No. 4 Group

Bomber Command

No. 4 Group was a main-force bomber group based in Yorkshire, with its headquarters at York. It flew the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley in the first years of the war — including the RAF’s earliest leaflet and bombing sorties over Germany — before becoming the chief operator of the Handley Page Halifax, which equipped almost all of its squadrons. A large proportion of its aircrew were drawn from the Commonwealth, and the group remained a Halifax force to the end of the European war.

Squadrons (10)

SquadronNameHome station
No. 10 Squadron — RAF Melbourne
No. 51 Squadron — RAF Snaith
No. 76 Squadron — RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
No. 77 Squadron — RAF Elvington
No. 78 Squadron — RAF Breighton
No. 102 Squadron Ceylon RAF Pocklington
No. 104 Squadron — RAF Driffield/Eastburn
No. 158 Squadron — RAF Lissett
No. 466 Squadron — RAF Leconfield
No. 578 Squadron — RAF Burn

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