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No. 99 Squadron RAF



No. 99 Squadron was formed in England in 1917 from elements supplied by No. 13 Training Squadron, RFC. It was disbanded in India by being renumbered as No. 27 Squadron RAF in 1920. No. 99 Squadron re-formed in 1924 at Netheravon, Wiltshire.

No. 99 (Madras Presidency) Squadron spent most of the Second World War operating the Vickers Wellington, first from Britain and later from India, where it eventually converted to the Liberator.

For the first few months of the war the squadron was engaged in leaflet dropping flights over Germany. Bombing operations began in April 1940, after the German invasion of Norway. The squadron continued to perform bombing operations from Britain until 14 January 1942.

The squadron was then transferred to India, re-forming at Ambala in June 1942, beginning operations by the end of 1942, conducting night raids on Japanese targets in Burma.

The squadron lost its Wellingtons in September 1944, when they were replaced by long range Liberator VIs. During the first half of 1945 they operated these aircraft from Dhubalia (Bengal), before moving to Cocos Island in preparation for the planned invasion of Malaya. The Japanese surrender meant that this invasion never happened, and the squadron disbanded on 15 November 1945 on the Cocos Island (reforming two days later at Lyneham in Yorkshire as a transport squadron).
Airfields No. 99 Squadron RAF flew from.

  • RAF Newmarket, Cambridgeshire. from 3rd to 9th Sept 1939 (Wellington Ia)
  • RAF Elmdon, Warwickshire. from 9th to 15th Sept 1939
  • RAF Newmarket. from 15th Sept 1939 to 18th Mar 1941
  • RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire. from 18th Mar 1941 to Feb 1942
  • Ambala, India. from 6th June to 19th Sep 1942
  • Pandaveswar, India from 19th Sep to 25th Oct 1942
  • Digri, India. from 25th Oct 1942 to 12th Apr 1943
  • Chaklala, India. from 12th Apr to 23rd May 1943
  • Jessore, India. from 23rd May 1943 to 26th Sep 1943
  • Dhubalia, India. from 26th Sept 1944 to 29th Jul 1945
  • Cocos Island from 29th July to 15th Nov 1945

List of those who served with No. 99 Squadron RAF during The Second World War








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