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Old 14-03-23, 04:33 PM
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Default Squadron Badge/Emblem

The photo shows aircrew dressed for flying outside a camouflaged pre-war hangar.

Above the doorway is a trophy swastika surmounted by a crest or badge with an owl, suggesting a night fighter squadron.

Can anyone shed further light please?

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Possibly 58 Squadron ?

https://www.rafht.co.uk/index.php/2016/06/09/58-sqn/

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a detachment of Whitley Mk. Vs from No. 58 Squadron which operated from Wick from April until August 1942.
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Old 14-03-23, 04:44 PM
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Can anyone shed further light please?
Wick airfield : Opened 15 September 1939

https://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/wick/

(Click on images to see photo from c1942)

Photograph from Wick, c.1942. Courtesy of New Zealand Bomber Command Association/Mandeno



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