title: No. 530 Squadron RAF
text: No. 530 Squadron RAF was one of the ten Turbinlite nightfighter squadrons of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
  
  History
  No. 530 Squadron was formed at RAF Hunsdon, Hertfordshire on 8 September 1942, from No. 1451 (Turbinlite) Flight, as part of No. 11 Group RAF in Fighter Command. Instead of operating only Turbinlite and -rudimentary- Airborne Intercept (AI) radar equipped aircraft (Havocs and Bostons) and working together with a normal nightfighter unit, such as with 3 Squadron in the Flight, the unit now also flew with their own Hawker Hurricanes. It was disbanded at Hunsdon on 25 January 1943, when Turbinlite squadrons were, due to lack of success on their part and the rapid development of AI radar, thought to be superfluous.
  
  Aircraft operated
  
  Squadron bases
  
  Commanding officers
  
  References
  
  Bibliography
  
  External links
   530 Squadron history on MOD site
   No. 530 Squadron RAF movement and equipment history
   Squadron histories for nos. 521-540 squadron on RafWeb's Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
  
  530 Squadron
  Military units and formations established in 1942