RAF Castle Kennedy was located in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland, 5 miles (8 kms) east of Stranraer.

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In early 1941 the station was developed as an air gunnery school which, during the course of the war, used Blenheims, Hampdens, Wellingtons, Ansons and Bothas with Battles, Defiants, Lysanders and Martinets as target tugs. A Coastal Command torpedo training unit also used the station.

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Opened in January 1943 as part of 5 Group the first occupant was 49 Squadron with Lancasters. In October 1943 the FIDO fog dispersal system was installed and in early 1944 1514 Beam Approach Training Flight flying Oxfords joined 49 Squadron at the station. 49 Squadron moved out when RAF Fiskerton transferred to 1 Group in October 1944 and 576 Squadron moved in with Lancasters until the end of the war. 150 Squadron with Lancasters briefly stayed at the station in October 1944.

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RAF Hemswell was a Bomber Command station located in Lincolnshire, 8 miles (13 kms) east of Gainsborough.

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It was originally built in 1918 and re-opened in 1936 as a bomber station with grass runways. By September 1939 the station was in 5 Group with 61 Squadron and 144 Squadron in residence with Hampdens. The station transferred to 1 Group in July 1941 and RAF Hemswell was occupied by 300 Squadron and 301 Squadron equipped with Wellingtons. Both were Polish squadrons as was 305 Squadron which became resident at the station in July 1942. In June 1943 the station was closed for concrete runways to be laid. It re-opened in January 1944 as home to 1 Lancaster Finishing School until November 1944 when 150 Squadron and 170 Squadron moved in with Lancasters.

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RAF Kelstern was a Bomber Command station located in North Lincolnshire, 5 miles (8 kms) north-west of Louth.

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It opened in September 1943 as part of 1 Group. 625 Squadron, flying Lancasters, took up residence in October 1943, staying until April 1945. 170 Squadron was formed at the station in October 1944 but moved out after only one week. The station closed in 1946.

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RAF Stormy Down (also known as Newton Down) was located in South Wales, 4 miles (6 kms) west of Bridgend.

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It opened in June 1939 and named as RAF Newton Down but in October 1940 it became RAF Stormy Down. It was used as a training station with 7 Air Gunnery School with Whitleys, Battles, Ansons, Defiants and Lysanders. In November 1943, a cine-gun flight was formed with Martinets. The station was closed from February to August 1944 for reinforcing the runways. The station closed in 1946.

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At the start of the war 144 Squadron was stationed at RAF Hemswell in 5 Group and equipped with Hampdens. It moved to RAF North Luffenham in July 1941. Having carried out the most Hampden opertions of any squadron it transferred to Coastal Command in April 1942. It converted to Beaufighters in January 1943 and continued its anti-shipping role until the end of the war.

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At the start of the war 148 Squadron was a training squadron at RAF Stradishall equipped with Ansons and Wellingtons.  It moved in September 1939 to RAF Harwell where it was renumbered 15 Operational Training Unit in April 1940. Subsequently the squadron was reformed in Malta, again with Wellingtons, and saw action in Libya and Egypt. The squadron later operated from Libya and Italy in a Special Duties role equipped with B-24s, Halifaxes, Lysanders and Stirlings supporting resistance movements in southern France, Italy, the Balkans, Greece, Yugoslavia and Poland.

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In September 1939 149 Squadron was stationed at RAF Mildenhall in 3 Group equipped with Wellingtons. In November 1941 the squadron converted to Stirlings and it flew more sorties with the Stirling than any other squadron. From April 1942 to May 1944 the squadron was based at RAF Lakenheath and from May 1944 to the end of the war it was at RAF Methwold where Lancasters replaced the Stirlings in August 1944. The squadron used the Gee-H blind bombing system. At the end of the war it took part in Operation Manna, dropping food to the Dutch and Operation Exodus, repatriating ex-prisoners of war.

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At the start of the war the Battles of 150 Squadron was sent to France as part of the Advanced Air Striking Force. On returning to Britain in June 1940 the squadron was assigned to 1 Group, re-equipped with Wellingtons and spent two weeks at RAF Stradishall before moving to RAF Newton where it stayed until July 1941. The squadron then spent 15 months at RAF Snaith followed by three months at RAF Kirmington. At the end of 1942 the squadron was transferred to North Africa. In November 1944 the squadron was reformed back in 1 Group at RAF Fiskerton as a Lancaster squadron, moving three weeks later to RAF Hemswell for the rest of the war. It took part in Operation Manna, dropping food to the Dutch in the last days of the war.

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189 Squadron reformed at RAF Bardney in October 1944 as part of 5 Group. Operating Lancasters the squadron moved to RAF Fulbeck in November 1944 but returned to RAF Bardney in April 1945 from where it took part in Operation Manna, dropping food to the Dutch, and Operation Exodus repatriating ex-prisoners of war.

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192 Squadron re-formed in January 1943 in 3 Group at RAF Gransden Lodge with Wellingtons, Halifaxes and Mosquitos. By late 1943, via a move to RAF Feltwell, the squadron was at RAF Foulsham in 100 Group deploying electronic and radio countermeasures against German radar defences in order to protect the main bomber force. Two P-38s were also used. Detachments were sent to the Mediterranean and also to Coastal Command.

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195 Squadron first formed as a fighter-bomber squadron with Typhoons from November 1942 to February 1944. The squadron reformed with Lancasters in October 1944 in 3 Group at RAF Witchford before moving to RAF Wratting Common for the remainder of the war. It took part in Operation Manna dropping food to the Dutch.

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196 Squadron was formed at RAF Driffield in November 1942 as part of 4 Group. Moving to RAF Leconfield in December 1942 it was equipped with Wellingtons. In July 1943 the squadron transferred to 3 Group, moved to RAF Witchford in July 1943 and converted to Stirlings. In November 1943 the squadron transferred out of Bomber Command to 38 Group in an airborne support role for the rest of the war. From January to March 1944 it was based at RAF Tarrant Rushton.

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199 Squadron was formed as part of 1 Group at RAF Blyton in November 1942 flying Wellingtons. It moved to RAF Ingham in February 1943 but in June 1943 it transferred to 3 Group at RAF Lakenheath and converted to Stirlings. In May 1944 it transferred again, this time to 100 Group and was stationed at RAF North Creake. It flew radio counter-measure operations initially with its Stirlings but from February 1945 with Halifaxes.

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In September 1939, 207 Squadron was a training squadron equipped with Battles and Ansons at RAF Cranfield. In December 1939 it moved to RAF Cottesmore where it became part of 12 Operational Training Unit in April 1940. The Squadron was re-formed in November 1940 at RAF Waddington as part of 5 Group to bring the new Manchester into operational service. From November 1941 to September 1942 the squadron was based at RAF Bottesford where it converted to Lancasters in March 1942.  The squadron moved to RAF Langar for three weeks in September to October 1943. It then became the first squadron to operate from RAF Spilsby in October 1943 from where it flew until the end of the war.

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487 Royal New Zealand Air Force Squadron was formed at RAF Feltwell in August 1942 equipped with Venturas as part of 2 Group. The squadron moved to RAF Methwold in April 1943 and in June 1943 the unit transferred to the Second Tactical Air Force. Re-equipping with Mosquitos in August 1943 it carried out intruder operations for the rest of the war.

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514 Squadron was formed as part of 3 Group in September 1943 at RAF Foulsham equipped with the radial engined Lancaster Mk 2. The squadron became operational in early November 1943 just before moving to RAF Waterbeach where it stayed until the end of the war. During 1944 the squadron gradually re-equipped with Merlin engined Lancasters and used the Gee-H blind bombing system. In April and May 1945 the squadron took part in Operation Manna, dropping food to the Dutch, as well as Operation Exodus to repatriate ex-prisoners of war.

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515 Squadron was formed in October 1942 in Fighter Command with Defiants equipped for jamming German radar. The squadron converted to Beaufighters in June 1943. 515 Squadron transferred to 100 Group in Bomber Command in December 1943 at RAF Little Snoring to undertake electronic countermeasures. The squadron converted to Mosquitos in February 1944 which it used for intruder operations.

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550 Squadron was formed in November 1943 at RAF Grimsby as part of 1 Group. Equipped with Lancasters it moved to RAF North Killingholme in January 1944 where it stayed until the end of the war. In May 1945 the squadron participated in Operation Manna, dropping food to the Dutch and Operation Exodus, the repatriation of ex-prisoners of war.

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571 Squadron was formed in April 1944 at RAF Downham Market with Mosquitos as part of the Light Night Striking Force in 8 Group. Two weeks later the squadron moved to RAF Oakington where it stayed until the end of the war.

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576 Squadron was formed as part of 1 Group Bomber Command in November 1943 at RAF Elsham Wolds from the ‘C’ Flight of 103 Squadron. It moved to RAF Fiskerton in October 1944. At the end of the war the squadron participated in Operation Manna, dropping food supplies to the Dutch as well as Operation Exodus, repatriating ex-prisoners of war

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578 Squadron was formed in January 1944 at RAF Snaith as part of 4 Group. Equipped with Halifaxes the squadron moved to RAF Burn in February 1944 where it stayed until it was disbanded in April 1945.

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582 Squadron was formed in April 1944 RAF Little Staughton. It flew Lancasters as part of the 8 Group Pathfinder Force. It disbanded in September 1945. At the end of the war the squadron took part in Operation Manna, dropping food to the Dutch and Operation Exodus, repatriating ex-prisoners of war.

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At the start of the war 608 Squadron was in Coastal Command in a maritime reconnaissance role equipped successively with Ansons, Bothas, Blenheims and Hudsons. It was disbanded in Italy on 31 July 1944 but reformed the next day at RAF Downham Market with Mosquitos as part of the 8 Group Light Night Striking Force. The squadron flew the last Bomber Command bombing operation on 2 May 1945.

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Led by Guy Gibson 617 Squadron was formed at RAF Scampton in March 1943 specifically to attack the Eder, Möhne and Sorpe dams with the bouncing bomb invented by Barnes Wallis and carried by modified Lancasters. The squadron was retained as a precision bombing unit and moved, via a spell at RAF Coningsby, to RAF Woodhall Spa in January 1944. Under the leadership of Leonard Cheshire the squadron pioneered low level marking techniques using Mosquitos and a P-51. Modified Lancasters used the 12000 lb Tallboy bomb against the Saumur rail tunnel, submarine pens, V-weapons sites and the Tirpitz. The squadron was the only one to use the 22,000 lb Grand Slam bomb targeting railway viaducts and submarine pens in 1945.

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Artwork                            Text
Map                                Text. Correspondence
Map. Navigation chart and log      Text. Diary
Moving image                       Text. Log book and record book
Photograph                         Text. Memoir
Physical object                    Text. Personal research
Physical object. Clothing          Text. Poetry
Physical object. Decoration        Text. Service material
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