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No. 195 Squadron Royal Air Force    No. 195 Squadron was formed at RAF Duxford on 16 November 1942 using Hawker Typhoon aircraft. After a long training phase the squadron became operational at RAF Ludham with the Typhoon operating offensive sorties and from the end of the year was involved with operations using the Typhoons as bombers. The squadron was disbanded at RAF Fairlop on 15 February 1944. 195 Squadron moved from Witchford to Wratting Common on the 13th November 1944 having re-formed as recently as 1 October 1944 from a nucleus of 'C' Flight of 115 Squadron. 195 Squadron, under the command of W/Cdr. D. H. Burnside DFC and Bar, consisted of three Flights: 'A' Flight, commanded by S/Ldr W. L. Farquharson DFC; 'B' Flight, under F/Lt. D. Ft. Forster; and 'C' Flight, which was not quite ready for operations, under S/Ldr. H. E. Prager DFC. Part of No. 3 Group it operated the Avro Lancaster in the heavy bomber role and operated from RAF Wratting Common until the end of the war in Europe. At the end of the European war the squadron was involved in supply drops over the Netherlands and transporting Prisoners of War to the UK from Germany and Italy. The squadron was disbanded for the final time on 14 August 1945. Airfields No. 195 Squadron flew from: RAF Witchford, Cambridgeshire from the 1st October 1944 (re-formed. Lancaster I, Lancaster III) RAF Wratting Common, Cambridgeshire from the 13th November 1944 disbanded the 14th August 1945   16th November 1942 New Squadron formed 19th November 1942 New Squadron relocated 30th November 1942 Pilots and aircraft arrive 13th December 1942 More aircraft delivered 25th December 1942 Christmas dinners 21st January 1943 Typhoons publically unveiled 26th January 1943 Squadron fund established 29th January 1943 Civilian worker killed 12th February 1943 Dining with the WAAF 18th February 1943 Crashed in training 21st February 1943 Church Parade 8th March 1943 Operational 9th March 1943 Critical injuries 15th March 1943 Escape Exercise 23rd March 1943 Injured pilot out of danger 9th April 1943 Killed in low flying exercise 30th April 1943 Shortage of servieable aircraft 13th May 1943 Aircraft to be abandoned 14th May 1943 Air sea search 15th May 1943 Squadron's first victory 18th May 1943 Reinforcements 22nd May 1943 New Typhoons delivered 9th June 1943 Attachment 29th June 1943 Reduced to 4 aircraft 6th July 1943 Station Commander missing 8th July 1943 Another pilot killed in low flying accident 13th July 1943 Night flying practice 15th July 1943 A.S.R. search 20th July 1943 Bombing practice 24th July 1943 Incredible escape at sea 27th July 1943 First bombing op 29th July 1943 Sitting around 30th July 1943. Shipping patrol 6th August 1943 Pilot saved from burning aircraft 11th August 1943 Night armed recce 15th August 1943 Pilot missing over Holland 21st August 1943 Typhoon Squadron relocated 31st August 1943 Long-range Rhubarb 4th September 1943 Killed in flying accident 6th September 1943 Fw190 inspected 24th September 1943 Typhoon squadron moves on 26th September 1943 Escort duty 10th November 1943 Coastal installations bombed 22nd October 1943 Not much activity 26th October 1943 Royal cover 7th November 1943 Baled out over France 9th November 1943 Ops from Manston 11th November 1943 Escort duty 25th November 1943 Bombphoon ops 29th November 1943 Walk back to base 4th December 1943  4th January 1944 Christmas at Hutton Cranswick 7th January 1944 Noball attack cancelled 10th January 1944 Ditched pilot missing 18th January 1944 Poor spirits 27th January 1944 New C.O. 1st February 1944 Typhoons handed over 8th February 1944 No aircraft 15th February 1944 Typhoon Squadron disbanded 17th February 1944 New Flight Commander 7th October 1944 New aircrews arrive 1st October 1944 New Lancaster Squadron formed 14th October 1944 Flight of 115 Squadron transfers to 195. 15th October 1944 New Flight Commander missing 21st October 1944 Operations 25th October 1944 Independently Operational 26th October 1944 Bombing accurate 28th October 1944 Two operations 31st October 1944 Strength of Squadron 1st November 1944 New Squadron's first op 2nd November 1944 Two Lancasters lost 4th November 1944 Lancasters drop bombs on each other? 13th November 1944 Bomber Squadron Moved 23rd November 1944 Lancaster lost in unexplained fire 12th December 1944 Four Lancasters lost 31st December 1944 Gunner bales out 13th January 1945 Bomber crew survive 18-27th January 1945 No Ops due to weather 22nd February 1945 Gunner killed 8th March 1945 Air crew murdered 14th March 1945 Gunner killed 29th April 1945 Operation Manna 29th April 1945 Operation Manna 9-23rd May 1945 Repatriation of PoW's 25th May 1945 Sight-seeing flights 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. 195 Squadron Royal Air Force during the Second World War 1939-1945. Gardner Ernest Rodney. F/Lt. Morey Mervyn Langdon. Flt.Sgt. (d.4th November 1944) Whitcombe DFC. Sydney. 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. 195 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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If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the War? Our Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. We are now on Facebook. Like this page to receive our updates. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to WW2. We would like to obtain digital copies of any documents or photographs relating to WW2 you may have at home. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII second 1939 1945 battalion Did you know? We also have a section on The Great War. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. Want to know more about No. 195 Squadron Royal Air Force? There are:2085 items tagged No. 195 Squadron Royal Air Force available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War. Flt.Sgt. Mervyn Langdon Morey 195 Squadron (d.4th November 1944) Mervyn Morey served as a wireless operator air gunner. Kelvin Mclachlan Add to this record. Sydney Whitcombe DFC. 195 Squadron My father Sydney Whitcombe did not talk much about his experiences of his service in the RAF. He was a navigator for the 195 Squadron and received the DFC for his bravery. Interestingly enough he was at first a conscientious objector when war broke out, later joining the RAF having spent most of the initial years dragging bodies from bombed buildings in London. I have a photograph of him and some of his crew with their names but would love to find out more about anyone connected to the 195 squadron and any other photographs. The names of the crew members were: Frank Wilcock (wireless operator) Len Parsons (bomber) ‘Paddy’ (air gunner) Stan Renaut (air gunner) Sally Childs Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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