No. 192 Squadron
- Group
- No. 100 Group (Bomber Support)
- Command
- Bomber Command
- Home station
- RAF Foulsham
In the database: 2 aircraft · 3 service members · 2 sorties.
History
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.