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| − | *No. 8 Squadron RAF - Formed in 1972 to operate the AEW.2 at RAF Kinloss, moved to RAF Lossiemouth in 1973.<ref name="aero75" /> | + | * No. 8 Squadron RAF - Formed in 1972 to operate the AEW.2 at RAF Kinloss, moved to RAF Lossiemouth in 1973. |
| − | *No. 37 Squadron RAF - 1953-67, converted to the MR2 from the Lancaster GR3 at RAF Luqa, moved to RAF Khormaksar in 1957, disbanded in 1967.<ref>Jefford 1988, p. 37.</ref> | + | * No. 37 Squadron RAF - 1953-67 |
| − | *No. 38 Squadron RAF - 1953-67, converted to the MR2 from the Lancaster GR3 at RAF Luqa, moved to RAF Hal Far in 1965, disbanded in 1967.<ref>Jefford 1988, p. 38.</ref> | + | * No. 38 Squadron RAF - 1953-67 |
| − | *No. 42 Squadron RAF - 1952-71, formed at RAF St Eval with the MR1A (1952–54) and the MR2 (from 1953), moved to RAF St Mawgan in 1958, converted to the MR3 in 1965-66, converted to the Nimrod MR1 in 1971.<ref>Jefford 1988, p. 39.</ref> | + | * No. 42 Squadron RAF - 1952-71 |
| − | *No. 120 Squadron RAF - 1951-71, converted to the MR1 from the Lancaster GR3 in 1951 at RAF Kinloss, moved to RAF Aldergrove in 1952, converted to the MR2 in 1953 and the MR3 in 1958, moved to RAF Kinloss in 1959, converted to the Nimrod MR1 in 1970.<ref>Jefford 1988, p. 58.</ref> | + | * No. 120 Squadron RAF - 1951-71 |
| − | *No. 201 Squadron RAF - 1958-70, re-numbered from 220 Squadron in 1958 operating the MR3 at RAF St Mawgan, moved to RAF Kinloss in 1965, converted to Nimrod MR1 in 1970.<ref>Jefford 1988, p. 67.</ref> | + | * No. 201 Squadron RAF - 1958-70 |
| − | *No. 203 Squadron RAF- 1958-71, re-numbered from 240 Squadron at RAF Ballykelly in 1958 with the MR1A and MR3, converted to the MR2 in 1962 and back to the MR3 in 1966, moved to RAF Luqa in 1969, converted to Nimrod MR1 in 1971.<ref name="jefford68">Jefford 1988, p. 68.</ref> | + | * No. 203 Squadron RAF- 1958-71 |
| − | *No. 204 Squadron RAF - 1954-71, formed at RAF Ballykelly with the MR2, also operated the MR1A (1958–60), and the MR2C (1959-71), disbanded in April 1971 and reformed at RAF Honington on the same day from the Majunga Detachment Support Unit with the MR2C, detachments to Majunga, Tengah and Masirah, disbanded in 1972.<ref name="jefford68" /> | + | * No. 204 Squadron RAF - 1954-71 |
| − | *No. 205 Squadron RAF - 1958-71, converted to the MR1 from the Sunderland GR5 at RAF Changi, converted to the MR2C in 1962, disbanded in 1971.<ref name="jefford68" /> | + | * No. 205 Squadron RAF - 1958-71 |
| − | *No. 206 Squadron RAF - 1952-70, formed at RAF St Eval with the MR1A, also operated the MR2 from 1953 to 1954, moved to RAF St Mawgan in 1958 and converted to the MR3, moved to RAF Kinloss in 1965, converted to the Nimrod MR1 in 1970.<ref>Jefford 1988, p. 69.</ref> | + | * No. 206 Squadron RAF - 1952-70 |
| − | *No. 210 Squadron RAF - 1958-71, re-numbered from 269 Squadron with the MR2 at RAF Ballykelly, disbanded in 1970, reformed the next day at RAF Sharjah, disbanded in November 1971.<ref>Jefford 1988, p. 70.</ref> | + | * No. 210 Squadron RAF - 1958-71 |
| − | *No. 220 Squadron RAF - 1951-1958, formed at RAF Kinloss with the MR1A, moved to RAF St Eval in 1951, also operated the MR2 (1953–54), moved to RAF St Mawgan in 1956, operated the MR2 (1957) and the MR3 (1957–58), renumbered 201 Squadron in October 1958.<ref>Jefford 1988, p. 72.</ref> | + | * No. 220 Squadron RAF - 1951-1958 |
| − | *No. 224 Squadron RAF - 1951-66, converted to the MR1 from the Halifax GR6 at RAF Gibraltar, converted to the MR2 in 1953, disbanded in 1966.<ref>Jefford 1988, p. 73.</ref> | + | * No. 224 Squadron RAF - 1951-66 |
| − | *No. 228 Squadron RAF - 1954-59, formed with the MR2 from elements of 206 Squadron at RAF St Eval, moved to RAF St Mawgan in 1956, moved back to RAF St Eval in 1958, disbanded in 1959.<ref>Jefford 1988, p. 74.</ref> | + | * No. 228 Squadron RAF - 1954-59 |
| − | *No. 240 Squadron RAF - 1952-1958, formed with the MR1 from elements of 120 Squadron at RAF Aldergrove, moved to RAF St Eval in 1952 for a few months before moving to RAF Ballykelly, operated the MR2 from 1953 to 1954, re-numbered 203 Squadron in 1958.<ref>Jefford 1988, p. 76.</ref> | + | * No. 240 Squadron RAF - 1952-1958 |
| − | *No. 269 Squadron RAF - 1952-58, formed with the MR1 from elements of 224 Squadron at RAF Gibraltar, moved to RAF Ballykelly in 1952, also operated the MR2 (1953–54), also operated the MR2 in 1958 as they were re-numbered 210 Squadron.<ref>Jefford 1988, p. 81.</ref> | + | * No. 269 Squadron RAF - 1952-58 |
| − | * No. 236 Operational Conversion Unit, RAF - 1951-56, received the first MR.1s in 1951 at RAF Kinloss, re-designated the Maritime Operational Training Unit in 1956.<ref name="aero01" /> | + | * No. 236 Operational Conversion Unit, RAF - 1951-56 |
| − | * Maritime Operational Training Unit, RAF - Re-designated from 236 OCU in 1956 with 15 MR.1As, the MR.1As were slowly replaced by T.4s, moved to RAF St Mawgan in 1965, the last T.4 was replaced by a T.2 in 1968.<ref name="aero01" /> | + | * Maritime Operational Training Unit, RAF |
| − | * Air Sea Warfare Development Unit, RAF - 1951-60 at RAF Ballykelly.<ref name="aero01" /> | + | * Air Sea Warfare Development Unit, RAF - 1951-60 |
| − | * Joint Anti-submarine School - Operated the MR.2 between 1954 and 1957 at RAF Ballykelly.<ref name="aero75" /> | + | * Joint Anti-submarine School |
