No. 283 Squadron RAF

No. 283 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron that served during the Second World War in the air-sea rescue mission role while flying Supermarine Walruses and both in ASR and the anti-submarine patrol role while flying Vickers Warwicks.

History

No. 283 Squadron was formed at Algiers on 11 February 1943 as an air-sea rescue squadron. The squadron was equipped with the Supermarine Walrus and was responsible for air-sea rescue along the North African coast. The squadron moved to Palermo in August 1943 to provide cover for the campaign in southern Italy. The squadron re-equipped with the Vickers Warwick in February 1944 and moved to Hal Far on Malta. At the end of the Second World War the squadron, still at Hal Far, was disbanded on 31 March 1946.