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50 Squadron SAAF

Field	Value
unit_name	50 Squadron
image	Junkers-f13.jpg
image_size	300
caption	Junkers F13, similar to those operated by 50 Squadron
dates	1939-c. 1946
country	South Africa South Africa
branch	South African Air Force
equipment_label	!--- ---
identification_symbol
identification_symbol_label	Squadron Identification Code

50 Squadron SAAF was a South African Air Force squadron during World War II.

History

50 Squadron was formed on 1 December 1939 by amalgamating the SAAF's 17, 18 and 19 Squadrons. During the East African Campaign 50 Squadron operated a 'shuttle service' between the warzone in East Africa and South Africa as part of 1 Bomber Transport Brigade. The brigade was re-designated 5 Wing in February 1941, and continued to fly 'shuttle service' flights between the Mediterranean and South Africa until after the war.

The squadron operated Junkers F.13FE, Ju-86Z/K-1 and Ju 52/3M aircraft which had been requisitioned from the South African Airways at the outbreak of war. The eleven Ju 52's were assigned to 51 Flight, operating a shuttle service from Nairobi to Egypt, Middle East and South Africa.

Aircraft

Note: Aircraft type photographs may not necessarily represent aircraft of the same mark or actual aircraft belonging to the squadron. |File:Junkers f13.jpg|Junkers F.13FE 1939-c. 1946 |File:Ju86 Manchukuo Airways M-223.jpg|Ju-86Z/K-1 1939-c. 1946 |File:Junkers Ju52 3m ZS-AFA.jpg|Ju 52/3M 1939-c. 1946

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References

Aviation Pictures ZA. (September 2016). ["SAAF – A pictorial history"](http://www.aviationpics.co.za/morenews.asp?filename=6112010102858.txt }}{{dead link).
Potgieter and Steenkamp (1981), p. 119
"History of the South African Air Force". South African Air Force.

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