No. 625 Squadron
Royal Air Force
Motto:
WE AVENGE
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 1 October 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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Kelstern, Scampton | ||||||
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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 |
191 |
2 |
0 |
3385 |
66 |
1.90 |
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Totals |
191 |
2 |
0 |
3385 |
66 |
1.90 | |
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Of Note: | |||||||
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An additional 8 Lancaster’s destroyed in a non-operational crashes | |||||||
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Memorial | |||||||
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No. 625 Squadron, RAF | |||||||
