No. 104 Squadron

No. 104 Squadron RAF was reformed as an operational night bomber unit at RAF Driffield on 1 April 1941, joining No. 4 Group of Bomber Command and flying Vickers Wellington IIs against targets in occupied Europe. In October 1941 fifteen aircraft were detached to Malta, striking Libyan, Sicilian, and Italian targets before the detachment withdrew to Egypt in early 1942. The squadron spent the remainder of the war in the Mediterranean theatre, advancing westward with the Allied armies across North Africa before relocating to Foggia, southern Italy, at the end of 1943. From Foggia the squadron flew night bombing raids across the Balkans and northern Italy, retaining its Wellingtons — latterly the improved Mark X — until flying its final Wellington sortie on 27 February 1945. It then re-equipped with Consolidated Liberator VIs for the closing months of the war. The squadron disbanded in Egypt on 1 April 1947, having served continuously in the bomber role for the entirety of its wartime existence.