158 Squadron [entry point]

158 Squadron [entry point]

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158 Squadron formed at RAF Driffield in February 1942 from the renumbering of 104 Squadron. Equipped with Wellingtons in 4 Group the squadron moved to RAF East Moor to convert to Halifaxes. A move to RAF Rufforth followed in November 1942 and then to RAF Lissett in February 1943 where the squadron stayed until the end of the war having flown the most Halifax sorties of any squadron in Bomber Command.

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