No. 157 Squadron

Royal Air Force

 

Motto:

 

UNKNOWN

 

 

Updated: January 2008

Source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, By Matrin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt

Service History

A Mosquito night-fighter squadron prior to being posted to No. 100 (Bomber Support) Group in May 1944. With the exception of two short period in the summer of 1944 when the squadron was tasked to fly anti-flying bomb (V1) sorties, the squadron carried out intruder operations until the end of the war

 

Squadron Identity Letters

Stations

Unknown

Swannington, West Malling (flying bomb sorties)

 

Logistics

Operational Performance

Operational Sorties And Losses

Group

Aircraft

Bombing Targets Tasked

Flying Bomb

Leaflets

Total Sorties

Flown

Aircraft Lost

Percent

100 GP

Mosquito

174

214

0

1336

5

0.37

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Totals

174

214

0

1336

5

0.37

Of Note:

Claimed: 18 Ju88, 14 Me110, 2 Ju188, 2 He119, 2 FW190 aircraft destroyed

Claimed: 13 German aircraft damaged

Claimed: 39 Flying Bombs (V1) destroyed and 1 damaged

Memorial

Unknown

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