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Squadron profiles from the second world war era of the Royal Air Force.
Featured Squadron
102 Squadron
“Ceylon”
Tentate et Perficite — Attempt and achieve
How 102 Squadron served in the main Bomber Command offensive, flying Whitleys and Halifaxes in the sustained night war over Germany.
disbanded
View squadron → Formed 1 August 1917
Disbanded 27 April 1963
Final base RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire
Final aircraft Handley Page Halifax
Era First World War · Formation & Interwar · Second World War · Cold War
Squadron Index · 8 squadrons
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29 Squadron Captain <a href="https://theroyalairforcechronicle.co.uk/people/james-mccudden/">James McCudden</a> VC served with 29 Squadron in the First World War and was awarded the Victoria Cross for repeated conspicuous bravery and combat success, gazetted in April 1918.
74 Squadron Single-seat fighter squadron later employed in air defence, fighter-bomber operations and, in its final incarnation, reserve fast-jet training.–1918 “1 July 1917”
303 Squadron Polish-manned fighter squadron of RAF Fighter Command, best known for its combat effectiveness in the Battle of Britain.–Battle of Britain, 1940 Defence of London and south-east England, 1940 Fighter sweeps and offensive patrols over occupied Europe, 1941–1944 “disbanded”
617 Squadron Ruhr 1943 Dams Raid 1943 France and Germany 1944–1945 Biscay Ports 1943–1944 Tirpitz 1944 Baltic 1944–1945 Channel and North Sea 1944–1945 Gulf 1991 Iraq 2003 Afghanistan 2009–2014 “21 March 1943”
11 Squadron <a href="https://theroyalairforcechronicle.co.uk/aircraft/eurofighter-typhoon/">Eurofighter Typhoon</a> FGR4
19 Squadron Western Front, 1916–1918 Somme, 1916 Arras Ypres, 1917 Somme, 1918 Amiens Hindenburg Line Dunkirk Home Defence, 1940–1942 Battle of Britain, 1940 Channel & North Sea, 1941–1942 Fortress Europe, 1942–1944 Dieppe Normandy, 1944 Arnhem France & Germany, 1944–1945 “1 September 1915”