Allied Expeditionary Air Force

RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force

2 Group

137 Wing:
88 Sqn Boston IIIA
342 Sqn Boston IIIA
88, 342(Fr) Sqns
Hartford Bridge, Hants
Boston IIIA
226 Sqn Mitchell II
    
226 Sqn
Hartford Bridge, Hants
Mitchell II

138 Wing:
107, 305(Pol), 613 Sqns
Lasham, Hants
Mosquito VI

139 Wing:
98 Sqn Mitchell II
No 180 Sqn Mitchell II
No 320 Sqn Mitchell II
98, 180, 320(Dutch), Sqns
Dunsfold, Surrey
Mitchell II

140 Wing:
21 Sqn Mosquito VI
464 Sqn Mosquito VI
  
21, 464(RAAF),
487(RNZAF) Sqns
Gravesend, Kent
Mosquito VI

No 83 Group

39 (RCAF) Reconnaissance Wing:

400(RCAF) Sqn
Odiham, Hants
Spitfire XI
168, 414(RCAF),
430(RCAF) Sqns
Odiham, Hants
Mustang I

121 Wing:
174 Sqn Typhoon IB
175 Sqn Typhoon IB
245 Sqn Typhoon IB
174, 175, 245 Sqns
Holmsley South, Hants
Typhoon IB

122 Wing:
19 Sqn Mustang III
 
19, 65, 122 Sqns
Funtington, Sussex
Mustang III

124 Wing:
   
247 Sqn Typhoon IB
181, 182, 247 Sqns
Hurn, Hants
Typhoon IB

125 Wing:
No 132 Sqn Spitfire IX
  
No 602 Sqn Spitfire IX
     
132, 453(RAAF),
602 Sqns
Ford, Sussex
Spitfire IX

126 Wing:
401(RCAF),
411(RCAF),
412(RCAF) Sqns		 Tangmere, Sussex Spitfire IX

127 Wing:
403(RCAF),
416(RCAF),
421(RCAF) Sqns		 Tangmere, Sussex Spitfire IX

129 Wing:
No 184 Sqn Typhoon IB
    
184 Sqn
West Hampnett, Sussex
Typhoon IB

143 Wing:
438(RCAF),
439(RCAF),
440(RCAF) Sqns		 Hurn, Hants Typhoon IB

144 Wing:
441(RCAF),
442(RCAF),
443(RCAF) Sqns		 Ford, Sussex Spitfire IX

Air Observation Posts:
652 Sqn Cobham, Surrey Auster IV
653 Sqn Penshurst, Kent Auster IV
658 Sqn Collyweston, Northants Auster IV
659 Sqn East Grinstead, Sussex Auster IV
662 Sqn Westley, Suffolk Auster IV

No 84 Group

35 Reconnaissance Wing:
2 Sqn Mustang Ia
268 Sqn Mustang Ia
  
2, 268 Sqns
Gatwick, Sussex
Mustang IA
4 Sqn Spitfire IX
    
4 Sqn
Gatwick, Surrey
Spitfire XI

123 Wing:
No 198 Sqn Typhoon IB
609 Sqn Typhoon IB
  
198, 609 Sqns
Thorney Island, Sussex
Typhoon IB

131 Wing:
302 Sqn Spitfire IX
308 Sqn Spitfire IX
  
302(Pol), 308(Pol),
317(Pol) Sqns
Chailey, Sussex
Spitfire IX

132 Wing:
66, 331(Nor),
332(Nor) Sqns		 Bognor, Sussex Spitfire IX

133 Wing:
129, 306(Pol),
315(Pol) Sqns		 Coolham, Sussex Mustang III

134 Wing:
310(Cz), 312(Cz),
313(Cz) Sqns		 Appledram, Sussex Spitfire IX

135 Wing:
222 Sqn Spitfire IX
    
222, 349(Belg),
485(RNZAF) Sqns
Selsey, Sussex
Spitfire IX

136 Wing:
 
No 183 Sqn Typhoon IB
  
164, 183 Sqns
Thorney Island, Sussex
Typhoon IB

145 Wing:
 
No 340 Sqn Spitfire IX
No 341 Sqn Spitfire IX
329(Fr), 340(Fr),
341(Fr) Sqns
Merston, Sussex
Spitfire IX

146 Wing:
193 Sqn Typhoon IB
    
193, 197, 257,
266 Sqns
Needs Oar Point, Hants
Typhoon IB

Air Observation Posts:
660 Sqn Westhanger, Kent
(Advanced Landing Ground)		 Auster IV
661 Sqn Fairchilds, Kent
(Advanced Landing Ground)		 Auster IV


No 85(Base) Group

141 Wing:
91 Sqn West Malling, Kent Spitfire XIV
124 Sqn Bradwell Bay, Essex Spitfire VII
322(Dutch) Sqn Hartford Bridge, Hants Spitfire XIV

142 Wing:
264 Sqn Mosquito XIII
    
264 Sqn
Hartford Bridge, Hants
Mosquito XIII
604 Sqn Hurn, Hants Mosquito XIII

147 Wing:
29 Sqn West Malling, Kent Mosquito XIII

148 Wing:
409(RCAF) Sqn West Malling, Kent Mosquito XIII

149 Wing:
410 Sqn mosquito NF 30
    
410(RCAF) Sqn
Hunsden, Herts
Mosquito XIII
488(RNZAF) Sqn Zeal, Wilts Mosquito XIII

150 Wing:
56 Sqn Newchurch, Kent Spitfire IX
3, 486(RNZAF) Sqn Newchurch, Kent Tempest V

34 Reconnaissance Wing:
16 Sqn Spitfire XI
    
16 Sqn
Northolt, Middlesex
Spitfire XI
140 Sqn Northolt, Middlesex Mosquito IX/XVI
69 Sqn Northolt, Middlesex Wellington XIII

Air Spotting Pool:
26, 63 Sqn Lee on Solent, Hants Spitfire V
808(FAA),
897(FAA) Sqns		 Lee on Solent, Hants Seafire III
885(FAA),
886(FAA) Sqns		 Lee on Solent, Hants Seafire III
1320 Special Duty Flight Lee on Solent, Hants Typhoon


Airborne and Transport Forces

No 38 Group:
295 Sqn Albermarle II
570 Sqn Albermarle II
 Airspeed Horsa
295, 570 Sqns
Garwell, Berks
Albemarle/Horsa
296 Sqn Albermarle V
297 Sqn Abermarle V
Airspeed Horsa
296, 297 Sqns
Brize Norton, Oxford
Albemarle/Horsa
190 Sqn Stirling IV
620 Sqn Stirling IV
Airspeed Horsa
190, 620 Sqns
Fairford, Glos
Stirling IV/Horsa
 
No 299 Sqn Stirling IV
 Airspeed Horsa
196, 299 Sqns
Keevil, Wilts
Stirling IV/Horsa
 
Airspeed Horsa
298, 644 Sqns
Tarrant Rushton, Dorset
Halifax V/Horsa/
Hamilcar

No 46 Group:
Dakota
Dakota
 Airspeed Horsa
48, 271 Sqns
Downey Ampney, Glos
Dakota/Horsa
Dakota
Dakota
 Airspeed Horsa
233 Sqn
Blakehill Farm, Wilts
Dakota/Horsa
Dakota
Dakota
 Airspeed Horsa
512, 575 Sqns
Broadwell, Glos
Dakota/Horsa

RAF Air Defence of Great Britain

No 10 Group:
1 Sqn Spitfire IX
165 Sqn Spitfire IX
  
1, 165 Sqns
Predannack, Cornwall
Spitfire IX
151 Sqn Predannack, Cornwall Mosquito XIII
41 Sqn 'B' Flight,
276 Sqn(A/SR)		 Bolt Head, Devon Spitfire, Warwick, Walrus
126 Sqn Spitfire IX
    
126 Sqn
Culmhead, Somerset
Spitfire IX
131, 616 Sqns Culmhead, Somerset Spitfire VII
263 Sqn Harrowbeer, Devon Typhoon IB
610 Sqn Harrowbeer, Devon Spitfire XIV
68 Sqn Fairwood Common, Glos Beaufighter VIF
406(RCAF) Sqn Winkleigh, Devon Beaufighter VIF,
Mosquito XII
1449 Flight St Mary's, Scillies Hurricane IIB

No 11 Group:
33, 74, 127 Sqns Lympne, Kent Spitfire IX
64, 234, 611 Sqns Deanland, Sussex Spitfire VB
80, 229, 274 Sqns Detling, Kent Spitfire IX
130, 303(Pol),
402(RCAF) Sqns		 Horne, Surrey Spitfire VB
345(Fr) Sqn Shoreham, Sussex Spitfire
'A' Flight 277 Sqn Shoreham, Sussex Spitfire, Sea Otter,
Walrus
350(Belg) Sqn Friston, Sussex Spitfire VB
501 Sqn Friston, Sussex Spitfire IX
137 Sqn Manston, Kent Typhoon IB
605 Sqn Manston, Kent Mosquito VI
96 Sqn West Malling, Kent Mosquito XIII
125(Newfoundland) Sqn Hurn, Hants Mosquito XVII
219 Sqn Bradwell Bay, Essex Mosquito XVIII
'A' Flight 278 Sqn Bradwell Bay, Essex Warwick
456(RAAF) Sqn Ford, Sussex Mosquito XVII
418(RCAF) Sqn Holmsley South, Hants Mosquito VI
275 Sqn Warmwell, Dorset Spitfire, Walrus
'B' Flight 277 Sqn Hawkinge, Kent Walrus, Spitfire
'B' Flight 278 Sqn Martlesham Heath, Suffolk Walrus, Spitfire

No 12 Group:
'A' Flight 504 Sqn Digby, Lincs Spitfire VB
316 Sqn Mustang III
    
316(Pol) Sqn
Coltishall, Norfolk
Mustang III
'B' Flight 504 Sqn Coltishall, Norfolk Spitfire VB
25 Sqn Coltishall, Norfolk Mosquito XVII
307(Pol) Sqn Church Fenton, Yorks Mosquito XII
Fighter Interception Unit Wittering, Northants Beaufighter, Tempest
Mosquito, Mustang

No 13 Group:
'A' Flight 118 Sqn Sumburgh, Shetlands Spitfire VB
'B' Flight 118 Sqn Skeabrae, Orkneys Spitfire VB
309(Pol) Sqn Drem, East Lothian Hurricane IIC

Allied Strategic Air Force

RAF Bomber Command

No 1 Group:
12 Sqn Lancaster I
    
12, 626 Sqns
Wickenby, Lincs
Lancaster I/III
100 Sqn Lancaster I
    
100 Sqn
Grimsby, Lincs
Lancaster I/III
101 Sqn Lancaster
    
101 Sqn
Ludford Magna, Lincs
Lancaster I/III
103 Sqn Lancaster III
    
103, 576 Sqns
Elsham Wolds, Lincs
Lancaster I/III
166 Sqn Lancaster
    
166 Sqn
Kirmington, Lincs
Lancaster I/III
300 Sqn Lancaster I
    
300(Pol) Sqn
Faldingworth, Lincs
Lancaster I/III
460 Sqn Lancaster
    
460(RAAF) Sqn
Binbrook, Lincs
Lancaster I/III
550 Sqn Lancaster III
    
550 Sqn
N Killingholme, Lincs
Lancaster I/III
625 Sqn Kelstern, Lincs Lancaster I/III

No 3 Group:
15 Sqn Lancaster III
    
15, 622 Sqns
Mildenhall, Suffolk
Lancaster I/III
75 Sqn Lancaster I
    
75(RNZAF) Sqn
Mepal, Cambs
Lancaster I/III
115 SQn Lancaster
    
115 Sqn
Witchford, Cambs
Lancaster I/III
514 Sqn Waterbeach, Cambs Lancaster II
90 Sqn Stirling
    
90 Sqn
Tuddenham, Suffolk
Stirling III
Lancaster I/III
149 Sqn Stirling III
    
149 Sqn
Methwold, Norfolk
Stirling III
218 Sqn Stirling I
    
218 Sqn
Woolfox Lodge, Rutland
Stirling III
138 Sqn Halifax II
    
138(Special Duty) Sqn
Tempsford, Beds
Halifax, Stirling
161 Sqn Stirling I
  
161(Special Duty) Sqn
Tempsford, Beds
Hudson, Lysander,
Halifax

No 4 Group:
10 Sqn Halifax III
    
10 Sqn
Melbourne, Yorks
Halifax III
51 Sqn Halifax III
    
51 Sqn
Snaith, Yorks
Halifax III
76 Sqn Halifax III
    
76 Sqn
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorks
Halifax III
78 Sqn Halifax III
    
78 Sqn
Breighton, Yorks
Halifax III
102 Sqn Halifax III
    
102 Sqn
Pocklington, Yorks
Halifax III
158 Sqn Halifax III
    
158 Sqn
Lissett, Yorks
Halifax III
346 Sqn Halifax III
    
346(Fr) Sqn
Elvington, Yorks
Halifax V/III
466 Sqn Halifax III
    
466(RAAF) Sqn
Driffield, Yorks
Halifax III
578 Sqn Burn, Yorks Halifax III
640 Sqn Halifax III
    
640 Sqn
Leconfield, Yorks
Halifax III

No 5 Group:
9 Sqn Lancaster III
    
9 Sqn
Bardney, Lincs
Lancaster I/III
44 Sqn Lancaster I
    
44(Rhodesian),
691 Sqns
Dunholme Lodge, Lincs
Lancaster I/III
49 Sqn Lancaster III
    
49 Sqn
Fiskerton, Lincs
Lancaster I/III
50 Sqn Lancaster III
61 Sqn Lancaster III
  
50, 61 Sqns
Skellingthorpe, Lincs
Lancaster I/III
57 Sqn Lancaster III
    
57, 630 Sqns
East Kirkby, Lincs
Lancaster I/III
106 Sqn Lancaster
    
106 Sqn
Metheringham, Lincs
Lancaster I/III
207 Sqn Lancaster I
    
207 Sqn
Spilsby, Lincs
Lancaster I/III
 
467 Sqn Lancaster I
  
463(RAAF),
467(RAAF) Sqns
Waddington, Lincs
Lancaster I/III
97 Sqn Lancaster I
83 Sqn Lancaster I
  
97, 83 Sqns
Coningsby, Lincs
Lancaster I/III
617 Sqn Lancaster I
    
617 Sqn
Woodhall Spa, Lincs
Lancaster I/III
MosquitoIV
627 Sqn Mosquito VI
    
627 Sqn
Woodhall Spa, Lincs
MosquitoIV

No 6 Group:
408(RCAF) Sqn Linton-on-Ouse, Yorks Lancaster II
419 Sqn Lancaster X
    
419(RCAF) Sqn
Middleton St George, Durham
Lancaster X
428(RCAF) Sqn Middleton St George, Durham Halifax II
Lancaster X
420(RCAF),
425(RCAF) Sqns		 Tholthorpe, Yorks Halifax III
424(RCAF),
433(RCAF) Sqns		 Skipton-on-Swale, Yorks Halifax III
426(RCAF) Sqn Linton-on-Ouse, Yorks Halifax III
427(RCAF),
429(RCAF) Sqns		 Leeming, Yorks Halifax III
431(RCAF),
434(RCAF) Sqns		 East Moor, Yorks Halifax III/VII

No 8 Pathfinder Group:
7 Sqn Lancaster III
    
7 Sqn
Oakington, Cambs
Lancaster I/III
35 Sqn Lancaster
    
35 Sqn
Graveley, Hunts
Lancaster I/III
156 Sqn Lancaster I
    
156 Sqn
Upwood, Hunts
Lancaster I/III
405 Sqn Lancaster
    
405(RCAF) Sqn
Gransden Lodge, Hunts
Lancaster I/III
582 Sqn Lancaster BI
    
582 Sqn
Little Staughton, Hunts
Lancaster I/III
635 Sqn Lancaster III
    
635 Sqn
Downham Market, Norfolk
Lancaster I/III
105 Sqn Bourn, Cambs Mosquito IX
109 Sqn Little Staughton, Hunts Mosquito IX/XVI
139 Sqn Upwood, Hunts Mosquito
571 Sqn Oakington, Cambs Mosquito XVI
692 Sqn Graveley, Hunts Mosquito IV/XVI

No 100(BS) Group:
85(BS) Sqn Swannington, Norfolk Mosquito XIX
141(BS), 239(BS) Sqns West Raynham, Norfolk Mosquito VI
157(BS) Sqn Swannington, Norfolk Mosquito XVII
169(BS) Sqn Gt Massingham, Norfolk Mosquito II
23(BS), 515(BS) Sqns Little Snoring, Norfolk Mosquito VI
214(BS) Sqn Oulton, Norfolk Fortress II, III
192(BS) Sqn Foulsham, Norfolk Wellington X,
Halifax III,
Mosquito VI
199 Sqn North Creake, Norfolk Stirling III
223 Sqn Oulton, Norfolk B-24 Liberator BVI

RAF Coastal Command

No 15 Group:
59, 120 Sqns Ballykelly, Londonderry Liberator V
422(RCAF),
423(RCAF) Sqns		 Castle Archdale, Fermanagh Sunderland III
811(RCAF) Sqn Limavady Swordfish, Wildcat

No 16 Group:
143 Sqn Manston, Kent Beaufighter X
848(FAA) Sqn Manston, Kent Avenger
819(FAA) Sqn Manston, Kent Swordfish
236, 254 Sqns North Coates, Lincs Beaufighter X
455 Sqn Beaufighter X
    
455(RAAF),
489(RNZAF) Sqns
Langham, Norfolk
Beaufighter X
Part 415(RCAF) Sqn Bircham Newton, Norfolk Wellington XIII
854(FAA),
855(FAA) Sqns		 Hawkinge, Kent Avenger

No 18 Group:
86 Sqn Tain, Ross and Cromarty Liberator
210 Sqn Sullom Voe, Shetlands Catalina IV
330(Nor) Sqn Sullom Voe, Shetlands Sunderland III
Part 333(Nor) Sqn Sumburgh, Shetlands Mosquito
Part 333(Nor) Sqn Leuchars, Fifeshire Mosquito VI
Part 333(Nor) Sqn Woodhaven, Fifeshire Catalina IB
1693 Flight Skitten, Caithness Anson

No 19 Group:
 
404 Sqn Beaufighter X
  
144, 404(RCAF) Sqns
Davidstowe Moor, Cornwall
Beaufighter X
235 Sqn Portreath, Cornwall Beaufighter X
248 Sqn Portreath, Cornwall Mosquito VI
58, 502 Sqns St David's, Pembs Halifax II
53, 224, 547 Sqns St Eval, Cornwall Liberator V
206 Sqn St Eval, Cornwall Liberator VI
311(Cz) Sqn Predannack, Cornwall Liberator V
179 Sqn Predannack, Cornwall Wellington XIV
10(RAAF) Sqn Mount Batten, Devon Sunderland III
201, 228,
461(RAAF) Sqns		 Pembroke Dock, Pembs Sunderland III
172, 304(Pol),
407(RCAF), 612 Sqns		 Chivenor, Devon Wellington XIV
524 Sqn Davidstowe Moor, Cornwall Wellington XIII
816(FAA) Sqn Perranporth, Cornwall Swordfish II
849(FAA),
850(FAA) Sqns		 Perranporth, Cornwall Avenger I
838(FAA) Sqn Harrowbeer, Devon Swordfish

No 106 (Photo Reconnaissance) Group:
No 541 Sqn Spitfire XI
No 542 Sqn Spitfire XI
  
541, 542
Benson, Oxfordshire
Spitfire XI
No 540 Sqn Mosquito
No 544 Sqn Mosquito
540, 544
Benson, Oxfordshire
Mosquito IX / XIV

 
Date Last Updated : Wednesday, September 22, 2004 3:55 PM

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