20 squadron RAF 1930s

thanks for the quick replies to my posting,Rowe served with 20 squadron fron 1932 till1936 when he moved to 49 squadron at worthydown and on to 75 squadron at driffield.one entry of note is being shot down by tribal fire (bullet through fuel line) and being rescued by1st/11th sikh regt. captain john vincent gordon was awarded the mc for his part in the rescue.the aircraft was a westland wapiti code no j9395.

A few (2 or 3) IAF WW2 Veterans mentioned that the first posting they got (on graduating out of SFTS) was a posting to 20 Squadron flying Lysanders. It probably had an OCU role in India. After a few weeks on strength they got to move to a regular Op Posting with IAF Squadrons. The time frame for this was early 1940-41

I remember quite clearly there was a book on 20 Squadron’s History that was sold recently on Ebay.

Hi Keith,

20 Sqn operated Wapitis from 1932-35, Hawker Audax from 1935-1941 and Lysanders there after. That’s about all I know so far.

I am interested in operations over the North West Frontier with any squadrons that operated Hawker biplanes, such as the Audax, Hart, Hind etc,.

Did Mr Rowe operate Audaxes over the NWF?

Alex

Keith,

First of all, welcome to the forum. 🙂

You might try taking a look at the Public Record Office (now National archive) website at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/default.htm as a starter. The website has a list of various information sources depending on what it is that you’re trying to find out. Your profile doesn’t say where you are, but if you can possibly get to visit the PRO, I’d urge you to do so. I managed to get a wealth of information from them in a two hour visit a couple of weeks ago and cannot recommend them highly enough. Very, very helpful people. 🙂

As far as the actual squadron is concerned, try contacting DoRIS, the Department of Research and Information Services, at RAF Museum Hendon – http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/research/index.cfm – another helpful bunch.

Good luck. 🙂

Steve