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See all Archive items | See all wartime losses 626 Squadron was formed from ‘C’ Flight 12 Squadron at RAF Wickenby equipped with Lancasters in November 1943 as part of 1 Group. At the end of the war the squadron flew in Operation Manna, dropping…

RAF Castle Kennedy was located in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland, 5 miles (8 kms) east of Stranraer.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyIn early 1941 the station was developed as an air gunnery school which, during the…

RAF Fiskerton was a Bomber Command station located in Lincolnshire, 5 miles (8 kms) east of Lincoln. See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearbyOpened in January 1943 as part of 5 Group the first occupant was 49 Squadron with…

RAF Hemswell was a Bomber Command station located in Lincolnshire, 8 miles (13 kms) east of Gainsborough.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It was originally built in 1918 and re-opened in 1936 as a bomber station with…

RAF Kelstern was a Bomber Command station located in North Lincolnshire, 5 miles (8 kms) north-west of Louth.See all Archive items | See all wartime losses | Explore nearby It opened in September 1943 as part of 1 Group. 625 Squadron, flying…

RAF Stormy Down (also known as Newton Down) was located in South Wales, 4 miles (6 kms) west of Bridgend.See all Archive items | Explore nearbyIt opened in June 1939 and named as RAF Newton Down but in October 1940 it became RAF Stormy Down. It was…
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