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No. 40 Squadron of the Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the United Kingdom's air force, the oldest independent air force in the world. Formed on 1 April 1918, the RAF has taken a significant role in British military history ever since, playing a large part in World War II and in more recent conflicts....
 was formed in 1916 at Gosport
Gosport

Gosport is a town and Non-metropolitan district in Hampshire with around 79,000 resident inhabitants , with a further 5-10,000 during the summer months, situated on the south coast of England....
 as No 40 Squadron RFC and was disbanded for the last time in 1957. Edward Mannock
Edward Mannock

Major Edward Corringham Mannock Victoria Cross, Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross was a United Kingdom First World War flying ace. Mannock was probably born in Ireland, but of England and Scotland parentage....
 gained 16 of his 73 victories while in the No. 40 Squadron, 15 of which he shot down while flying a Nieuport Scout. Highest scoring ace of the unit in WWI was Irish-born pilot George McElroy
George McElroy

Captain George Edward Henry McElroy Military Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross was a leading ace fighter pilot of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force during World War I....
, having scored 30 of his total 47 aerial victories with the unit. All of which were earned by McElroy flying a S.E.5a single seater scout. During World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, No.






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No. 40 Squadron of the Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the United Kingdom's air force, the oldest independent air force in the world. Formed on 1 April 1918, the RAF has taken a significant role in British military history ever since, playing a large part in World War II and in more recent conflicts....
 was formed in 1916 at Gosport
Gosport

Gosport is a town and Non-metropolitan district in Hampshire with around 79,000 resident inhabitants , with a further 5-10,000 during the summer months, situated on the south coast of England....
 as No 40 Squadron RFC and was disbanded for the last time in 1957. Edward Mannock
Edward Mannock

Major Edward Corringham Mannock Victoria Cross, Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross was a United Kingdom First World War flying ace. Mannock was probably born in Ireland, but of England and Scotland parentage....
 gained 16 of his 73 victories while in the No. 40 Squadron, 15 of which he shot down while flying a Nieuport Scout. Highest scoring ace of the unit in WWI was Irish-born pilot George McElroy
George McElroy

Captain George Edward Henry McElroy Military Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross was a leading ace fighter pilot of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force during World War I....
, having scored 30 of his total 47 aerial victories with the unit. All of which were earned by McElroy flying a S.E.5a single seater scout. During World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, No. 40 operated Bristol Blenheim Mk IV
Bristol Blenheim

The Bristol Blenheim was a United Kingdom light bomber aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company that was used extensively in the early days of the World War II....
 light bobmbers from RAF Wyton
RAF Wyton

RAF Wyton is a Royal Air Force station near St. Ives, Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England.In terms of organisation RAF Wyton is now part of the combined station RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow, a merger of Wyton with two previously separate bases, RAF Brampton and RAF Henlow....
 in December 1940.

See also

  • List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons
    List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons

    Squadrons are the main form of flying unit of the Royal Air Force . These include Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service squadrons incorporated into the RAF when it was formed on 1 April 1918, during the First World War....