Service History

Formed from the nucleus of the King’s Flight in February 1942 and operated as a Special Duties Squadron, delivering supplies and agents to the Resistance units.

Squadron Identity Letters

Stations

AH, NP

Driffield, East Moor, Rufforth, Lissett

Logistics

Operational Performance

Operational Sorties And Losses

Group

Aircraft

Bombing Targets Tasked

Flying Bomb

Leaflets

Total Sorties

Flown

Aircraft Lost

Percent

?

Halifax

Unknown due to poor record keeping during the squadrons existence

786

17

2.20

?

Stirling

379

6

1.60

?

Lysander

266

10

3.80

?

Hudson

179

10

5.60

?

Whitley

139

6

4.30

?

Havoc

139

6

4.30

Totals

Unknown

1974

49

2.80

Of Note:

Lysander and Hudson aircraft were commonly used type to collect agents and this resulted in their high causality rates, due to crashed on being abandoned after becoming bogged down on temporary landing sites

The Lysander along with other types sometimes carried small bomb loads, which they dropped after resistance loads were delivered

The Havoc was involved in landing agents, but the type was found to be unsuitable for such duties and was replaced by the Hudson. Many of the 125 Havoc sorties were flown under the control of Fighter Command from St. Eval

Memorial