No. 206 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was, until April 2005, employed in the martime patrol role with the Nimrod MR2 at RAF Kinloss, Moray. November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Suborders †Pohlsepia (incertae sedis) †Proteroctopus (incertae sedis) †Palaeoctopus (incertae sedis) Cirrina Incirrina Synonyms Octopoida Leach, 1817 The octopus (Greek , eight-legs) is a cephalopod of the order Octopoda that inhabits many diverse regions of the ocean, especially coral reefs. ... The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... The BAE Systems (formerly Hawker-Siddeley) Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft is derived from the De Havilland Comet, the worlds first jet airliner. ... RAF Kinloss is an Royal Air Force station on the Moray Firth in the north of Scotland. ... Moray (pronounced Murray, spelled A Moireibh in Gaelic) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. ...

It was announced in December 2004 that 206 Sqn would disband on 1 April 2005, with half of its crews being redistributed to 120 and 201 Sqns, also stationed at Kinloss. This was a part of the UK Defence Review called Delivering Security in a Changing World; the Nimrod MR2 fleet was reduced from 21 to 16 as a consequence. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that April Fools Day be merged into this article or section. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... No. ... No. ... The 2003 Defence White Paper, entitled Delivering Security in a Changing World sets out the future of the British military, and builds on the 1998 Strategic Defence Review (SDR) and the 2002 SDR New Chapter which responded to the challenges raised by the War on Terror. ...

History

The squadron was originally founded 1 November 1916 as No. 6 Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service. This was a fighter squadron and was disbanded less than a year later. The squadron was reformed in 1917 as a bomber and reconnaissance unit. With the formation of the RAF in 1918 the squadron was renumbered No. 206 Squadron, RAF. It was again disbanded in 1920. November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Personnel of No 1 Squadron RNAS in late 1914 The Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) was the air arm of the Royal Navy until near the end of World War I, when it merged with the British Armys Royal Flying Corps (RFC) to form the Royal Air Force. ... Year 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...

The squadron was again reformed in 1936, as part of the new RAF Coastal Command, initially as a training squadron but was later assigned to maritime patrols. It was active flying the Lockheed Hudson from RAF Bircham Newton in the early years of World War II, later operating the Fortress II and Liberator VIII. A section was detached to West Africa for anti-submarine and convoy patrols as No. 200 Squadron RAF. Flights also operated on detached duties, such as from RAF St Eval in Cornwall. The squadron was disbanded in 1946. It was reformed in 1947 but again disbanded in 1949. 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Coastal Command was an organization within the Royal Air Force tasked with protecting the United Kingdom from naval threats. ... Lockheed Hudson Mk V The Lockheed Hudson was a light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built initially for the Royal Air Force shortly before the outbreak of World War II. The Hudson was the first significant aircraft construction contract for the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation—the initial RAF order for 200... RAF Bircham Newton was in the west of the county of Norfolk in the United Kingdom. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engine heavy bomber aircraft developed for the US Army Air Corps (USAAC). ... The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was an American heavy bomber that was produced in greater numbers than any other American combat aircraft during World War II and still holds the record as the most produced allied aircraft. ... No. ... RAF St Eval was a strategic airbase for the RAF Coastal Command in the second world war (situated in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ...

Reformed in 1952 the squadron moved to Kinloss in 1965 and was equipped with Nimrods in 1970. 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

The squadron disbanded in April 2005. It is now an Air Training Corps squadron based in Thornton Cleveleys, Lancashire. April 2005 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → Hamas and Islamic Jihad have declared, in principle, their intention to join the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Thornton-Cleveleys is the collective name for two towns in the Fylde: Thornton Cleveleys This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Lancashire is a county in North West England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ...

See also

• List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons

This is a list of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons. ...

External links

• The history of No 206 squadron at raf.mod.uk

References

• No. 206 Squadron deployment history