No. 576 Squadron
Royal Air Force
Motto:
CARPE DIEM
(Seize The Opportunity/Day)
Updated: January 2008
Source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, By Matrin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt
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Service History | |||||||
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Formed in No. 1 Group on 25 November 1943 as a bomber squadron and operated in this role until the end of the war | |||||||
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Squadron Identity Letters |
Stations | ||||||
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UL |
Elsham Wolds, Fiskerton | ||||||
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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 |
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1 GP |
Lancaster |
189 |
2 |
0 |
2788 |
66 |
2.40 |
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Totals |
189 |
2 |
0 |
2788 |
66 |
2.40 | |
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Of Note: | |||||||
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None | |||||||
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Memorial | |||||||
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Unknown | |||||||
