No. 111 Squadron RAF
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! No. 111 (Fighter) Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the RAF Tornado F3 from RAF Leuchars, Scotland. No. 111 Squadron was formed at Deir el-Balah, Palestine on 1 August 1917, with a mixed bag of single seat fighters as the first dedicated fighter squadron in the region. Its mission was to restrict enemy reconnaissance flights and challenge the German fighter presence over Suez. It was reinforced by Bristol F.2 Fighters in September,one of these claiming the first aerial victory for 111 on 8 October. It handed over its Bristol Fighters to No. 1…mehr

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! No. 111 (Fighter) Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the RAF Tornado F3 from RAF Leuchars, Scotland. No. 111 Squadron was formed at Deir el-Balah, Palestine on 1 August 1917, with a mixed bag of single seat fighters as the first dedicated fighter squadron in the region. Its mission was to restrict enemy reconnaissance flights and challenge the German fighter presence over Suez. It was reinforced by Bristol F.2 Fighters in September,one of these claiming the first aerial victory for 111 on 8 October. It handed over its Bristol Fighters to No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps in February 1918, becoming completely equipped with single seat fighters. By the time the Armistice with Turkey ended the war in the Middle East, No. 111 Squadron had claimed 44 enemy aircraft destroyed and a further 13 forced down for the loss of two pilots killed in combat, one prisoner and three wounded. 'Treble One' was reformed in Egypt after the War asNo. 14 Squadron.