Service History

Formed in February 1942 within No, 3 Group as a heavy bomber squadron. Transferred to No. 8 (Pathfinder) Group in August 1942 and remained with the Group until the end of hostilities

Squadron Identity Letters

Stations

GT

Alconbury, Warboys, Upwood

Logistics

Operational Performance

Operational Sorties And Losses

Group

Aircraft

Bombing Targets Tasked

Mine Laying Areas Tasked

Leaflets

Total Sorties

Flown

Aircraft Lost

Percent

3 GP

Wellington

38

4

1

346

22

6.40

8 GP

Wellington

40

0

0

305

17

5.60

8 GP

Lancaster

230

0

0

3933

104

2.60

Totals

308

4

1

4584

143

3.10

Of Note:

An additional 16 Lancaster’s destroyed in non-operational crashes

Suffered heavy losses while flying Wellington’s

An Original No. 8 (Pathfinder) Group squadron

Converted to Lancaster’s in January 1943

Flew the most overall sorties and lost Lancaster sorties of an Pathfinder squadrons

In the span of January to April 1944 the squadron lost four Commanding Officers

Memorial

Unknown