No. 1 Group
Bomber Command
No. 1 Group was a main-force bomber group of RAF Bomber Command, with its stations concentrated in northern Lincolnshire around the headquarters at Bawtry. It went to war flying Fairey Battles with the Advanced Air Striking Force in France in 1940, then re-formed in England on Wellingtons before converting to the Avro Lancaster, which it operated for the rest of the war. By 1944–45 it was dispatching some of the heaviest bomb loads of any group and was noted for the aggressive ‘tight’ bombing of its squadrons over the Reich.
Squadrons (16)
| Squadron | Name | Home station |
|---|---|---|
| No. 12 Squadron | — | RAF Wickenby |
| No. 100 Squadron | — | RAF Grimsby (Waltham) |
| No. 101 Squadron | — | RAF Ludford Magna |
| No. 103 Squadron | — | RAF Elsham Wolds |
| No. 142 Squadron | — | RAF Binbrook |
| No. 150 Squadron | — | RAF Hemswell |
| No. 153 Squadron | — | RAF Scampton |
| No. 166 Squadron | — | RAF Kirmington |
| No. 170 Squadron | — | RAF Hemswell |
| No. 300 Squadron | (Masovian) Polish | RAF Faldingworth |
| No. 304 Squadron | (Silesian) Polish | RAF Dale |
| No. 460 Squadron | — | RAF Binbrook |
| No. 550 Squadron | — | RAF North Killingholme |
| No. 576 Squadron | — | RAF Fiskerton |
| No. 625 Squadron | — | RAF Kelstern |
| No. 626 Squadron | — | RAF Wickenby |