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203 Squadron lines looking west, 28 January 1930

Photographs, In Storage, X007-6903/001

No. 203 Squadron RAF was based in Iraq from 1929 until 1939. It operated a variety of flying boats, including the Supermarine Southampton II, Short Rangoon and Short Singapore III.

Aerial view of buildings beside a river, Crown Copyright, RAF Museum / RAF Museum

RAF Basra looking north, 31 August 1933

Photographs, In Storage, X007-6903/013

No. 203 Squadron RAF was based in Iraq from 1929 until 1939. It operated a variety of flying boats, including the Supermarine Southampton II, Short Rangoon and Short Singapore III.

Buildings beside a river, Crown Copyright, RAF Museum / RAF Museum

203 flying boat squadron lines, 20 June 1932

Photographs, In Storage, X007-6903/010

No. 203 Squadron RAF was based in Iraq from 1929 until 1939. It operated a variety of flying boats, including the Supermarine Southampton II, Short Rangoon and Short Singapore III.

Buildings beside a river, Crown Copyright, RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Recorded interview with Aircraftsman 1st Class Ronald James Drake, 10 November 2016

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-3347

Recorded interview with Ronald Drake, who served in the RAF as a clerk in the UK and with a squadron in the Middle East immediately after the Second World War.

Image pending

Recorded interview with Master Aircrew Gareth Attridge, 24 May 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4787

Interview with Gareth Attridge, who was a crewman in Hercules transport aircraft and in Puma and Merlin helicopters in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan during the 1990s and 2000s.

Image pending