Reformed:
31 Oct 1939, RAF Martlesham
Disbanded:
25 May 1945
Squadron was
based at:
RAF
North Coates :: 29 Feb 1940 - 23 Apr 1940; Sep 1942
- 25 May 1945
Aircraft
operated:
Blenheim MkI, MkIVf
:: - Mar 1941
Beaufort MkI :: Mar
1941 - Aug 1941
Beaufighter MkIc
:: Aug 1941 - Jul 1942
Beaufighter MkVIc
:: Jul 1942 - Jul 1943
Beaufighter MkX ::
Jul 1943 - May 1945
Previously under
Fighter Command, 236 Sqn was transfered to Coastal Command in Feb 1940.
RAF
North Coates and its flying squadrons are now commemorated in a statue
on Cleethorpes seafront. See "A Brief History of the RAF in Lincolnshire"
:: website.
The relevant page is linked directly in the column to the right of this
page.
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