Subject Index: RAF and Commonwealth Squadrons

Second World War

This index includes those RCAF and RAAF squadrons that were under RAF operational command.

1-200: Regular RAF Squadrons
201-299: Regular RAF Squadrons, mostly originally RNAS units
300-399: RAF Squadrons manned by pilots from occupied countries
400-443: Royal Canadian Air Force
450-467: Royal Australian Air Force
485-490: Royal New Zealand Air Force
500-599: Originally Special Reserve, then Auxiliary Air Force
600-699: First sixteen for Auxiliary Air Force, then used for new squadrons formed during the war.
700-799: Fleet Air Arm second line and catapult flights and squadrons
800-899: Fleet Air Arm first line squadrons
900-999: Balloon Barrage squadrons

No. 1 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Command
No. 2 Squadron (RAF) - Army Cooperation, Tactical Reconnaissance
No. 3 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Command
No. 4 Squadron (RAF) - Army Cooperation, Tactical Reconnaissance
No. 5 Squadron (RAF) - India
No. 6 Squadron (RAF) - Mediterranean
No. 7 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 8 Squadron (RAF) - Middle East (Aden)
No. 9 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 10 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 11 Squadron (RAF) - India, Middle East, Greece
No. 12 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 13 Squadron (RAF) - Army Cooperation, then North Africa and Italy
No. 14 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Squadron then Anti-submarine warfare, Middle East
No. 15 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 16 Squadron (RAF) - Army Cooperation then Tactical Reconnaissance
No. 17 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Command then Far East
No. 18 Squadron (RAF) - Medium Bomber squadron: France, North Africa and Italy
No. 19 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Command
No. 20 Squadron (RAF) - India - army co-operation and ground attack
No. 21 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command, to Coastal Command June 1940-March 1942
No. 22 Squadron (RAF) - Coastal Command 1939-42, Far East 1942-45
No. 23 Squadron (RAF) - Night Fighter, defensive to 1940, intruder from 1940-45
No. 24 Squadron (RAF) - Communications squadron, then Ferry Command
No. 25 Squadron (RAF) - Night Fighter
No. 26 Squadron (RAF) - Army co-operation then tactical reconnaissance and low level intruder duties
No. 27 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter squadron Malaya, then ground attack Burma
No. 28 Squadron (RAF) - Army co-operation then tactical reconnaissance, Burma
No. 29 Squadron (RAF) - Night Fighter
No. 30 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber, Egypt, Greece and Crete, Fighter Greece and Far East
No. 31 Squadron (RAF) - Transport, India
No. 32 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Command 1939-1942, Mediterranean 1942-1945
No. 33 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Squadron - North Africa 1939-1944, Invasion of Europe 1944-1945
No. 34 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber squadron, Singapore; Bomber then Fighter-Bomber squadron, India and Burma
No. 35 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 37 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 38 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 39 Squadron (RAF) - Mritime reconnaissance and anti-shipping squadron, Mediterranean.
No. 40 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 41 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Command then 2nd TAF
No. 42 Squadron (RAF) - Coastal Command 1939-42, Bomber then fighter-bomber Burma 1943-45
No. 43 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Command 1939-1942, North Africa and Italy 1942-1945
No. 44 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 48 Squadron (RAF) - Coastal Command 1939-42, Gibraltar 1942-44, Transport Command 1944-45
No. 49 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 50 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 51 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 52 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command then Iraq, the Mediterranean and finally India
No. 58 Squadron (RAF) - Coastal Command
No. 61 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 63 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 75 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 76 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 77 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 78 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 82 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 83 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 85 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Command (Night fighters)
No. 88 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 90 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 92 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Command,
No. 96 Squadron (RAF) - Transport Command
No. 97 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 98 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 99 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 101 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 102 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 103 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 104 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command, then Middle East, Mediterranean and Italy
No. 105 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 106 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 107 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 108 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command training, then Mediterranean as night bomber and finally night fighter
No. 109 Squadron (RAF) - Experimental Unit then the Pathfinders
No. 110 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command, first in UK and then over Burma
No. 114 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command, then North Africa, Sicily and Italy
No. 115 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 138 Squadron (RAF) - Special Duties
No. 139 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command, Burma and then Pathfinder Force
No. 142 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 144 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command then Coastal Command
No. 148 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command then Mediterranean Air Command mixed Special Duties Squadron
No. 149 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 150 Squadron (RAF) - AASF, Bomber Command, Bomber squadron in North Africa and Italy, then back to Bomber Command
No. 151 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Command 1939-40 then night fighter
No. 157 Squadron (RAF) - First Mosquito night fighter squadron
No. 158 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 161 Squadron (RAF) - Special Duties, No. 3 Group
No. 166 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 169 Squadron (RAF) - Tactical Reconnaissance then Night Fighter Intruder
No. 171 Squadron (RAF) - Tactical Reconnaissance then ECM squadron with No. 100 Group
No. 178 Squadron (RAF) - Mediterranean Air Command Bomber Squadron
No. 185 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command Training Squadron, then Fighter Squadron on Malta from 1941
No. 187 Squadron (RAF) - Transport Command
No. 190 Squadron (RAF) - Coastal Command then Transport/ Glider Towing squadron with No. 38 Group
No. 192 Squadron (RAF) - ECM/ Elint squadron with No. 3, 2 and 100 Group
No. 199 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command then ECM squadron with No. 100 Group
No. 207 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 214 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command, No.100 Group from 1944
No. 215 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command, then India 1942-1945
No. 218 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 226 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command then 2nd Tactical Air Force
No. 246 Squadron (RAF) - Coastal Command then Transport Command
No. 264 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Command - Night Fighter from August 1940
No. 295 Squadron (RAF) - Army Co-operation Command with No. 38 Wing
No. 296 Squadron (RAF) - Glider Tug squadron with No. 38 Group, Allied Expeditionary Air Force
No. 297 Squadron (RAF) - Glider Tug squadron with No. 38 Group, Allied Expeditionary Air Force
No. 298 Squadron (RAF) - Glider Tug squadron of Army Co-operation Command with No. 38 Wing
No. 301 Squadron (RAF) - Polish manned bomber squadron, then Mediterranean Allied Air Forces Special Duties Squadron
No. 346 Free French Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 347 Free French Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command

No. 405 Squadron (RCAF) - Bomber Command
No. 408 Squadron (RCAF) - Bomber Command
No. 410 Squadron (RCAF) - Fighter Command, Night Fighter unit
No. 415 Squadron (RCAF) - Bomber Command
No. 419 Squadron (RCAF) - Bomber Command
No. 420 Squadron (RCAF) - Bomber Command
No. 424 Squadron (RCAF) - Bomber Command
No. 425 Squadron (RCAF) - Bomber Command
No. 426 Squadron (RCAF) - Bomber Command
No. 427 Squadron (RCAF) - Bomber Command
No. 428 Squadron (RCAF) - Bomber Command
No. 429 Squadron (RCAF) - Bomber Command
No. 431 Squadron (RCAF) - Bomber Command
No. 432 Squadron (RCAF) - Bomber Command
No. 433 Squadron (RCAF) - Bomber Command
No. 434 Squadron (RCAF) - Bomber Command

No. 460 Squadron (RAAF) - Bomber Command
No. 462 Squadron (RAAF) - Bomber Squadron, Middle East Command RAAF, then No. 4 Group, finally No.100 Group
No. 466 Squadron (RAAF) - Bomber Command

No. 502 Squadron (RAF) - Coastal Command
No. 511 Squadron (RAF) - Transport Command
No. 517 Squadron (RAF) - Coastal Command, Meteorological Research
No. 518 Squadron (RAF) - Coastal Command
No. 520 Squadron (RAF) - Coastal Command, Gibraltar

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