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摘要

The last unit to operate the Westland Whirlwind was 263 Squadron, which received its first examples in the late summer of 1940 and retained them until December 1943. It spent two years flying from airfields around Dorset, Wiltshire, and Gloucestershire, six months in south Wales, and six months in Devon and Cornwall. Pilots were frequently engaged in attacking enemy airfields, roads and railways in France. The unit also flew strikes against enemy shipping, usually E-boats and armed trawlers, and provided escorts to bombers and convoys.