No. 361 Squadron RAF

Defunct flying squadron of the Royal Air Force

No. 361 Squadron RAF
Active	2 January 1967 - 14 July 1967
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Flying squadron
Role	ECM training
Garrison/HQ	RAF Watton
Motto(s)	We formed, They fumbled, It failed (unofficial)
Equipment	English Electric Canberra T.17

Military unit

No. 361 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force which disbanded in July 1967 having only been operational since January 1967.

History

It was formed on 2 January 1967 at RAF Watton, in Norfolk, as a joint RAF/Royal Navy unit, to provide ECM training for the two services, initially sharing the English Electric Canberra T.17 aircraft, an electronic warfare training variant, of No. 360 Squadron RAF.^[1] Unlike its sister squadron, it was intended to operate in the Middle and Far East regions.^[2] However, following the Defence Review of early 1967^[3] and the subsequent withdrawal from the overseas commitments, the squadron effectively ceased to exist within weeks of its formation, its crews returning to No. 360 Squadron. The new squadron was officially disbanded on 14 July 1967.^[4]

References

^ "RAF - 360, 361 Squadrons". www.raf.mod.uk. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
^ "Sqn histories 353-361". rafweb.org. Air of Authority. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
^ Darling, Kev (2012). "2: Bomber Command - the last ten years". RAF Strike Command, 1968-2007 (1 ed.). Barnsley: Pen & Sword Aviation. p. 35. ISBN 978-184884-898-6.
^ Lake, Alan (1999). Flying units of the RAF : the ancestry, formation and disbandment of all flying units from 1912 (1 ed.). Shrewsbury: Airlife. p. 259. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.

External links

Air of Authority: No 353 - 361 Squadron Histories
RAF Watton.info: The History of RAF Watton in detail for 1967
360 Squadron Association website

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