Main Menu

Britain's Royal Air Force Squadrons and Wings

Code	Squadron	Group	Based	Primary Aircraft	Notes
3C³	1 LFS³			Lancaster³
	1 PRU⁵	No 16⁵	Great Britain⁵	Mosquito PR I, Mosquito PR II, Mosquito PR IV⁵
	1 PRU RAAF⁵		Australia⁵	Mosquito FB 40⁵	RAAF⁵
NA⁷	1 Squadron⁷		Labaun Island, Australia⁷; Borneo⁷	Mosqutio FB VI⁷	RAAF⁷
A5³	3 LFS³			Lancaster³
	4 OTU⁹			Sunderland II⁹, Sunderland III⁹
	4 PRU⁵	No 84⁵		Mosquito PR XVI⁵
CE³	5 LFS³			Lancaster³
MG³, XU³	7 Squadron^2,3	No 8^2,3	Oakington^2,3	Lancaster^2,3, Sterling²
	8 Squadron⁸		Khormakser, Aden⁸	Blenheim V⁸
WS³	9 Squadron^2,3	No 5^2,3	Waddington², Bardney^2,3, Lossiemouth²	Lancaster^2,3, Wellington²
PB⁹, RB⁹	10 Squadron⁹		Pembroke Dock⁹; Mount Batten⁹	Sunderland I⁹, Sunderland III⁹	RAAF⁹ Formed September 11, 1939 at Pembroke Dock⁹ 6 U-boats and 1 Italian sub destroyed⁹
	11 Squadron⁸		Feni⁸
GZ³, PH³	12 Squadron^2,3	No 1^2,3	Wickenby^2,3	Lancaster^2,3, Wellington²
OO⁸	13 Squadron⁸		Odiham⁸; Blida, Algeria⁸	Blenheim IV⁸, Blenheim V⁸
	13 Squadron⁸		Aden⁸	Blenheim V⁸	Royal Hellenic⁸
SL⁸	13 OTU⁸		Bicester⁸	Blenheim IV⁸
	14 Squadron⁸		North Africa⁸	Blenheim IV⁸
DJ³, LS^3,8	15 Squadron^2,3,8	No 3^2,3	Mildenhall^2,3	Stirling², Lancaster^2,3
	15 Squadron⁸		Cyrenaica, Libya⁸	Blenheim IVF⁸	SAAF⁸
WV⁸	18 Squadron⁸		Canrobert, Tunisia⁸; Great Massingham⁸	Blenheim IV⁸, Blenheim V⁸
YH^7,8	21 Squadron^7,8	No 2⁷, 2nd TAF⁷		Mosquito⁷
YP⁶	23 Squadron^4,6,8	No 100⁴, Fighter Command⁸	Bradwell Bay⁶; Luqa, Malta⁶	Blenheim IIF⁶, Havoc I⁶, Mosquito⁴, Mosquito II⁶, Blenheim IF⁸	Night Fighters⁶
ZK⁸	25 Squadron^4,8	Fighter Command⁸	North Weald⁸	Mosquito⁴, Blenheim IF⁸
	27 Squadron⁸		Risalpur⁸	Blenheim I⁸
RO⁸	29 Squadron^4,8	No 85⁴	Digby⁸	Mosquito⁴, Blenheim IF⁸
	30 Squadron⁸		Dhibban, Egypt⁸	Blenheim I⁸
	33 Squadron⁹		Townsville, Queensland⁹		RAAF⁹
	34 Squadron⁸		Far East⁸
TL³	35 Squadron^2,3	No 8^2,3	Graveley³	Halifax², Lancaster^2,3	"Madras Presidency"²
XZ⁸	39 Squadron⁸		India⁸; Aden⁸; Singapore⁸	Blenheim I⁸
BL⁸	40 Squadron⁸		Wyton⁸	Blenheim IV⁸
	40 Squadron⁹		Port Moresby⁹		RAAF⁹ Formed March 31, 1944 at Townsville⁹
	41 Squadron⁹		Townsville, Queensland⁹	Sunderland III⁹	RAAF⁹
	41 Squadron⁹		Townsville, Queensland⁹		RAAF sea transport⁹
	42 Squadron⁸		Kumbhirgram, India⁸	Blenheim V⁸
KM³	44 Squadron^2,3	No 5^2,3	Waddington², Spilsby³	Hampden² Lancaster^2,3	"Rhodesia"²
OB^7,8	45 Squadron^7,8		Kumbhirgram, India⁷; Jaori⁷; Matruh, Egypt⁸; Muqueibila, Palestine⁸	Mosquito FB VI⁷, Blenheim I⁸, Blenheim IV⁸
	46 Squadron⁶		Mediterranean⁶	Beaufighter⁶, Beaufighter IF⁶	Night Fighters⁶
KU⁷	47 Squadron⁷		India⁷	Mosquito⁷
EA³	49 Squadron^2,3	No 5^2,3	Scampton², Fiskerton², Fulbeck², Syerston^2,3	Manchester², Lancaster^2,3
VN³	50 Squadron^2,3	No 5^2,3	Skellingthorpe^2,3, Swinderby²	Manchester², Lancaster^2,3
TE⁸, PZ⁸	53 Squadron⁸		Odiham⁸	Blenheim IV⁸
YK⁸	54 OTU⁸	Fighter Command⁸	Church Fenton⁸	Blenheim IF⁸
	55 Squadron⁸		Fuka, Egypt⁸	Blenheim IV⁸
DX³, QT³	57 Squadron^2,3,8	No 5^2,3	Scampton^2,3, East Kirkby^2,3, Upper Heyford⁸	Wellington², Lancaster^2,3, Blenheim I⁸
TR⁸	59 Squadron⁸	Coastal Command⁸
MU⁸	60 Squadron^5,8		Italy⁵; Asansol⁸; Feni⁸	Mosquito PR IX⁵, Mosquito FB VI⁵, Mosquito PR XVI⁵, Blenheim IV⁸	SAAF⁵
QR³	61 Squadron^2,3	No 5^2,3	Syerston², St. Eval², Skellingthorpe^2,3, Coningsby²	Manchester², Lancaster^2,3
PT⁸, FX⁸	62 Squadron⁸		Alor Star, Malaya⁸	Blenheim I⁸
WM⁸	68 Squadron^4,6,8	Fighter Command⁸	East Anglia⁶; High Ercall⁸	Mosquito⁴, Mosquito XVII⁶, Blenheim IVF⁸	Night Fighters⁶
	70 Squadron⁶		Middle East⁶	Wellington⁶
AA³, JN³	75 Squadron^2,3	No 3^2,3	Mepal^2,3	Stirling², Lancaster^2,3	"New Zealand"², NZAF³
VX^7,8	82 Squadron^7,8		India⁷; Watton⁸ Bodney⁸	Mosquito⁷, Blenheim IV⁸
OL³	83 Squadron^2,3	No 8², No 5³	Scampton², Graveley², Coningsby^2,3	Manchester², Lancaster^2,3
PY⁷, VA⁸	84 Squadron^7,8		India⁷; Menidi, Greece⁸; Tatoi, Greece⁸	Mosquito⁷, Blenheim I⁸
	85 Squadron⁴	No 100⁴		Mosquito⁴
	86 Squadron⁵		Australia⁵	Mosquito FB 40⁵, Mosquito PR XVI⁵	RAAF⁵
	87 Squadron⁵		Australia⁵	Mosquito FB 40⁵, Mosquito PR XVI⁵	RAAF⁵
RH⁸	88 Squadron⁸		Attlebridge⁸	Blenheim IV⁸, Boston⁸
	89 Squadron⁶		Castel Benito, Libya⁶; North Africa⁶	Beaufighter IF⁶, Beaufighter VIF⁶	Night Fighters⁶
TW⁸, WP³, XY³	90 Squadron^2,3,8	No 3^2,3	Tuddenham^2,3, Bicester⁸	B-17², Stirling², Lancaster^2,3, Blenheim I⁸
DE⁹, SE⁹	95 Squadron⁹		Freetown, Sierra Leone⁹; Pembroke Dock⁹; Jui⁹; Bathurst⁹	Sunderland I⁹	Formed January 15, 1941 at Oban⁹
	96 Squadron⁴			Mosquito⁴
OF³, ZT³	97 Squadron^2,3	No 5^2,3	Coningsby^2,3, Woodhall Spa², Bourn²	Manchester², Lancaster^2,3	"Straits Settlements"²
HW³	100 Squadron^2,3	No 1^2,3	Grimsby², Elsham Wolds^2,3	Lancaster^2,3
MW³, SR^3,8	101 Squadron^2,3,8	No 1^2,3	Holme-on-Spalding Moor², Ludford Magna^2,3, West Raynham⁸	Wellington², Lancaster^2,3, Blenheim IV⁸
PM³	103 Squadron^2,3	No 1^2,3	Elsham Wolds^2,3	Halifax², Lancaster^2,3
GB^7,8	105 Squadron^7,8	No 2⁷, No 8⁷	Horsham St Faith⁷; Swanton Morley⁸; Lossiemouth⁸	Mosquito B Mk IV⁷, Blenheim⁷, Blenheim IV⁸
ZN³	106 Squadron^2,3	No 5^2,3	Coningsby², Syerston², Metheringham^2,3	Manchester², Lancaster^2,3
OM^7,8	107 Squadron^7,8	No 2⁷, 2nd TAF⁷	Leuchars⁸	Mosquito⁷, Blenheim IV⁸
	108 Squadron⁴		Mediterranean⁴	Mosquito⁴
GB⁷, HS⁷	109 Squadron⁷	No 2⁷, No 8⁷	Wyton⁷	Mosquito B Mk IV⁷, Mosquito B Mk IX⁷
VE^7,8	110 Squadron^7,8		India⁷	Mosquito⁷
AD⁸	113 Squadron⁸		Niamata, Greece⁸; Magwe⁸; Feni⁸	Blenheim IV⁸
FD⁸, RT⁸	114 Squadron⁸		Algeria⁸; Wyton⁸; West Raynham⁸	Blenheim I⁸, Blenheim IV⁸
KO^2,3, A4³, IL³	115 Squadron^2,3	No 3^2,3	East Wretham^2,3, Little Snoring², Witchford^2,3	Wellington², Lancaster^2,3
NH⁹	119 Squadron⁹		Lough Erne⁹; Pembroke Dock⁹	Short S-Class⁹, Short G-Class⁹	Formed March 13, 1941 at Bowmore⁹
	125 Squadron⁴			Mosquito⁴
	126 Squadron¹		Malta¹
M5⁷	128 Squadron⁷	No 8⁷		Mosquito⁷
	132 OTU⁸		East Fortune⁸	Blenheim V⁸
AC^2,3, NF³	138 Squadron^2,3	No 3^2,3	Tuddenham^2,3	Lancaster^2,3
SY⁷	138 Squadron⁷	2nd TAF⁷	Lasham⁷	Mosquito B Mk IV⁷
XD^7,8	139 Squadron^7,8	No 2⁷, No 8⁷	Marham⁷, Horsham St Faith⁷; Plivot, France⁸; Bétheniville⁸	Mosquito B Mk IV⁷, Blenheim IV⁸
YH⁷	140 Squadron^5,7	No 2⁷, 2nd TAF⁷		Mosquito PR IX⁵, Mosquito PR XVI⁵, Mosquito FB VI⁷
	141 Squadron⁴			Mosquito⁴
4H⁷	142 Squadron⁷	No 8⁷		Mosquito⁷
HD⁸, NE⁷	143 Squadron^7,8	Banff Strike Wing⁷, Fighter Command⁸		Mosquito FB VI⁷, Blenheim IVF⁸
OJ^2,3, TK³	149 Squadron^2,3	No 3^2,3	Methwold^2,3	Stirling², Lancaster^2,3	"East India"²
IQ^2,3	150 Squadron²	No 1²	Hemswell²	Lancaster²
	151 Squadron⁴			Mosquito⁴
P4^2,3	153 Squadron^2,3	No 1^2,3	Kirmington², Scampton^2,3	Lancaster^2,3
GT^2,3	156 Squadron^2,3	No 8^2,3	Warboys², Upwood^2,3	Wellington², Lancaster^2,3
	157 Squadron^4,6	No 100⁴	Debden⁶	Mosquito⁴, Mosquito II⁶	Night Fighters⁶
CR⁷	162 Squadron⁷	No 8⁷	Bourn⁷	Mosquito B Mk XXV⁷
	163 Squadron⁷	No 8⁷		Mosquito⁷
GB², AS³	166 Squadron^2,3	No 1^2,3	Kirmington^2,3	Wellington², Lancaster^2,3
	169 Squadron⁴	No 100⁴		Mosquito⁴
TC^2,3	170 Squadron^2,3	No 1^2,3	Kelstem², Dunholme Lodge², Hemswell³	Lancaster^2,3
	185 Squadron¹		Malta¹
AP^2,3, XY^2,3	186 Squadron^2,3	No 3^2,3	Tuddenham², Stradishall^2,3	Lancaster^2,3
CA^2,3	189 Squadron^2,3	No 5^2,3	Bardney², Fulbeck^2,3	Lancaster^2,3
A4^2,3, JE^2,3	195 Squadron^2,3	No 3^2,3	Witchford², Wratting Common^2,3	Lancaster^2,3
NS⁹, ZM⁹	201 Squadron⁹		Castle Archdale⁹; Invergordon⁹; Lough Erne⁹; Pembroke Dock⁹	Sunderland II⁹	Formed April 13, 1940 at Invergordon⁹ 7 U-boats sunk⁹
TQ⁹, AX⁹	202 Squadron⁹		Gibraltar⁹		Formed April 1939 at Kalafrana, Malta⁹ 2 U-boats and 1 Italian Sub destroyed⁹
	203 Squadron⁸		Ben Gardane, Tunisia⁸	Blenheim V⁸	French⁸
RF⁹, KG⁹	204 Squadron⁹		Invergordon⁹; Saro London⁹; Sullom Voe⁹; Reykjavik⁹; Bathurst⁹; Jui⁹	Sunderland I⁹	Formed June 8, 1939 at Mount Batten⁹
FV⁹, KM⁹	205 Squadron⁹		Koggala, Ceylon⁹	Sunderland V⁹	Formed June 1945 at Koggala, Ceylon⁹
EM^2,3	207 Squadron^2,3	No 5^2,3	Bottesford², Langar², Spilsby^2,3	Manchester², Lancaster^2,3
WQ⁹	209 Squadron⁹		Far East⁹ ; Koggala, Ceylon⁹	Sunderland V⁹	Formed February 1945 at Kipevo, Kenya⁹
DA⁹, VG⁹	210 Squadron⁹		Singapore⁹; Tayport⁹; Invergordon⁹; Oban⁹; Penbroke Dock⁹	Sunderland I⁹	Formed June 25, 1938 at Pembroke Dock⁹ 1 Italian sub destroyed⁹
UQ⁸	211 Squadron^7,8		India⁷; Menidi, Greece⁸; Tatoi, Greece⁸	Mosquito⁷, Blenheim I⁸
HA^2,3, XH³	218 Squadron^2,3	No 3^2,3	Methwold², Chedburgh^2,3	Stirling², Lancaster^2,3	"Gold Coast"²
FK⁸	219 Squadron^4,8	No 85⁴, Fighter Command⁸	Catterick⁸	Mosquito⁴, Blenheim IF⁸
	227 Squadron⁶		Luqa, Malta⁶; Libya⁶	Beaufighter VIC⁶	Night Fighters⁶
9J^2,3	227 Squadron^2,3	No 5^2,3	Bardney², Strubby², Balderton^2,3, Strubby²	Lancaster^2,3
TO⁹, BH⁹, NM⁹, DQ⁹	228 Squadron⁹		Kalafrana, Malta⁹; Aboukir⁹; Pembroke Dock⁹; Lough Erne⁹; Alexandria⁹; Bathurst⁹; West Africa⁹; Oban⁹	Sunderland I⁹, Sunderland II⁹, Sunderland III⁹	Formed November 1938 at Pembroke Dock⁹ 7 U-boats and 1 Italian sub destroyed⁹
	229 Squadron¹		Malta¹
NM⁹, FV⁹, 4X⁹	230 Squadron⁹		Seletar, Singapore⁹; Scaramanga⁹; Koggala, Ceylon⁹; Penang⁹; Alexandria⁹; Malta⁹; Suda Bay, Crete⁹; Abouki⁹; Dar-es-Salaam⁹; Akyab⁹; Redhills Lake⁹	Sunderland I⁹, Sunderland III⁹	Formed June 1938 at Seletar⁹ 1 U-boat and 3 Italian subs destroyed⁹
LA^7,8	235 Squadron^7,8	Banff Strike Wing⁷, Coastal Command⁸	Bircham Newton⁸	Mosquito⁷, Blenheim IVF⁸
	237 OTU⁹		Calshot⁹
	237 Squadron⁶		Malta⁶	Beaufighter⁶
	239 Squadron⁴	No 100⁴		Mosquito⁴
BN⁹	240 Squadron⁹				Formed July 1945 at Redhills Lake⁹
	244 Squadron⁸		Mediterranean⁸; Middle East⁸	Blenheim V⁸
OY⁹, VU⁹	246 Squadron⁹		Islay⁹	Sunderland II⁹	Formed September 1, 1942 at Bowmore⁹
OM⁷, WR^7,8	248 Squadron^7,8	Banff Strike Wing⁷	North Coates⁷, Hendon⁸	Mosquito FB VI⁷, Mosquito FB XVIII⁷, Blenheim IF⁸
	249 Squadron¹		Malta¹
QY⁸	254 Squadron⁸	Coastal Command⁸	Aldergrove⁸	Blehheim IVF⁸
	255 Squadron⁴		Italy⁴	Mosquito⁴
	256 Squadron⁴		Mediterranean⁴	Mosquito⁴
	259 Squadron⁹		Dar-es-Salaam⁹	Sunderland V⁹	Formed March 9, 1945⁹
	264 Squadron⁴	No 85⁴		Mosquito⁴
	270 Squadron^8,9		Fuka, Egypt⁸; Apapa, Nigeria⁹	Blenheim IV⁸, Sunderland III⁹	French⁸ Formed December 1943 at Apapa, Nigeria⁹
	272 Squadron⁶		Malta⁶, Sicily⁶	Beaufighter VI⁶	Night Fighters⁶
BH^2,3	300 Squadron^2,3	No 1^2,3	Faldingworth^2,3	Wellington², Lancaster^2,3	"Masovian Polish"²
SM⁷	305 Squadron⁷	No 2⁷, 2nd TAF⁷		Mosquito⁷
	307 Squadron⁴			Mosquito⁴
	308 FTU⁹			Sunderland III⁹	Flying Boat Training Unit⁹
WH⁹	330 Squadron⁹		Sullom Voe⁹; Iceland⁹; Oban⁹; Stavanger⁹	Sunderland III⁹, Sunderland IIIA⁹	Norwegian⁹ Formed February 9, 1943⁹ 2 U-boats destroyed⁹
KK⁷	333 Squadron⁷	Banff Strike Wing⁷		Mosquito⁷	RNZAF⁷
VB⁷	334 Squadron⁷	Banff Strike Wing⁷		Mosquito⁷	RNZAF⁷
	343 Squadron⁹		Dakar⁹; Bathurst⁹; Freetown⁹		French⁹ Formed July 1943⁹
	400 Squadron⁵			Mosquito PR XVI⁵	RCAF⁵
ED⁷	404 Squadron⁷			Mosquito⁷	RCAF⁷
LQ^2,3	405 Squadron^2,3	No 8^2,3	Gransden Lodge^2,3	Halifax², Lancaster^2,3	"Vancouver"², RCAF²
	406 Squadron⁴			Mosquito⁴
EQ^2,3	408 Squadron^2,3	No 6^2,3	Linton-on-Ouse^2,3	Halifax², Lancaster^2,3	"Goose"², RCAF^2,3
KP⁶	409 Squadron^4,6	No 85⁴	Coleby Grange⁶	Beaufighter II⁶, Beaufighter VI⁶, Mosquito⁴	Night Fighters⁶
RA⁶	410 Squadron^4,6	No 85⁴	Castle Camps⁶	Defiant⁶, Mosquito⁴, Mosquito XIII⁶, Mosquito NF XXX⁶	Night Fighters⁶
TH⁶	418 Squadron^4,6		Ford⁶	Boston⁶, Mosquito⁴, Mosquito FB VI⁶	Night Fighters⁶
VR^2,3	419 Squadron^2,3	No 6^2,3	Middleton St George^2,3	Halifax², Lancaster^2,3	"Moose", RCAF^2,3
PT³	420 Squadron^2,3	No 6^2,3	Tholthorpe^2,3	Lancaster^2,3	"Snowy Owl"², RCAF^2,3
DG⁹, YI⁹	422 Squadron⁹		Pembroke Dock⁹; Bowmore⁹; St Angelo⁹; Castle Archdale⁹	Sunderland III⁹	RCAF⁹ Formed April 2, 1942 at Lough Erne⁹ 2 U-boats destroyed⁹
AB⁹	423 Squadron⁹		Castle Archdale⁹		RCAF⁹ Formed May 18, 1942 at Oban⁹ 6 U-boats destroyed⁹
QB³	424 Squadron^2,3	No 6^2,3	Skipton-on-Swale^2,3	Lancaster^2,3	"Tiger"², RCAF^2,3
KW³	425 Squadron^2,3	No 6³	Tholthorpe^2,3	Lancaster^2,3	"Alouette"², RCAF^2,3
OW^2,3	426 Squadron^2,3,6	No 6³	Linton-on-Ouse^2,3	Halifax^2,3, Lancaster²	"Thunderbird"², RCAF^2,3
ZL^2,3	427 Squadron^2,3	No 6^2,3	Leeming^2,3	Lancaster^2,3	"Lion"², RCAF^2,3
NA^2,3	428 Squadron^2,3	No 6^2,3	Middleton St George^2,3	Halifax², Lancaster^2,3	"Ghost"², RCAF^2,3
AL^2,3	429 Squadron^2,3	No 6^2,3	Leeming^2,3	Lancaster^2,3	"Bison"², RCAF^2,3
SE^2,3	431 Squadron^2,3	No 6^2,3	Croft^2,3	Halifax², Lancaster^2,3	"Iroquois"², RCAF^2,3
QO^2,3	432 Squadron^2,3	No 6³	East Moor^2,3	Halifax^2,3, Lancaster²	"Leaside"², RCAF^2,3
BM^2,3	433 Squadron^2,3	No 6^2,3	Skipton-on-Swale^2,3	Lancaster^2,3	"Porcupine"², RCAF^2,3
IP², WL³	434 Squadron^2,3	No 6^2,3	Croft^2,3	Halifax², Lancaster^2,3	"Bluenose"², RCAF^2,3
	454 Squadron⁸			Blenheim IV⁸, Hudson⁸, Baltimore⁸
	456 Squadron^4,6	No 10⁴, No 11⁴	East Anglia⁶	Mosquito⁴, Mosquito XVII⁶	Night Fighters⁶
AR^2,3, UV³	460 Squadron^2,3	No 1^2,3	Breighton², Binbrook^2,3	Wellington²,Halifax², Lancaster^2,3	RAAF²
UT⁹	461 Squadron⁹		Mount Batton⁹; Pembroke Dock⁹; Hamworthy Junction⁹	Sunderland III⁹	RAAF⁹ Formed April 25, 1942 at Mount Batten⁹ 6 U-boats destroyed⁹
PO², JO^2,3	463 Squadron^2,3	No 5^2,3	Waddington^2,3	Lancaster^2,3	RAAF²
SB⁷	464 Squadron⁷	No 2⁷, 2nd TAF⁷		Mosquito FB VI⁷	RAAF⁷
PO^2,3	467 Squadron^2,3	No 5^2,3	Scampton², Bottesford², Waddington^2,3	Lancaster^2,3	RAAF²
EG⁷	487 Squadron⁷	No 2⁷, 2nd TAF⁷		Mosquito FB VI⁷	RNZAF⁷
	488 Squadron⁴	No 85⁴		Mosquito⁴
P6⁷	489 Squadron⁷	Banff Strike Wing⁷		Mosquito⁷	RNZAF⁷
	490 Squadron⁹				RNZAF⁹ Formed March 28, 1943 at Jui⁹
SD⁶	501 Squadron⁶		Bradwell Bay⁶	Tempest V⁶	Night Fighters⁶
JI^2,3, A2^2,3	514 Squadron^2,3	No 3^2,3	Folsham², Waterbeach^2,3	Lancaster^2,3
	515 Squadron⁴	No 100⁴		Mosquito⁴
	521 Squadron⁵		Great Britain⁵	Mosquito PR IV⁵
	540 Squadron⁵		Great Britain⁵	Mosquito PR IV⁵, Mosquito PR IX⁵, Mosquito PR XVI⁵, Mosquito PR 32⁵, Mosquito PR 34⁵
	543 Squadron⁵		Great Britain⁵	Mosquito PR IV⁵
	544 Squadron⁵		Great Britain⁵	Mosquito PR IV⁵, Mosquito PR IX⁵, Mosquito PR XVI⁵
BQ^2,3	550 Squadron^2,3	No 1^2,3	Waltham², North Killingholme^2,3	Lancaster^2,3
8K⁷	571 Squadron⁷	No 8⁷		Mosquito⁷
UL^2,3	576 Squadron^2,3	No 1^2,3	Elsham Wolds^2,3, Fiskerton²	Lancaster^2,3
6O^2,3	582 Squadron^2,3	No 8^2,3	Little Staughton^2,3	Lancaster^2,3
	600 Squadron^4,8	Fighter Command⁸	Italy⁴, Manston⁸	Mosquito⁴, Blenheim IF⁸
YN⁸	601 Squadron^1,8		Malta¹, Hendon⁸	Blenheim IF⁸
	603 Squadron¹		Malta¹
	604 Squadron^4,8	No 85⁴, Fighter Command⁸	Northholt⁸	Mosquito⁴, Blenheim IF⁸
UP⁶	605 Squadron^4,6	No 2⁴	Bradwell Bay⁶	Mosquito⁴, Mosquito FB VI⁶	Night Fighters⁶
6T⁷	608 Squadron⁷	No 8⁷		Mosquito⁷
SY⁷	613 Squadron⁷	No 2⁷, 2nd TAF⁷	Lasham⁷	Mosquito FB VI⁷
	614 Squadron⁸		North Africa⁸	Blenheim V⁸
AJ^2,3, KC³, YJ³	617 Squadron^2,3	No 5^2,3	Scampton², Coningsby², Woodhall Spa^2,3	Lancaster^2,3, Mosquito⁷	Bomber Command⁷
8P⁷	618 Squadron^5,7		Australia⁵	Mosquito PR XVI⁵, Mosquito⁷	Coastal Command⁷
PG^2,3	619 Squadron²	No 5²	Woodhall Spa², Coningsby², Dunholme Lodge², Strubby²	Lancaster²
GI^2,3	622 Squadron^2,3	No 3^2,3	Mildenhall^2,3	Stirling², Lancaster^2,3
CF^2,3	625 Squadron^2,3	No 1^2,3	Kelstern^2,3, Scampton²	Lancaster^2,3
UM^2,3	626 Squadron^2,3	No 1^2,3	Wickenby^2,3	Lancaster^2,3
	627 Squadron⁷	No 5⁷, No 8⁷	Woodhall Spa⁷	Mosquito B Mk IV⁷, Mosquito B Mk XXV⁷
LE^2,3	630 Squadron^2,3	No 5^2,3	East Kirkby^2,3	Lancaster^2,3
F2^2,3	635 Squadron^2,3	No 8^2,3	Downham Market^2,3	Lancaster^2,3
	680 Squadron⁵		Middle East⁵, Mediterranean⁵	Mosquito PR IX⁵, Mosquito PR XVI⁵
	681 Squadron⁵		India⁵	Mosquito PR II⁵, Mosquito PR IV⁵
	682 Squadron⁵		North Africa⁵	Mosquito PR IX⁵
	683 Squadron⁵		Malta⁵	Mosquito PR IV⁵
	684 Squadron⁵		Far East⁵	Mosquito PR II⁵, Mosquito PR VI⁵, Mosquito PR IX⁵, Mosquito PR XVI⁵, Mosquito PR 34⁵
P3⁷	692 Squadron⁷	No 8⁷	Graveley⁷	Mosquito B Mk IV⁷, Mosquito B Mk XVI⁷
QF³	1323 AGLT Flight³			Lancaster³
AE	1409 Met Flt⁷	No 8⁷		Mosquito⁷
	1435 Squadron¹		Malta¹
BS³, QQ³	1651 HCU³			Lancaster³
A3³, H4³, M9³	1653 HCU³			Lancaster³
UG³	1654 HCU³			Lancaster³
	1655 MTU⁷	No 8⁷		Mosquito⁷
BL³, EK³	1656 HCU³			Lancaster³
FD³, RV³	1659 HCU³			Lancaster³
TV³, YW³	1660 HCU³			Lancaster³
GP³, KB³	1661 HCU³			Lancaster³
KF³, PE³	1662 HCU³			Lancaster³
DH³, ZU³	1664 HCU³			Lancaster³
ND³, QY³	1666 HCU³			Lancaster³
GG³, LR³	1667 HCU³			Lancaster³
J9³, K2³	1668 HCU³			Lancaster³
SW³	1678 HCU³			Lancaster³

AGLT: Automatic Gun-Laying Training Flight
HCU: Heavy Conversion Unit
LFS: Lancaster Finishing School
PRU: Photo Reconnaissance Unit
RAAF: Royal Australian Air Force
RCAF: Royal Canadian Air Force
SAAF: South African Air Force

Wings

Hal Far Wing¹
- Location: Malta¹
Luqa Wing¹
- Location: Malta¹
Takali Wing¹
- Location: Malta¹

Sources:

Malta Spitfire Aces, Steve Nichols, 2008
Lancaster Squadrons 1942-43, Jon Lake, 2002
Lancaster Squadrons 1944-45, Jon Lake, 2002
Mosquito Fighter / Fighter - Bomber Units of World War 2, Martin Bowman, 1998
Mosquito Photo-Reconnaissance Units of World War 2, Martin Bowman, 1999
American Nightfighter Aces of World War 2, Andrew Thomas, Warren Thompson, 2008
Mosquito Bomber / Fighter - Bomber Units 1942 - 45, Martin Bowman, 1998
Blenheim Squadrons of World War 2, Jon Lake, 1998
Sunderland Squadrons of World War 2, Jon Lake, 2000

Main Menu

Britain's Royal Air Force Squadrons and Wings

Wings

Top of Page