No. 207 Squadron
- Group
- 5 Group
- Home station
- RAF Spilsby
About
No. 207 Squadron reformed in November 1940 in No. 5 Group and has the distinction of having brought the four-engined Avro Manchester into squadron service, working up the troublesome new bomber at RAF Waddington. When the Manchester was abandoned the squadron re-equipped with its far more successful descendant, the Avro Lancaster, in the spring of 1942.
Flying from a series of Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire stations, the squadron became the first occupant of the new airfield at RAF Spilsby in October 1943. It took part in the great battles of the main offensive — the Ruhr, the firestorm raids on Hamburg and the long campaign against Berlin. Its badge, authorised before the war, carried the motto “Always prepared”.
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