No. 623 Squadron

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No 623 Squadron was a short-lived heavy-bomber squadron which served with No 3 Group of Bomber Command during the latter half of 1943. It was formed at Downham Market, Norfolk, on 10th August 1943, from a flight of No 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron and was disbanded on 6th December 1943. It was equipped with Short Stirling III aircraft and, in all, operated on 39 nights and flew 150 sorties (81 of them bombing sorties and the rest minelaying sorties) against the enemy; 10 aircraft were lost in these operations. The targets bombed by the squadron were Nuremberg (twice), Turin (twice), Berlin (three times), Munchen-Gladbach, Mannheim (three times), Boulogne, Montlucon, Modane, Hanover (twice), Kassel, Frankfurt (twice), Bremen, Leverkusen, and Bradenburg, near Celle.

Bomber Command WWII Bases: Formed 10.8.43 as No 623(B) Sqn from a flight of No 218 ("Gold Coast") (B) Sqn

• Downham Market, Norfolk Aug 1943-Dec 1943

Bomber Command WWII Aircraft:

• Short Stirling III : Aug 1943-Dec 1943

Code Letters:

• "IC"

First Operational Mission in WWII:

• 10/11th August 1943 : 4 Stirlings bombed Nuremberg.

Last Operational Mission in WWII:

• 4/5th December 1943 : 1 Stirling laid mines in enemy waters.

 

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