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No. 415 Squadron
No 415 was formed at Thorney Island on the 20th of August 1941. It had a torpedo-bomber role with Coastal Command until July of 1944 when it transferred to No 6 (RCAF) Group of Bomber Command. Under Coastal Command it made bomb and torpedo attacks on enemy shipping, enemy-occupied ports and port installations. In October 1943 No 415 was equipped with Wellingtons and Albacores, tracking down E- and R-boats, and flying night patrols in preparation for the Normandy landings. In the D-Day operations No 415 laid smoke screens for the Allied Naval Forces.
Under Bomber Command, No 415 became a heavy-bomber squadron with Halifax III, attacking Hamburg in late July and ultimately flying 104 missions in its final 9 months.
No 415 was disbanded in May 1945.
Airfields No. 415 Squadron flew from:
- RAF Thorney Island, Hampshire from the 20th August 1941 (formed, Group 16 Coastal Command. Beaufort I, Blenheim IV, Hampden)
- RAF North Coates, Lincolnshire from June 1942
- RAF Wick, Caithness from August 1942
- RAF Leuchars, Fife from September 1942
- RAF Thorney Island from November 1942 (Wellington XIII, albacore I)
- RAF Bricham Newton, Norfolk from November 1943
- RAF East Moor, Yorkshire from the 12th July 1944 (Group 6 Bomber Command. Halifax VII
- disbanded the 15th May 1945
List of those who served with No. 415 Squadron during The Second World War
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