No. 684 Squadron RAF

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No. 684 Squadron RAF
Active29 September 1943 – 1 September 1946
Country Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Branch Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg Royal Air Force
TypeInactive
Role Photo-Reconnaissance
Part of No. 231 Group RAF, Air Command South East Asia [1]
Motto(s) Latin: Invisus Videns
(Translation: "Seeing through unseen") [2] [3]
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldryA mask [2] [3]
Squadron CodesNo code(s) are known to have been carried [3] [4] [5]

No. 684 Squadron RAF was a photo-reconnaissance squadron of the Royal Air Force from 1943 to 1946.

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History

The squadron was formed on 29 September 1943 at RAF Dum Dum near Calcutta, (then) British India, from the twin-engined [3] elements of No. 681 Squadron RAF. [2] It operated in the photo-reconnaissance role, first with the de Havilland Mosquito and the North American Mitchell, and later also with the Bristol Beaufighter and the Supermarine Spitfire. The squadron performed long-range photo-reconnaissance in support of the Burma Campaign. Near the end of the war, the squadron also performed high-speed courier flights. It was disbanded on 1 September 1946 at RAF Seletar, Singapore, by being renumbered to No. 81 Squadron RAF. [2] [6] [7]

Aircraft operated

Aircraft operated by no. 684 Squadron RAF, data from [3] [6] [8]
FromToAircraftVariant
September 1943September 1945 North American Mitchell Mk.II (B-25C)
September 1943December 1943 de Havilland Mosquito Mk.II
September 1943February 1944de Havilland MosquitoMk.VI
October 1943February 1945de Havilland MosquitoMk.IX
February 1944May 1946de Havilland MosquitoMk.XVI
May 1945July 1945 Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VI
July 1945September 1946de Havilland MosquitoPR.34
July 1945July 1946Bristol BeaufighterMk.X
December 1945September 1946 Supermarine Spitfire PR.XI, PR.XIX

Squadron bases

Air bases and airfields used by no. 684 Squadron RAF, data from [3] [6] [8]
FromToNameRemark
29 September 19439 December 1943 RAF Dum Dum, Bengal, British India Formed here
9 December 194331 January 1944 RAF Comilla, Bengal, British India
31 January 19445 May 1944RAF Dum Dum, West Bengal, British India
5 May 194411 October 1945 RAF Alipore, Bengal, British IndiaDetachments at RAF Yelahanka, Karnataka, British India;
RAF China Bay, Ceylon; RAF Cocos Islands
and RAF Mingaladon, Burma
11 October 194527 January 1946 Tân Sơn Nhất Airfield, Saigon, Vietnam Detachment at RAF Seletar, Singapore
27 January 1946August 1946 Don Muang Airfield, Bangkok, Thailand Detachments at RAF Seletar, Singapore and RAF Baigachi, Bengal
August 19461 September 1946RAF Seletar, SingaporeDisbanded here

Commanding officers

Officers commanding no. 684 squadron RAF, data from [3] [9]
FromToName
Sep 1943Dec 1943 S/Ldr. B.S. Jones
Dec 1943Nov 1944 W/Cdr. W.B. Murray
Nov 1944Nov 1945W/Cdr. W.E.M. Lowry, DFC
Nov 1945Apr 1946W/Cdr. K.J. Newman, DFC and Bar (RNZAF)
Apr 1946Sep 1946W/Cdr. J.R.H. Merrifield, DSO, DFC and Bar

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