This page contains many names, dates, locations. To help find the one s you're interested in, use our Highlighting facility. Highlighting will ONLY find entries within this specific page. I GR aircraft. Delays meant the Sunderlands were not available on the expected delivery date[s] and the first six aircraft were not collected until the last two were delivered on the 3 rd of October.
By the end of December the Squadron had its full complement of nine Mk. I Sunderlands but, personnel strength was only people which was less than half of the authorised wartime establishment of men. The squadron was initially part of 15 Group based at Pembroke Dock in Wales and became fully operational on the 1 st of February From to the squadron flew many, many patrols in their quest to find and destroy U-boats and when the submarines were effectively neutralized by the end of the squadron was returned to the convoy escort role in early The 10 Squadron Operations Record Book states they flew 3, Operational sorties totaling 34, hours and 10 minutes.
In that time the aircraft flew 4,, sea miles and was credited with sinking six U-boats and damaging a further eight. The Squadron is known to have operated 61 Sunderland aircraft of various Marks and of that total 25 were lost through operational and non-operational causes. The remainder of this document details the history of the 25 aircraft lost and the men who flew them. I aircraft Serial N was the 5 th of seven Mk.
Powered by 4 x 1, hp kW Pegasus XXII turbocharged, nine-cylinder, single-row, air-cooled radial aero-engines driving de Havilland Hamilton three-bladed two-pitch airscrews. Defensive armament consisted of seven machine guns.
Five Browning. A single hand-held Vickers GO. Offensive armament consisted of up to 2,lb kg of bombs, mines or depth charges that were hung on traversing racks under the wing centre section. The crew was Wing Commander L. V Lachal, Flight Lieutenant W.
