No. 625 Squadron
- Group
- No. 1 Group
- Command
- Bomber Command
- Home station
- RAF Kelstern
History
No. 625 Squadron was formed in October 1943 at RAF Kelstern in Lincolnshire, raised from a flight of No. 100 Squadron, and flew the Avro Lancaster in No. 1 Group. It mounted some 209 operations and around 3,500 sorties, mostly night raids against Germany, from Kelstern and — in the last weeks of the war — from RAF Scampton.
Its closing operations were errands of mercy and recovery: dropping food to the Dutch under Operation Manna and bringing prisoners of war and troops home. The squadron’s motto was “We avenge”.