A Vickers Wellington Mk.1C ("DF-S") of No. 221 Squadron based at Limavady, County Londonderry, guides an escort vessel to pick up the crew of a German Focke-Wulf Fw 200C Kondor in a dinghy, after they were shot down in the Atlantic by a Lockheed Hudson of No. 233 Squadron RAF, 1941
Active
1 April 1918 - 1 September 1919 21 November 1940 โ 25 August 1945
The squadron was formed in Greece on 1 April 1918, from 'D' Squadron of No. 2 Wing RNAS. Initially engaged in anti-submarine warfare in the Aegean, it was sent to Russia in December 1918 to support White forces against the Bolsheviks. The unit was based at Petrovsk from January to 1 September 1919, when it was disbanded.[2]
^Bowyer, Chaz (1988). RAF Operations 1918-1938. London: William Kimber. pp. 40, 41. ISBN0-7183-0671-6.
^Lake, Alan (1999). Flying Units of the RAF: The Ancestry, Formation and disbandment of all flying units from 1912. England: Airlife Publishing Ltd. pp. 242โ243. ISBN1 84037 086 6.