• Source: RAF Shaluffa

Royal Air Force Shaluffa or more commonly RAF Shaluffa (LG-215) is a former Royal Air Force station located in Suez Governorate, Egypt.




History


From 1942 - 1944, RAF Shaluffa hosted the No. 5 Middle East Torpedo School, and trained several Chinese aircrew. The airfield had four asphalt runways and was operated by the Near East Air Force. The airfield later served as a British military base until 1955, when a ceremonial flag handover by Prime Minister Nasser was held.




Layout


The runways were lighted with electric cables. The airfield had an air traffic control tower, a 14-bed infirmary, shops and an administrative building. On-site was two installed steel hangars, a swimming pool, and a cinema.
For fueling purposes, Shaluffa had a capacity of 86,000 gallons of Aviation Gas and 28,920 gallons of jet fuel.
While not related to the airfield, nearby was a speedway commonly used by the people who was stationed there.




= Crashes

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On 21 February 1943, a Martin Marauder took off at Shaluffa to attack ships. However the aircraft was gunned down and six fatalities were reported.
On 12 January 1949, a four engine aircraft during training dived and crashed near the airfield with nine fatalities reported. The cause of this crash was a faulty right elevator that detached.
On 22 October 1951, a de Havilland Vampire did a crash-landing on the runway in which the pilot was unfortunately killed.




= Units

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The following units based at RAF Shaluffa:

No. 6 Squadron RAF
No. 14 Squadron RAF
No. 32 Squadron RAF
No. 37 Squadron RAF
No. 38 Squadron RAF
No. 39 Squadron RAF
No. 40 Squadron RAF
No. 46 Squadron RAF
No. 70 Squadron RAF
No. 76 Squadron RAF
No. 82 (United Provinces) Squadron RAF
No. 90 Squadron RAF
No. 104 Squadron RAF
No. 162 Squadron RAF
No. 213 (Ceylon) Squadron RAF
No. 220 Squadron RAF
No. 221 Squadron RAF
No. 252 Squadron RAF
No. 351 (Jugoslav) Squadron RAF
No. 454 Squadron RAAF
No. 458 Squadron RAAF
No. 620 Squadron RAF




= Aircraft

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The following aircraft either operated or were commonly visited by at RAF Shaluffa

Martin B-57 Canberra
Martin B-26 Marauder
Douglas C-54 Skymaster
Lockheed C-130 Hercules
Douglas C-124 Globemaster II
Gloster Meteor
de Havilland Vampire
Avro Lincoln




See also


List of North African airfields during World War II




References






= Citations

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= Bibliography

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Jefford, C. G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.

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