No. 38 Squadron
Royal Air Force
Motto:
ANTE LUCEM
(Before The Dawn)
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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Marham | ||||||
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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 |
88 |
0 |
3 |
659 |
7 |
1.10 |
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Totals |
88 |
0 |
3 |
659 |
7 |
1.10 | |
Of Note: | |||||||
An operational bomber squadron at the outbreak of war | |||||||
Suffered unusually low causalities rate for a bomber squadron during the early months of the war |
Source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, By Matrin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt