Welcome to the 617 Sqn Lossiemouth website.

617 Sqn, the Dambusters, is most famous for its 16 May 1943 raid on the strategically important Mohne, Eder and Sorpe dams above the industrial heartlands of Germany's Ruhr valley. The Sqn had been created on 15 May 1943 with this specific task in mind. 8 of the 19 modified Lancaster bombers did not make it back.

In 1982, the Squadron reformed with Tornado GR1s at RAF Marham, initially in the strike role, but latterly in the maritime strike mission based at Lossiemouth.

Number 617 continued to fly the Tornado GR1 until it was replaced by the updated GR4 and it was with these that the squadron carried out the first attacks with the RAF's stand-off weapon - Storm Shadow - during Operation Telic in April 2003.