Formed:
??
Disbanded:
??
Squadron based
at:
RAF Kirton in Lindsey :: 23 Oct 1940 - 23 Nov 1940
RAF Binbrook ::
May 1965 - Jan 1972
RAF West Raynham :: Jan 1972 -
Aircraft
operated:
Hurricane MkI :: Sep 1939 - Jan 1941
Meteor ::
Canberra ::
85 Sqn moved from Binbrook to West Raynham and split aircraft to re-form
100 Sqn.
When 25 Squadron became a Tornado interceptor unit at Leeming on 1 Oct
89 its Bloodhound bases were inherited by an expanded 85 Squadron: D/85
at Barkston, E/85 at Wattisham and F/85 at Wyton.
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