
No. 213  Squadron City of Rochester          "Irritatus lacessit crabro" ("The hornet attacks when roused")


"No.213 began operations over Syria early in July, moving soon afterwards to Cyprus. In December 1941 it returned to Egypt for air defence duties
and in June 1942, began offensive sweeps over the Western Desert in support of the 8th Army. After the rout of the Africa Korps at El Alamein, the
squadron moved its bases to Libya to cover coastal convoys and airfields, returning to Cyprus in November for months before converting to Spitfires
in Egypt in February 1944."

      From the official RAF web site



                                   213 Squadron

Egypt/Libya Imailia/Idku/Shandur/LG /Gambut/Sidi Azeiz Oct41-Jun 1942      MkI/IIA/IIC
Algeria     Maison Blanche (Casa Blanca)               Nov 1942            MkIIB/IIC
Egypt/Libya LG /EI Adem/Martuba/Misurata West/ldku     Jun 1942-Sep 43     Mk/IIA/IIC
Egypt/Libya Lakatamia/Gamil                            Sep 1943-Mar 1944   Mk/IIA/IIC   


No. 213 (F) Squadron, Middle East, 1942;
tropical Mk. IIC's:

BE200 ("M"),
BE340 ("W"), 
BE355 ("Q"),
BE569 ("P"), 
BE643 ("U"),
BE701 ("S"),
BE702 ("V"); 
motor patrols from £1 Gamil,
6/43:
 
BM966 ("T"), 
BM974,
BN117 ("X"),
BN 132 ("X"), 
BN133 ("Y"), 
BN134 ("Z"),
BN136 ("S"), 
BN137, 
BN159 ("J"), 
BN184("W"), 
BN231 ("Y"),
BN285 ("M"), 
BN286("0"), 
BN354 ("S"),

No. 213 (F) Squadron, EI Alamein, 8/42;
tropical Mk. IIC's:
BP123 ("S"), 
BP128 ("W"), 
BP189 ("S"),
BP219, 
BP231 ("Y"), 
BP237 ("X"), 
BP341 ("J"), 
BP342, 
BP409, 
BP462 ("Z"), 
BP515,
BP580, 
BP581, 
BP592 (destroyed three Ju88's over EI Alamein, 1/9/42), 
BP734; 
ElGamil, 1-6/43; MT convoy patrols: 
HL609,
HL833, 
HL883 ("W"), 
HL887, 
HL941 ("V"),
HM131 ("Y"), 
HV305,
HV315, 
VH440 ("U"), 
HV468 ("P"), 
HV474, 
HV483,
HV511, 
HV539 ("T"), 
HV587 ("N"), 
HV609 ("S"), 
HV712, 
HV830, 
HW571, 
HW800.
 
BN368 ("Z").

