No. 37 Squadron
Royal Air Force
Motto:
WISE WITHOUT EYES
Updated: January 2008
Service History | |||||||
An operational bomber squadron with No. 3 group at the outbreak of the war. Posted to the Middle East in November 1940 | |||||||
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Squadron Identity Letters |
Stations | ||||||
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Feltwell | ||||||
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Logistics |
Operational Performance |
Operational Sorties And Losses | |||||
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Aircraft |
Bombing Targets Tasked |
Mine Laying Areas Tasked |
Leaflets |
Total Sorties Flown |
Aircraft Lost |
Percent |
3 GP |
Wellington |
80 |
0 |
8 |
688 |
15 |
2.20 |
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Totals |
80 |
0 |
8 |
688 |
15 |
2.20 | |
Of Note: | |||||||
6 Wellingtons carried out a shipping sweep of the North Sea on the first day of the war. |
Source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, By Matrin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt