No. 192 Squadron

Group
100 Group
Home station
RAF Foulsham

About

No. 192 Squadron was a specialist electronic-intelligence unit, reformed in January 1943 from No. 1474 Flight at RAF Gransden Lodge as a “special” squadron. Its aircraft — among them specially fitted Vickers Wellingtons, de Havilland Mosquitoes and Handley Page Halifaxes — flew not to drop bombs but to listen, recording the frequencies and characteristics of German radar and radio so that they could be jammed or countered.

Moving first to RAF Feltwell and then to RAF Foulsham, the squadron became part of No. 100 (Bomber Support) Group, the formation that waged the electronic war over Germany. Its reconnaissance of the enemy’s defences helped protect the night bomber force from radar detection and interception. When the war ended the squadron was disbanded to form the basis of the post-war Central Signals Establishment.

Sources: This page was compiled from publicly available historical sources, including History of War — No. 192 Squadron (RAF) in the Second World War and Wikipedia: No. 192 Squadron RAF. The text is original and has been written from factual source material; no source text has been copied unless specifically quoted and attributed.

Photographs

AWM caption : England, Norfolk, Foulsham. A HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX AIRCRAFT FROM EITHER 462 SQUADRON RAAF OR 192 SQUADRON RAF, BEING TOWED ALONG A TAXI WAY BY A DAVID BROWN TRACTOR. A 462 SQUADRON HALIFAX AIRCRAFT (LEFT) HAS VERTICAL YELLOW IDENTIFYING STRIPES ON THE TAIL FIN.
ⓘ licence & creditHines, Ronald Maxwell / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Halifaxes_at_Foulsham_AWM_P01523.013.jpgView source & full licence →
AWM caption : A Handley Page Halifax bomber (DT-A), 192 Squadron RAF, operating out of Foulsham, England.
ⓘ licence & creditnot stated / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:192_Squadron_RAF_Halifax_WWII_AWM_045271.jpgView source & full licence →
AWM caption : England, Norfolk, Foulsham. NOSE ART, 'SLEEPY GAL', ON A HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX B MARK III AIRCRAFT (DT-G) OF 192 SQUADRON RAF.
ⓘ licence & creditHines, Ronald Maxwell / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:192_Squadron_RAF_Halifax_Sleepy_Gal_AWM_P01523.018.jpgView source & full licence →
AWM caption : A HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX B MK III AIRCRAFT, 'B FOR BABE', OF 192 SQUADRON RAF IN THE HANGAR FOR SERVICE.
ⓘ licence & creditHines, Ronald Maxwell / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:192_Squadron_RAF_Halifax_B_for_Babe_AWM_P01523.029.jpgView source & full licence →

No service records linked to this squadron yet. Aircraft, crews and sorties will appear here soon.

Further reading & sources

External sites — facts only are reused here; their text and images remain their authors'.