No. 587 Squadron RAF was an anti-aircraft co-operation squadron of the Royal Air Force from 1943 to 1946.
History The squadron was formed at RAF Weston Zoyland, England on 1 December 1943, from 1600 Flight, 1601 Flight and 1625 Flight for anti-aircraft co-operation duties over Wales and the south east of England. It operated a variety of aircraft. By June 1944 it was part of No. 70 Group RAF, Air Defence of Great Britain., accessed September 2020.
Due to the ongoing training requirement the squadron was not disbanded at the end of the war and it moved to RAF Tangmere on 1 June 1946 to cover the south coast, but was disbanded shortly afterwards on 15 June 1946.
Aircraft operated +Aircraft operated by no. 587 Squadron, data from From To Aircraft Version December 1943 February 1944 Airspeed Oxford December 1943 May 1944 Hawker Henley Mk.III December 1943 June 1945 Hawker Hurricane Mk.IV December 1943 August 1945 Miles Martinet March 1944 June 1945 Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIc October 1944 June 1946 Vultee Vengeance Mk.IV April 1945 May 1945 North American Mustang Mk.I July 1945 June 1946 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVI
Squadron bases +Bases and airfields used by no. 587 Squadron RAF, data from From To Base Remark 1 December 1943 10 April 1944 RAF Weston Zoyland, Somerset 10 April 1944 1 October 1944 RAF Culmhead, Somerset Dets. at RAF Pengam Moors, Glamorgan, Wales; RAF Colerne, Wiltshire and RAF Carew Cheriton, Pembrokeshire, Wales 1 October 1944 1 June 1946 RAF Weston Zoyland, Somerset Dets. at RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire and RAF Ibsley, Hampshire 1 June 1946 15 June 1946 RAF Tangmere, West Sussex
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External links Short 587 Squadron history on new MOD site Squadron histories for nos. 541–598 sqn on RafWeb's Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation