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Aviation Art Prints Countries UK Squadron Index More Squadrons Squadrons 1 to 21 No.19 Sqn |
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No.19 Sqn
Country : UK
Founded : 1st September 1915
Codes : , QV, WZ,
Possunt quia posse videntur - They can because they think they can
o. 19 Squadron was formed from a nucleus provided by No. 5 Reserve Squadron at Castle Bromwich on 1 September 1915. It was almost a year later that the Squadron went to France, flying contact patrols with BE12s before re-equipping with French-built Spads. These were used to strafe ground troops during the battles at Arras, Messines Ridge and Ypres. Early in 1918, Sopwith Dolphins arrived and these were used in bomber escort duties.
A year after the end of the War, the Squadron was disbanded reforming on 1 April 1924 at Duxford. The Squadron remained at Duxford throughout the inter-war years with a succession of fighters: Siskins, Bulldogs and Gauntlets receiving Spitifre on the 4th August 1938
The Squadron was stationed in the UK after the outbreak of the Second World War,the Squadron fought well over the evacuation at Dunkirk where they lost 4 aircraft for the destruction of 13 E.A.'s. The Squadron destroyed 2 He 111's on the night of the 19th of June 1940, and was part of No. 12 Group RAF, RAF Fighter Command, during the Battle of Britain. 19 Squadron formed part of the Duxford Wing, 12 Group's 'Big Wing' formation. Later versions of Spitfires were flown until the arrival of Mustangs for close-support duties in early 1944. After D-Day, No. 19 briefly went across the English Channel before starting long-range escort duties from RAF Peterhead for Coastal Command off the coast of Norway.
After world war two the squadron flew at first de Havilland Hornets and later a variety of jet fighter aircraft including the Hawker Hunter fighter then re-equipping with English Electric Lightning, (1962 - 1964) at that time 19 Sqdn was based at RAF Station Leconfield. The Squadron and the sister Squadron 92 were called upon as fast response interceptors during the "cold war", later being disbanded on 9 January 1992. Their final location before being disbanded was RAF Wildenrath in Germany near Geilenkirchen
No.19 Sqn Aviation Art Prints, Paintings and Drawings Aviation Art |
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Supermarine Spitfire - Job Well Done by Graeme Lothian. (P) A Spitfire of No.19 Sqn returns from a sortie during the Battle of Britain, summer 1940. |
Spitfires - September 1940 by Barry Price. On a September evening in 1940, Spitfires of No.19 Sqn are seen flying south over the River Thames to engage the enemy. In the distance, barrage balloons are in position to help protect the docklands. |
Mustang Mk.III by Ivan Berryman. Mustang Mk.IIIs of No.19 Sqn, 1944. |
Bristol Bulldogs by Michael Turner. 19 Sqn aircraft performing at the 1934 Hendon Air Display. |
Lightning Thunder by Michael Rondot. Of all the classic fighters to have served with the RAF since the l950s, no other aircraft had the raw power and breathtaking performance of the Lightning, and of all the variants the F2A was considered to be the best. |
Battle of Britain by Graeme Lothian. Spitfires of No.19 Squadron RAF, including Flt Sgt George Unwin (QV-H) attack a formation of He111 bombers during the Battle of Britain. |
Lone Warrior by Ivan Berryman. A classic beauty in its element, a 19 Squadron Spitfire on a routine patrol in the skies above southern England. |
Duxford 1940 by Simon Atack. A lone Spitfire Mk.1a of 19 Squadron at Duxford awaits its ground crew after a hard day of combat during the intense fighting of September 1940. |
Return From the Fray by Richard Taylor. They came from every corner of Britain. And mostly they were young. These fresh faced fighter pilots, joined by an ever-growing band of volunteer airmen from the British Commonwealth and those who had managed to escape from the occupied countries of Europe would, over the summer of 1940, not only hold the world's most powerful air force at bay, they would defeat it. Richard Taylor's stunning piece graphically conveys the conflicting realities of those deadly aerial encounters over southern England during 1940. As the sound of Merlin engines briefly interrupts the tranquility of a sleepy English village, its residents are determined to carry on with everyday life. In the skies overhead the bitter battle will shortly be reaching its crescendo but, for today at least, the fighting is over as Flight Sergeant George 'Grumpy' Unwin, one of the Battle of Britain's top Aces, and the Spitfire pilots of 19 Squadron return from yet another encounter with Goering's much-vaunted Luftwaffe. |
Spitfire Country by Ivan Berryman. Spitfire of 19 Squadron shown over southern England in 1940. |
Flt Lt Walter Lawson by Ivan Berryman. Depicting the No.19 Sqn Spitfire Mk.IIA of Flt Lt Walter Lawson attacking a Bf.109 E-4 of JG.3 in the Summer of 1940. The final tally of Lawson before he was listed as missing in August 1941 was 6 confirmed, 1 shared, 3 probables and 1 damaged. The Bf.109 shown here was flown by Oberleutnant Franz von Werra. He survived this encounter, but was shot down over Kent in September 1940. |
Bitter Engagement by Robert Taylor. Just after midday on 27 September 1940 one of the bitterest engagements of the Battle of Britain took place in the skies over Kent when the Spitfires of 19 Squadron took on the Bf109s of JG54. In the huge dogfight that ensued, 19 Squadron claimed 8 enemy aircraft destroyed. |
Aces for : No.19 Sqn RAF | ||
A list of all Aces from our database who are known to have flown with this squadron. A profile page is available by clicking the pilots name. | ||
Name | Victories | Info |
Douglas Bader | 23.00 | The signature of Douglas Bader features on some of our artwork - click here to see what is available. |
F W Higginson | 15.00 | The signature of F W Higginson features on some of our artwork - click here to see what is available. |
George C Grumpy Unwin | 10.00 | The signature of George C Grumpy Unwin features on some of our artwork - click here to see what is available. |
Gordon Sinclair | 10.00 | The signature of Gordon Sinclair features on some of our artwork - click here to see what is available. |
Wallace 'Jock' Cunningham | 8.00 | The signature of Wallace 'Jock' Cunningham features on some of our artwork - click here to see what is available. |
Frantisek Dolezal | 6.00 | |
Walter Lawson | 6.00 |
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