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See all Archive items | See all wartime losses 462 Royal Australian Air Force Squadron was formed in Egypt in September 1942 with Halifaxes but in March 1944 it was disbanded when serving in Italy. 462 Squadron reformed at RAF Driffield as part of 4…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses 460 Royal Australian Air Force Squadron was formed in November 1941 at RAF Molesworth with Wellingtons. In January 1942 it transferred to RAF Breighton to become the only Australian Squadron in 1 Group.…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses 458 Royal Australian Air Force Squadron was formed in July 1941 in Australia and in August 1941 had moved to RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor as part of 1 Group. Flying Wellingtons it served with Bomber…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses 455 Squadron was the first Royal Australian Air Force Bomber Command Squadron to be formed in the RAF. It originally formed in Australia in May 1941 and transferred to Britain in June 1941 at RAF…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses 429 Squadron was a Canadian squadron formed at RAF East Moor with Wellingtons in November 1942 as part of 4 Group. In April 1943 it transferredto the Canadian 6 Group in April 1943 and in August 1943 it…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses 428 Squadron was a Canadian squadron formed in November 1942 at RAF Dalton as part of 4 Group equipped with Wellingtons. It transferred to the Canadian 6 Group in January 1943 and moved to RAF Middleton…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses 427 Squadron was a Canadian squadron formed in November 1942 at RAF Croft equipped with Wellingtons as part of 4 Group. The station and squadron transferred to the Canadian 6 Group in January 1943 and…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses 426 Squadron was a Canadian squadron formed in October 1942 at RAF Dishforth with Wellingtons as part of 4 Group. The station and squadron transfered to the Canadian 6 Group in January 1943. In June…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses 425 Squadron was a French Canadian squadron formed at RAF Dishforth in June 1942 with Wellingtons as part of 4 Group, transferring to the Canadian 6 Group in January 1943. From May to October 1943 the…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses 424 Squadron was a Canadian squadron formed in October 1942 with Wellingtons at RAF Topcliffe as part of 4 Group, transferring to the Canadian 6 Group the following January. In April 1943 the squadron…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses 420 Squadron was a Canadian squadron formed in December 1941 at RAF Waddington as part of 5 Group. It was initially equipped with Hampdens but converted to Manchesters in April 1942. In August 1942 the…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses 419 Squadron was a Canadian squadron formed in December 1941 at RAF Mildenhall in 3 Group, equipped with Wellingtons. From August to November 1942 it had short spells at RAF Leeming, RAF Topcliffe and…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses 415 Squadron was a Canadian squadron formed in August 1941 in Coastal Command. Initially operating Hampdens in a torpedo-bomber role it later re-equipped with Wellingtons and Albacores. In July 1944 the…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses The squadron was formed with Wellingtons in April 1941 at RAF Driffield as part of 4 Group. It was the first Canadian squadron to join Bomber Command. From June to August 1941 the squadron was at RAF…

RAF Leeming was a Bomber Command station located in Yorkshire, 7 miles (11 kms) south-west from Northallerton. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in June 1940 as part of 4 Group. 10 Squadron arrived in July…

RAF Wyton was a Bomber Command station located in Cambridgeshire, 4 miles (6 kms) north-east from Huntingdon.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It first opened in 1916 but reopened in 1936 as part of 2 Group. 139…

RAF Waterbeach was a Bomber Command station located in Cambridgeshire 5 miles (8 kms) north-east from Cambridge.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in March 1941 as part of 3 Group with the Wellingtons of 99…

RAF Warboys was a Bomber Command station in Cambridgeshire 7 miles (11 kms) north-east of Huntingdon.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby The station opened in August 1942 as part of 3 Group. 156 Squadron moved in with…

RAF Upwood was a Bomber Command station located in Cambridgeshire 7 miles (11 kms) north of Huntingdon.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby Originally opened in 1916 RAF Upwood re-opened in 1937. In September 1939 it was…

RAF Sutton Bridge was located in Lincolnshire, 5 miles (8 kms) north of Wisbech.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyConstruction began in 1926 as a grass airfield for use by units using the Holbeach range and it was taken…

RAF Snaith was a Bomber Command station located in Yorkshire, 7 miles (11 kms) south-west of Goole.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIt opened with tarmac runways in July 1941 as part of 1 Group. 150 Squadron with…

RAF Sandtoft was a Bomber Command training station located in Lincolnshire, 4 miles (6 kms) south-west from Crowle.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIt opened in December 1943 with concrete runways and was part of 1…

RAF Metheringham was a Bomber Command station located in Lincolnshire, 10 miles (16 kms) south-east of Lincoln. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in October 1943 as part of 5 Group. 106 Squadron took up…

RAF Mepal was a Bomber Command station located in Cambridgeshire 7 miles (11 kms) west from Ely.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIt opened in April 1943 as part of 3 Group. Initially it was used by 1665 Heavy Conversion…

RAF Lindholme (also known as Hatfield Woodhouse) was a Bomber Command station located in Yorkshire, 7 miles (11 kms) north-east of Doncaster.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby The station, originally called RAF Hatfield…