Service History

Formed as part of the Light Night Striking Force (LNSF) within No. 8 (Pathfinder) Group on 1 January 1944 and flew in this role until the end of the war

Squadron Identity Letters

Stations

P3

Gravely

Logistics

Operational Performance

Operational Sorties And Losses

Group

Aircraft

Bombing Targets Tasked

Mine Laying Areas Tasked

Leaflets

Total Sorties

Flown

Aircraft Lost

Percent

8 GP

Mosquito

308

2

0

3237

17

0.50

Totals

308

2

0

3237

17

0.50

Of Note:

The “Fellowship of the Bellows” was a patriotic organization of the Anglo-Argentine businessman and families living in Buenos Aires who raised money for the purchase of aircraft for the RAF. The “Bellows” were to help “raise the wind”

Dropped the first 4,000 lbs bombs by Mosquitoes on Düsseldorf 23/24 February 1944

Memorial

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