35 Squadron SAAF

35 Squadron
35 Squadron
	; Avro Shackleton as flown by 35 Squadron from 1957-1984
Active	15 February 1945 - present
Country	South Africa
Branch	South African Air Force
Role	maritime patrol and transport squadron
Base	AFB Ysterplaat, Cape Town
Motto	Shaya Amanzi; ("Strike the Water")
Aircraft	C-47TP "Turbo Dakota"
Insignia
Squadron Identification Code	MS (1939-1945)
Squadron Badge	A pelican standing wings spread with its left foot on the african continent of a globe, half immersed in water.

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35 Squadron SAAF is a squadron of the South African Air Force. It is currently a maritime patrol and transport squadron.

[edit] History

The squadron was formed on 15 February 1945^[2]^[3]^[4] when 262 Squadron Royal Air Force, an anti-submarine squadron, operating the Consolidated Catalina, was transferred to the South African Air Force.

From	To	Aircraft	Variant
Feb 1945	Jan 1957	Consolidated Catalina	Mk.IVb
Apr 1945	Oct 1956	Short Sunderland	GR.5
late 40s	1952	North American Harvard
late 40s		Supermarine Spitfire
late 40s		Airspeed Oxford
late 40s	1960	Lockheed Ventura
Jan 1957	Nov 1984	Avro Shackleton	MR.3
Nov 1984	1994	Douglas Dakota	C-47 "Dackleton"
Dec 1990	Present	Douglas Dakota	C-47TP "Turbo Dakota"

^ Becker, Dave (1991). On Wings of Eagles. Durban: Walker-Ramus. pp. 181. ISBN 0-947478-47-7.
^ Rawlings 1982, pp. 185-186.
^ Halley 1988, p. 328.
^ Jefford 2001, p. 82.

Halley, James J. The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918-1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1988. ISBN 0-85130-164-9.
Jefford, Wing Commander C.G., MBE, BA, RAF(Retd.). RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988 (second edition 2001). ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
Rawlings, John D.R. Coastal, Support and Special Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft. London: Jane's Publishing Company Ltd., 1982. ISBN 0-7106-0187-5.
Spring, Ivan. Flying Boat: The History of 262 Squadron RAF and the origins of 35 Squadron SAAF. Johannesburg, South Africa: Spring Air, 1995. ISBN 0-9583977-2-4.

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35 Squadron
Avro Shackleton as flown by 35 Squadron from 1957-1984
Active	15 February 1945 - present
Country	South Africa
Branch	South African Air Force
Role	maritime patrol and transport squadron
Base	AFB Ysterplaat, Cape Town
Motto	Shaya Amanzi ("Strike the Water")
Aircraft	C-47TP "Turbo Dakota"
Insignia
Squadron Identification Code	MS (1939-1945)^[1]
Squadron Badge	A pelican standing wings spread with its left foot on the african continent of a globe, half immersed in water.