March 2021 Outlook Newsletter

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The March 2021 edition of Outlook AHSA News has been emailed to members.

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Outlook AHSA Newsletter Volume 37 Number 2 March 2021

1941 No. 452 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, became operational on 22 May 1941. 452 Squadron was the first Australian squadron to form in Britain during the Second World War in accordance with Article XV of the Empire Air Training Scheme. Its first personnel took up their posts at Kirton in Lindsey on 8 April 1941 and, flying Supermarine Spitfires, the squadron became operational on 22 May. Part of 11 Group of Fighter Command, 452 Squadron operated from a series of airfields in south-eastern Britain. The focus of its operations were the skies above occupied France and Belgium, where it escorted bombing raids and conducted sweeps to engage enemy aircraft. The squadron was also employed to conduct defensive patrols over Britain and the English Channel. Source: AWM

1944 Avro Anson Mk I A4-20 (K8799) operated by 1 ANS RAAF crashed at Evans Head, NSW on 22 May 1944. There were 4 fatalities. Source: aviation-safety.net website