Welcome to PART 2. It is going to be a cold week so we start at Ted's home, RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, home of the Eurofighter Typhoon. As this a QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) station, the base is ready to scramble at a seconds notice. Anything could happen and it is one of our two QRA stations (the other is at RAF Lossiemouth) that works 24/7 365 days a year to keep our skies safe.
RAF Coningsby is also Ted's home and it is home to two front-line combat ready squadrons, 29 Squadron OCU and the BBMF. There is a lot history within all the squadrons here but in particular are the two front-line combat ready squadrons, 3(F) and XI (F) squadrons.
No. 3 (F) Squadron was the first to fly heavier than air aircraft and although their roots date back to 1911 as they were formed at Larkhill as No.2 (Aeroplane) Company, Air Battalion, Royal Engineers originally. No. 3 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, was formed at Larkhill on 13 May 1912 being renamed from their former No. 2 to No. 3 Squadron. Their emblem has a cockatrice on a monolith, chosen because in mythology it was the first creature to fly. They have been at RAF Coningsby since 2006.
XI (F) Squadron ('F' means 'Fighter' and the XI is pure traditional ways of writing the squadron number) is thehe world's oldest, dedicated fighter unit. They formed in 1915 at Netheravon. The aircraft flown by the squadron includes the Bristol Scout, Hurricane II, Lightning F6 and Tornado F3. XI (F) Squadron policed the no-fly zone over Libya during Operation ELLAMY. In 1988, together with No V (AC) Squadron they became the last squadron to operate the Lightning aircraft. On 29th March 2007, XI (F) Squadron stood up as a multi role Typhoon squadron. I believe the 'F' was dropped in some sources that I have read but continued to use the 'F' from 2015.
Lincolnshire is also known as 'Bomber County' because of the amount of Bomber Command Squadrons that were based in the county during the Second World War.
Approximately 125,000 aircrew flew with Bomber Command during World War II (their average age was 22). 73,700 of them became casualties (killed, wounded or shot down and taken prisoner of war), of those 55,500 were killed.
Today, as ready as they were during the Second World War, RAF Coningsby is on standby 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. RAF Coningsby is a Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) station, ready to scramble in seconds.
RAF Coningsby opened in 1941, serving as an RAF Bomber Command station until the early 1960s. Coningsby has been a fighter station since the Phantom arrived in the late 1960s, followed by the Tornado and now the Typhoon. In 1976, Coningsby became home to the world-famous RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. The station has also been home to 617 Squadron and a base for the Vulcan Bomber.
Based here today are:
3 (F) Squadron
XI (F) Squadron
12 Squadron
29 Squadron
41 TES
Plus the BBMF and the Typhoon Display Team
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EUROFIGHTER TYPHOON FGR4
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BBMF (Battle of Britain Memorial Flight)
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TYPHOON DISPLAY TEAM
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3F) Squadron
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12 Squadron
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XI(F) Squadron
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29 OCU
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