAF (??-1963) • Joint Services Staff College Flight RAF (1947–52) • Kangaroo Flight RAF (1918) became No. 495 (Light Bomber) Flight RAF • King's Flight RAF (1936–42 & 1946–53) became Queen's Flight RAF • Long Range Flight RAF (1927–33) • Manston Flight RAF (1941–42) • Manston Naval Flight RAF (1918–19) • Medical Flight RAF, Hendon (1917–18) • Middle East Air Force Instrument Training Flight RAF (1950–56) • Military Governor's Flight RAF (??-1949) became High Commissioners Flight RAF • Navigation Flight RAF (1920–21) • New Zealand Flight RAF (1939–40) became No. 75 Squadron RAF • Night Flying Flight RAF (1923–31) became Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Flight RAF • Ogaden Flight RAF (1944) • Overseas Air Delivery Flight RAF (??-1940) became Overseas Aircraft Despatch Flight RAF • Overseas Aircraft Despatch Flight RAF (1940–41) became Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit RAF • Overseas Aircraft Preparation Flight RAF (1941–42) became Overseas Aircraft Preparation Unit RAF • Oxford University Flight RAF (1927) became Station Flight, Upper Heyford • Palestine Truce Observance Flight RAF (1948–49) • Polish Training and Grading Flight RAF (1940) became No. 1 (Polish) Flying Training School RAF • Practice Flight RAF, Heliopolis (1928–38) became Communications Flight RAF, Heliopolis • Practice Flight RAF, Home Aircraft Depot, Henlow (1927–34 & 1937–39) • Queen's Flight RAF (1953–95) became No. 32 Squadron RAF • Radar Meteorological Flight RAF (1946) • Radar Reconnaissance Flight RAF (1951–63) • Radar Training Flight RAF (1972–77) • Radio Development Flight RAF (1942–43) became No. 1692 (Radio Development) Flight RAF • Rapid Landing Flight RAF (1950) • RDF Calibration Flight RAF, Blida (1943) became No. 1578 (Calibration) Flight RAF • Reserve Command Instrument Training Flight RAF (1945–50) became Home Command Instrument Training Flight RAF • ROC Flight RAF (1940) • Rota Experiment Flight RAF (1939) • Royal Air Force Antarctic Flight (1949–51) • Royal Air Force Meteorological Flight RAF, Eastchurch, Duxford and Mildenhall (1924–41) became No. 401 (Meteorological) Flight RAF • Royal Air Force Staff College Flight RAF (1922–27) became Andover Communication Flight RAF • Royal Flying Corps Detached Flight, Moascar (-1915) became No. 30 Squadron Royal Flying Corps • Royal Flying Corps Flight, Basra (1915) • Royal Norwegian Navy Flight (1942–43) became No. 1477 (Norwegian) Flight RAF • Seaplane Rescue Flight RAF, Kalafrana (1941) • Secret Intelligence Service Flight RAF (-1939) became Heston Flight RAF • Security Flight RAF, Ismailia (1945-??) • Shipping Interception Flight RAF (1941–42) • Signals Co-operation Flight RAF (1921–24) became No. 13 Squadron RAF • Singapore Operational Training Flight RAF (1972–73) • South African Air Observation Post Flight RAF (1945–45) became No. 42 Air Observation Post Flight, South African Air Force • Spotter Flight RAF, Kai Tak (1939-??) • Spotter Flight RAF, Seletar (1939) • Supernumerary Camel Flight RAF (1918) became No. 487 (Fighter) Flight RAF • Swifter Flight RAF (1959–60) • Tanker Training Flight RAF (1965–69) became Victor Training Unit RAF • Target Development Flight RAF (??-1944) • Target Facilities Flight RAF, Binbrook (1966–73) • Target Facilities Flight RAF, Leuchars (1966–73) • Target Facilities Flight RAF, Wattisham (1966–73) • Training Command Practice Flight RAF (1931–37 & 1940) • Training Flight RAF, Halton (1934–39) • Transport Command Development Flight RAF (1951–57) • Transport Training Flight RAF (1942) • Vintage Pair Flight RAF (1972–86) • VISTRE Flight RAF (1946–52) became Joint Concealment Centre (Royal Air Force Element) • Voice Flight RAF (1954–59) • VVIP Flight RAF (1944–45) • Wireless Direction Finding Flight RAF (1937–38) became Experimental Co-operation Unit RAF • Wireless Flight RFC (1914) became No. 9 Squadron Royal Flying Corps • Yatesbury Wireless Flight RAF (1940) • Yugoslav Training Flight, Royal Air Force Element (1945) • Yugoslav Training Flight RAF (1944) became Yugoslav Holding Unit RAF

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