Formed:
<= 1916
Disbanded:
Reformed: Oct 1958 (renumbered from 192 Sqn)
Disbanded: still an active RAF
Squadron
Squadron
based at:
Tydd St Mary :: Aug 1917
- May 1919
RAF Dishforth
:: 1938 - 1941
RAF Snaith :: Oct
1942 - Apr 1945
RAF Leconfield ::
Apr 1945 - Aug 1945
RAF Stradishall :: Aug 1945 - RAF
Waddington :: ?? - present
Squadron
code: MH, LK, C6, TB
Aircraft operated:
Avro 504 :: 1916
Stirling Mk IV, Mk V :: Jun 1945 - Jul 1946 Halifax Mk
II, Mk
III
Canberra B2 ::
Nimrod R1 :: ?? -
present
From the late 1950s up to 1076, the Sqn flew ELINT-modified Canberra
B2 and B6 over the Baltic, monitoring Russian transmissions and
recording them onto a tape recorder in the bomb bay.
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