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No. 69 Squadron Royal Air Force   2nd August 1940 New Flight established 13th August 1940 Three aircraft lost 30th August 1940 Relief convoys successful 6th September 1940 First Marylands delivered 27th September 1940 Airfield bombed again 10th October 1940 Malta claims urgent need for reinforcements 17th October 1940 Reconnaissance 2nd November 1940 Navigator saves aircraft and pilot 9th November 1940 Maryland missing 11th November 1940 Operation Judgement 1st January 1941 Tripoli Harbour bombed 11th Jan 1941 Lost on recce mission 12th January 1941 New Squadron designated 18th January 1941 Malta's Airfields bombed 19th January 1941 Reconnaissance Spitfire arrives in Malta 2nd February 1941 Spitfire pilot captured 11th February 1941 Medals awarded 26th February 1941 Attack on Luqa aerodrome 7th March 1941 Reconnaissance aircraft lost 29th March 1941 Malta aircraft crashed in Greece 12th April 1941 Taken prisoner by the French 25th April 1941 Hurricanes used for reconnaissance 28th April 1941 Reconnaissance over Tripoli 7th May 1941 Aircraft lost 11th May 1941 Aircraft destroyed on the ground 27th May 1941 Blenheim lost over Tunisia 3rd June 1941 Blenheim lost 11th June 1941 Invasion postponed? 18th June 1941 Accident 20th June 1941 Attack on airfield 25th June 1941 Convoy attacked 26th June 1941 Bombing role 14th July 1941 Mistaken identity 15th July 1941  Reconnaissance plane lost 25th July 1941 Strike Force created 10th August 1941 Crash 13th August 1941 Aircraft lost on propaganda flight 10th Sept 1941 Medals for Pilots 31st October 1941 Relocated 21st November 1941 Three air raids on Malta 28th November 1941 Tanker attacked 16th December 1941 Air chief salutes pilots 13th January 1942 Aircraft lost in dogfight 15th January 1942 Airmen killed in air raid 28th January 1942 Airman captured 13th of February 1942 Maryland Shot Down Over Malta 11th March 1942 Awards given 17th March 1942 Six air raids on Malta 18th March 1942 Maryland missing 31st March 1942 Aircraft destroyed 5th April 1942 Aircraft lost 14th April 1942 Maryland aircraft missing 18th April 1942 Aircraft destroyed on the ground 20th April 1942 Reconnaissance plane lost 20th April 1942 New Spitfires on Malta destroyed 11th June 1942 New aircraft delivered 15th June 1942 Aircraft lost 25th August 1942 Three aircraft lost 26th August 1942 Flight reallocated 1st Sept 1942 Wellington missing 22nd Sept 1942 Mid-air collision 18th October 1942 A Typical Day 25th October 1942 Air raids on Malta resume 26th Oct 1942 Battle of El Alamein 3rd Nov 1942 Successful attack on convoy 7th November 1942 Wellington lost 9th November 1942 Wellington missing 10th November 1942 Aircraft lost 15th November 1942 Failed to return 23rd November 1942 Merchantman sunk February 1944 Move to Italy 5th April 1944 Move to Britain 12th April 1944 Reconnaissance Ace killed 6th June 1944 Reconaissance over battle front September 1944 Move to France 1st January 1945 Operation Bodenplatte 23rd January 1945 Shot down on reconnaissance 11th May 1945 Crashed at Eindhoven If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Logbooks Do you have a WW2 Flying Log Book in your possession? If so it would be a huge help if you could add logbook entries to our new database. Thank you. View Logbook entries Those known to have served with No. 69 Squadron Royal Air Force during the Second World War 1939-1945. Sheehan DFC. William John Lawrence. P/O. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of No. 69 Squadron Royal Air Force from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 24 years. 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