RAF Kalafrana was a seaplane operations centre on the southernmost tip of Malta between 1917 and 1946 when it was transferred to the Royal Navy. It played an important role in both world wars, starting as a base for anti-submarine and anti-piracy operations, its role being expanded to include Air Sea Rescue (ASR) operations as aircraft usage and accident rates increased in the inter-war years.
RAFKalafrana was a seaplane operations centre on the southernmost tip of Malta between 1917 and 1946 when it was transferred to the Royal Navy. It played...
southeastern part of Malta, on the site of the former seaplane base RAFKalafrana. Established in 1988, Malta Freeport was the first transshipment hub...
December 1936, Ospreys were being deployed by 701 Squadron based at RAFKalafrana in the anti-submarine and anti-piracy role. The Osprey was also sold...
This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They...
October 1957. Formed on 15 July 1936 as No. 701 (Catapult) Flight FAA at RAFKalafrana, Malta by re-designating No. 444 (Fleet Reconnaissance) Flight FAA;...
During 1937 the Singapores of 209 Squadron and 210 Squadron moved from RAFKalafrana in Malta to Algeria as part of an international effort to prevent gun...
Storage Units (ASU)s. List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons List of RAF Regiment units List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadrons List of Army Air...
base of RAFKalafrana and the airfield at Marsa were built. More airfields were built in the interwar period and the Second World War, including RAF Hal Far...
(Catapult) Flight, out of 447 (Catapult) Flight in 1936. It was based at RAFKalafrana, Malta, and tasked with supporting ships of the Mediterranean Fleet...
Lord Gort flew from Gibraltar and met Dobbie at a seaplane base at RAFKalafrana a seaplane base in the south-east of Malta, during an air raid, late...
5 Armament Training Establishment at RAF Penrhos. The following year he was posted overseas to RAFKalafrana seaplane base on Malta where he was promoted...
as Officer Commanding of the RAF Base at Kalafrana, home of No. 202 (Flying Boat) Squadron, until taking command of RAF Hal Far on 16 April 1934. In June...
throughout the Second World War, being appointed Commanding Officer of RAFKalafrana, Malta, on 5 January 1941. He retired on 24 June 1945, and became the...
202 Squadron RAF at Kalafrana, Malta, replacing Supermarine Scapas, and 228 Squadron RAF at Pembroke Dock. In 1937–1938 204 Squadron RAF used five Londons...
in 1979. No. 267 Squadron RAF and No. 268 Squadron RAF, both with seaplanes, were formed at RAFKalafrana in August 1918. RAF Mediterranean had been based...
Wing commander and head of the Sandfly fever commission, stationed at Kalafrana, Malta. He was the first to study and breed sandfly in captivity; his...
damaged a Bf 109 near Luqa. He shared in the destruction of a Ju 88 near Kalafrana Bay on 28 July. At the end of the month, Lovell's command was expanded...
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