No. 406 Squadron — Lynx
- Group
- No. 13 Group
- Command
- Fighter Command
In the database: 35 aircraft.
History
No. 406 Squadron formed at Acklington in May 1941 as the RCAF’s first overseas night-fighter squadron. It began with Blenheims but quickly moved to Beaufighters and later Mosquitoes, defending Britain at night and developing intruder operations over enemy territory. By the final months of the war the squadron was flying offensive night work from Cornwall, and it disbanded at Predannack in September 1945.
Photographs
Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter. The first production Beaufighter Mark IIF night fighter, R2270, fitted with dihedral tailplanes and equipped with AI Mark IV radar, in flight. This aircraft served with No. 406 Squadron RCAF.
ⓘ licence & credit
Royal Air Force Official Photographer. / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aircraft_of_the_Royal_Air_Force_1939-1945-_Bristol_Type_156_Beaufighter._MH4560.jpgView source & full licence →Aircraft of the Royal Air Force, 1939-1945-bristol Type 156 Beaufighter Beaufighter Mk V prototype, R2274, at the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, Boscombe Down, Wiltshire. R2274 was one of two Beaufighter Mark IIFs which were converted to Mark Vs by having their conventional armament supplanted by a Boulton-Paul turret mounting four .303 machine guns. It was tested operationally by the Fighter Interception Unit and No. 406 Squadron RCAF, but the turret installation drastically reduced performance and further development was abandoned.
ⓘ licence & credit
Royal Air Force official photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aircraft_of_the_Royal_Air_Force,_1939-1945-bristol_Type_156_Beaufighter_MH4563.jpgView source & full licence →Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. Flight Lieutenant J M Maclennan, the Intelligence Officer of No. 406 Squadron RCAF, hanging aircraft recognition models in his office at Acklington, Northumberland.