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No. 61 Squadron RAF

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bombers came in over the mouth of the Thames. Sixteen Pups of No. 61 Squadron took off to intercept them and succeeded in turning the enemy back, but not before two bombs had been dropped near No. 61's hangars on Rochford Aerodrome. In 1918 the squadron was re-equipped with
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in Cornwall, and on the very first occasion that it operated from there, 17 July, a crew captained by Flight Lieutenant PR Casement (Lancaster I R5724) became the first Bomber Command crew to bring back irrefutable evidence that they had destroyed a
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The figure associates the squadron with the district in which it was re-formed in 1937 and where it spent most of its active days in World War II.
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The squadron's last operational mission in World War II was on 25/26 April 1945, when 10 Lancasters bombed an oil refinery and tankerage at
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RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912
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bombers. This was followed on 7/8 March 1940 by the first bombing mission, when one Hampden, during a security patrol of
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at sea, in the form of a photograph showing the U-boat crew in the water swimming away from their sinking vessel.
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Combat Codes: A full explanation and listing of British, Commonwealth and Allied air force unit codes since 1938
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No. 61 Squadron was re-formed on 8 March 1937 as a bomber squadron, and in World War II flew with No. 5 Group,
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Beginning operations with Hampdens, the squadron converted in July 1941 to the more modern
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Thundering Through the Clear Air: No.61 (Lincoln Imp) Squadron at War
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was on 6 May 1945, when the squadron's Lancasters ferried 336 ex-
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on loan to Coastal Command in July and again in August 1942)
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Military units and formations disestablished in the 1950s
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The unit took part in many notable operations including:
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the first big bombing raid on the German mainland (
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No. 61 disbanded on 31 March 1958. 1072: 1065: 1063: 1061: 1059: 4694: 4680: 1339: 1325: 1144: 5228:1917 establishments in the United Kingdom 1124: 111:Learn how and when to remove this message 1056: 325: 1307:Bomber Command page for No. 61 Squadron 5200: 5065:Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment 768: 310:was signed it began to change over to 4988:List of equipment of the RAF Regiment 4675: 1320: 462:for anti-submarine operations in the 5182: 541: 272:and after, until disbanded in 1958. 192:("Thundering through the clear air") 49:adding citations to reliable sources 20: 4889:Princess Mary's RAF Nursing Service 4701: 466:. It was detached from its base in 321: 13: 5213:Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons 5129:Combined Cadet Force (RAF section) 280: 14: 5244: 1295: 1203:Flintham, Vic and Andrew Thomas. 510:in May 1946. These saw action in 506:No. 61 Squadron re-equipped with 318:until disbanded on 13 June 1919. 5181: 5045:Assistant Chief of the Air Staff 1347: 1121:Flintham and Thomas 2003, p. 99. 1112:Bowyer and Rawlings 1979, p. 86. 1103:Flintham and Thomas 2003, p. 50. 1094:Bowyer and Rawlings 1979, p. 12. 534:in 1954. These took part in the 428:just before the crossing of the 413:the successive drainings of the 161: 145: 25: 5139:RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine 5019:List of serving senior officers 1166: 36:needs additional citations for 1115: 1106: 1097: 1088: 285:No. 61 Squadron was formed at 1: 1044: 5208:Royal Flying Corps squadrons 585:Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 498:home to the UK from Europe. 136:8 March 1937 – 31 March 1958 7: 4914:RAF Mountain Rescue Service 4909:RAF Search and Rescue Force 1312:History page on RAF website 1032: 501: 451:of No. 61 Squadron won the 10: 5249: 5070:Warrant Officer of the RAF 4765:Operational Training units 3436:during the First World War 931:RAF Hemswell (Detachment) 395:the first bombing raid on 275: 134:24 Jul 1917 – 13 June 1919 5162: 5114: 5078: 5032: 5014:List of notable personnel 4996: 4958: 4945:Royal Auxiliary Air Force 4937: 4849: 4819: 4811:Satellite Landing Grounds 4793: 4727: 4718: 4709: 4598: 4552: 4540: 4435: 4330: 4294: 4287:Royal Auxiliary Air Force 4285: 4251: 4223: 4135: 4099: 4073: 3996: 3970: 3939: 3916: 3900: 3891: 3876: 3826: 3725: 3489: 3470: 3434:units attached to the RAF 3429: 1643: 1362: 756:English Electric Canberra 528:English Electric Canberra 526:. 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