214 Squadron [entry point]

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214 Squadron [entry point]
214 (Federated Malay States) Squadron [entry point]

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By September 1939, 214 squadron was flying Wellingtons as part of 3 Group stationed at RAF Methwold. From February 1940 to October 1942 the squadron was based at RAF Stradishall, converting to Stirlings in April 1942. From October 1942 to December 1943 the squadron was based at RAF Chedburgh from where it went to RAF Downham Market for a month. In January 1944 the squadron transferred to 100 Group and converted to B-17s in a radio counter-measures role. From January to May 1944 it carried out this role at RAF Sculthorpe but from May 1944 to the end of the war it was based at RAF Oulton.

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“214 Squadron [entry point],” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 29, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/6321.

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