The work of dismantling hangars and packing stores commenced on 2nd September. All aircraft were dispatched to Constantinople by rail and shipped in SS Khartoum. Transport and stores were shipped in SS Winnow. On 5th September both ships sailed for Egypt, quite a feat. On arrival at Alexandria the transport and stores were shipped to Ismailia while the aircraft were entrained to Aboukir where they were assembled, tested and flown to base. It is interesting to see how efficiently and quickly an operational squadron could be moved around even in the early nineteen-twenties.

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Shuttleworth Collection’s Bristol Fighter (D8096) that was flown by 208 Squadron in 1922

Click on the movie player below to watch a YouTube video of the historic mid-air formation
between a 208 Squadron Hawk (XX350) and the Shuttleworth Collection’s Bristol Fighter

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