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603 RAF squadron flying in formation
Unknown, 1920, Lantern slide
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603 RAF squadron flying in formation
603 RAF squadron flying in formation
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34658
Title
603 RAF squadron flying in formation at Empire Flying Day at Turnhouse
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Unknown
Date
1920
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8.2 x 8.2 cm
Type
Lantern slide
No. 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force. was formed on 14 October 1925 at RAF Turnhouse as a day bomber unit of the Auxiliary Air Force. Originally equipped with DH.9As and using Avro 504Ks for flying training, the squadron re-equipped with Wapitis in March 1930, these being replaced by Harts in February 1934. On 24 October 1938, No. 603 was redesignated a fighter unit and flew Hinds until the arrival of Gladiators at the end of March 1939.
Commercial flights first took off from Turnhouse in 1947, but it wasn't until 1960 that the facility was handed from the Ministry of Defence to the Ministry of Aviation, and later becoming known as Edinburgh Airport.
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