Subject Index: RAF Squadrons, Second World War: Nos.1-99

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Second World War

This index includes those RCAF and RAAF squadrons that were under RAF operational command.

Nos.1-99 RAF - Nos.100-200 RAF - Nos.201-299 RAF - Nos.300-361 RAF - RCAF - RAAF - RNZAF - IAF - SAAF - Nos.500-599 RAF - Nos.600-699 RAF - Nos.700-799 FAA - Nos.800-899 FAA - Nos.900-999 Balloon Barrage squadrons - Nos.1700-1863 FAA

No. 1 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Command
No. 2 Squadron (RAF) - Army Cooperation, Tactical Reconnaissance
No. 3 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Command
No. 4 Squadron (RAF) - Army Cooperation, Tactical Reconnaissance
No. 5 Squadron (RAF) - India
No. 6 Squadron (RAF) - Mediterranean
No. 7 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 8 Squadron (RAF) - Middle East (Aden)
No. 9 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 10 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 11 Squadron (RAF) - India, Middle East, Greece
No. 12 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 13 Squadron (RAF) - Army Cooperation, then North Africa and Italy
No. 14 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Squadron then Anti-submarine warfare, Middle East
No. 15 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 16 Squadron (RAF) - Army Cooperation then Tactical Reconnaissance
No. 17 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Command then Far East
No. 18 Squadron (RAF) - Medium Bomber squadron: France, North Africa and Italy
No. 19 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Command
No. 20 Squadron (RAF) - India - army co-operation and ground attack
No. 21 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command, to Coastal Command June 1940-March 1942
No. 22 Squadron (RAF) - Coastal Command 1939-42, Far East 1942-45
No. 23 Squadron (RAF) - Night Fighter, defensive to 1940, intruder from 1940-45
No. 24 Squadron (RAF) - Communications squadron, then Ferry Command
No. 25 Squadron (RAF) - Night Fighter
No. 26 Squadron (RAF) - Army co-operation then tactical reconnaissance and low level intruder duties
No. 27 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter squadron Malaya, then ground attack Burma
No. 28 Squadron (RAF) - Army co-operation then tactical reconnaissance, Burma
No. 29 Squadron (RAF) - Night Fighter
No. 30 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber, Egypt, Greece and Crete, Fighter Greece and Far East
No. 31 Squadron (RAF) - Transport, India
No. 32 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Command 1939-1942, Mediterranean 1942-1945
No. 33 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Squadron - North Africa 1939-1944, Invasion of Europe 1944-1945
No. 34 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber squadron, Singapore; Bomber then Fighter-Bomber squadron, India and Burma
No. 35 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 36 Squadron (RAF) - Torpedo Bomber, Singapore then anti-submarine from India, North Africa, UK
No. 37 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 38 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 39 Squadron (RAF) - Mritime reconnaissance and anti-shipping squadron, Mediterranean.
No. 40 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 41 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Command then 2nd TAF
No. 42 Squadron (RAF) - Coastal Command 1939-42, Bomber then fighter-bomber Burma 1943-45
No. 43 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Command 1939-1942, North Africa and Italy 1942-1945
No. 44 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 45 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber squadron, North Africa, then fighter-bomber squadron, Burma
No. 46 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Command 1939-1941, Mediterranean 1942-1944, Transport Command 1945
No. 47 Squadron (RAF) - East Africa 1939-40, Anti-submarine and shipping 1941-44, Ground attack Burma 1945
No. 48 Squadron (RAF) - Coastal Command 1939-42, Gibraltar 1942-44, Transport Command 1944-45
No. 49 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 50 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 51 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 52 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command then Iraq, the Mediterranean and finally India
No. 53 Squadron (RAF) - Reconnaissance, then Anti-submarine patrols
No. 54 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Command then Australia
No. 55 Squadron (RAF) - Day Bomber, North Africa and Italy
No. 56 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Command, then 2nd Tactical Air Force
No. 57 Squadron (RAF) - Air Component, BEF then Bomber Command
No. 58 Squadron (RAF) - Coastal Command
No. 59 Squadron (RAF) - Reconnaissance then Coastal Command
No. 60 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber then Fighter-Bomber, Far East
No. 61 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 62 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber, then General Reconnaissance, then Air Supply, all Far East
No. 63 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 64 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Command 1939-44, Bomber Escort 1944-45
No. 65 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Command, 2nd Tactical Air Force, then Bomber Escort
No. 66 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Command, 2nd Tactical Air Force
No. 67 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Squadron, India and Burma
No. 68 Squadron (RAF) - Night Fighter
No. 69 Squadron (RAF) - Reconnaissance, Malta then UK
No. 70 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Squadron, North Africa then Italy
No. 71 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Squadron (American crews - 'Eagle' Squadron)
No. 72 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Squadron: Britain 1939-42, North Africa, Italy 1942-45
No. 73 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Squadron: France 1939-40, Britain 1940; North Africa, Italy, Balkans 1940-45
No. 74 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Command, then Middle East, then Normandy and Northern Europe
No. 75 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 76 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 77 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 78 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 79 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Command 1939-1942, Burma 1942-1945
No. 80 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Squadron: Middle East, Greece 1939-44; Northern Europe 1944-45
No. 81 Squadron (RAF) - Communications Squadron 1940; Fighter Squadron Russia, Britain, North Africa, India 1941-45
No. 82 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 83 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 84 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Squadron: Greece, North Africa, Sumatra, 1940-42; Dive-bomber squadron Burma early 1944
No. 85 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Command (Night fighters)
No. 86 Squadron (RAF) - Coastal Command: Convoy Escort, 1941; Minelaying 1941; Anti-shipping strikes 1942, Anti-submarine patrols 1943-45
No. 87 Squadron (RAF) - BEF, France: 1939-May 1940; Fighter Command: 1940-1942; North Africa 1942-43; Italy 1943-45
No. 88 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 89 Squadron (RAF) - Night Fighter: Middle East 1941-1943; Ceylon 1943-44; Burma 1944-45.
No. 90 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 91 Squadron (RAF) - Reconnaissance Squadron 1941, Fighter Squadron 1941-45
No. 92 Squadron (RAF) - Fighter Command,
No. 93 Squadron (RAF) - 'Pandora' Mine night 'fighters': 1940-1941, Fighter Squadron: North Africa, Italy, Southern France: 1942-1945
No. 94 Squadron (RAF)
No. 95 Squadron (RAF)
No. 96 Squadron (RAF) - Transport Command
No. 97 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 98 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command
No. 99 Squadron (RAF) - Bomber Command