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No. 21 Squadron
No. 21 Squadron, RFC, was formed in 1915. In early WWII, No. 21 Squadron, flying Blenheim IVs, played a prominent part in No. 2 Group's offensive against shipping in the English Channel and the North Sea, and fringe targets on the continent. The squadron went to Malta in December 1941, and, flying from Luqa, attacked shipping in the Mediterranean and land targets in North Africa. It was disbanded on 14th March 1942, and re-formed the same day in England. Operating from Methwold, it was one of the squadrons which made the daring low-level attack on the Phillips radio and valve factory at Eindhoven. No. 21 continued daylight operations with Venturas until early September 1943, and soon afterwards converted to the fighter-bomber version of the de Havilland Mosquito. During the remainder of the war it was mainly employed on night bombing, but also took part in several special daylight precision attacks, including those on the Gestapo Headquarters at Aarhus in Denmark on 31st October 1944, and the Gestapo Headquarters at Copenhagen on 21st March 1945. In February 1945 the Squadron moved to France and carried out intruder raids over Germany for the rest of the war and was disbanded on November 1947.
Airfields No. 21 Squadron flew from.
- RAF Sculthorpe, Norfolk from 1st June 1943
- RAF Hunsdon, Hertfordshire from 1st September 1943
- RAF Gravesend, Kent from 1st December 1943
- RAF Thorney Island, Hampshire from 17th April 1944
- Rosieres-en-Santerre from June 1944
List of those who served with No. 21 Squadron during The Second World War
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