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No. 207 Squadron
No 207 Squadron was formed from No 7 Squadron RNAS in East Africa in 1918. It served with the Army of Occupation, re-forming in 1920 and serving in Turkey in 1922. It was one of the few squadrons to remain in place in the interwar years, returning to Britain and joining Bomber Command. It became an OTU in 1940, re-forming again in November 1940 as part of Bomber Command's No 5 Group. No 207 lasted until 1984.
Airfields No. 207 Squadron flew from:
- RAF Cranfield, Berkshire from the 3rd September 1939 (Battle I, Anson I)
- became No 12 OTU the 8th April 1940
- RAF Benson, Oxfordshire from the 8th April 1940
- RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire from the 1st November 1940 (re-formed. Manchester I, Hampden I)
- RAF Bottesford, Leicestershire from the 17th November 1941 (Lancaster I, Lancaster III)
- RAF Langar, Nottinghamshire from the 20th September 1942
- RAF Spilsby, Lincolnshire from the 12th October 1943
List of those who served with No. 207 Squadron during The Second World War
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