No.86 Squadron RAF

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No.86 Squadron RAF
Group Squadron Base County Arrived Comments
16 86 Gosport Hampshire 06/12/40 Formed. Blenheim IV, 12/40.
18 86 Leuchars Fife 02/02/41
16 86 Wattisham Suffolk 03/03/41
16 86 North Coates Lincolnshire 01/06/41 Beaufort I, 06/41. Beaufort II, 12/41.
19 86 St. Eval Cornwall 10/01/42 Beaufort IIa, 02/42.
16 86 North Coates Lincolnshire 21/02/42
18 86 Leuchars Fife 22/02/42
18 86 Wick Caithness 09/03/42 Aircraft and Aircrews to Middle East 17/07/42.
16 86 Thorney Island Hampshire 31/07/42 Liberator III, 10/42.
15 86 Aldergrove County Antrim 18/03/43 Liberator IIIa, 03/43. Liberator V, 04/43.
15 86 Ballykelly Londonderry 04/09/43
Iceland 86 Reykjavik Iceland 24/03/44
18 86 Tain Caithness 28/06/44 Liberator VIII, 03/45. To Transport Command, 08/45.
16 86 Oakington Cambridgeshire 01/08/45 Liberator VI, 08/45. Disbanded 16/04/46.
           
16 86 Ipswich Suffolk 04/03/41 Detachment. Left 28/03/41.
16 86 North Coates Lincolnshire 12/05/41 Detachment. Left 01/06/41.
18 86 Leuchars Fife 12/09/41 Detachment. Left 13/09/41.
19 86 St. Eval Cornwall 13/12/41 Detachment. Left 10/01/42.
16 86 Thorney Island Hampshire 16/02/42 Detachment. Left 16/2/42.
18 86 Skitten Caithness 18/03/42 Detachment. Left 17/07/42.
15 86 Aldergrove County Antrim 18/03/43 Detachment. Left 18/03/43.
18 86 Tain Caithness 05/06/44 Detachment. Left 28/06/44.
Copyright: Ross McNeill August 2000