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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 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 42 Squadron began World War Two in Coastal Command as a torpedo bomber squadron equipped with Vildebeests. It converted to Beauforts in April 1940. In June 1942 it transferred, first briefly to North Africa and then to Burma…

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 431 Squadron a Canadian squadron formed in November 1942 as part of 4 Group but transferred to the Canadian 6 Group before it became operational. It was originally based at RAF Burn and equipped with…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses 433 Squadron was a Canadian squadron formed at RAF Skipton on Swale in September 1943. It flew Halifaxes as part of the Canadian 6 Group. It became operational in January 1944 and continued with…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses 434 Squadron was a Canadian squadron formed in June 1943 at RAF Tholthorpe. Flying Halifaxes the squadron was part of the Canadian 6 Group. The squadron moved to RAF Croft in December 1943 and in…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses 44 Squadron was reformed in March 1937 and flew Hampdens from RAF Waddington as part of 5 Group at the start of the war. In December 1941 it was the first squadron to introduce Lancasters to operational…

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 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 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 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 463 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force was formed from ‘C’ Flight of 467 Squadron in November 1943 at RAF Waddington in 5 Group. Although it was a main force squadron fhe RAF Film Unit used three…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses 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…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses In September 1939, 49 Squadron was at RAF Scampton flying Hampdens as part of 5 Group. Having flown more Hampden sorties than any other squadron it converted to Manchesters in April 1942 and then to…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses At the start of the war 50 Squadron was flying Hampdens from RAF Waddington as part of 5 Group. From July 1940 to July 1941 the squadron was based at RAF Lindholme. It then moved to RAF Swinderby until…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses In 1939, 51 Squadron was first at RAF Linton on Ouse and then RAF Dishforth in 4 Group flying Whitleys. Between May and October 1942 the squadron was loaned to Coastal Command. It returned to Bomber…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses 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…

See all Archive items | See all wartime losses 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…