No.2 Squadron RAF

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No. 2 Squadron RAF
Group Squadron Base County Arrived Comments
11 2 Hawkinge Kent 03/09/39 Lysander I.
AASF 2 Abbeville/Drucat 29/09/39 Lysander II, 02/40.
AASF 2 Labuissiere 17/05/40
AASF 2 Boulogne France 19/05/40
2 Lympne Kent 20/05/40
2 Bekesbourne 20/05/40
2 Hatfield 08/06/40
2 Cambridge Cambridgeshire 01/08/40 Lysander III, 09/40.
2 Sawbridgeworth 24/10/40
2 Firbeck 19/07/41
2 Sawbridgeworth 23/07/41
2 Weston Zoyland 04/08/41
2 Sawbridgeworth 10/08/41 Tomahawk I, 08/41. Tomahawk II, 08/41.
11 2 Martlesham Heath Suffolk 05/12/41
2 Sawbridgeworth 07/12/41 Mustang I, 04/42.
2 Bottisham 31/01/43
2 Fowlmere 19/03/43
2 Sawbridgeworth 27/04/43
2 Gravesend 16/07/43
2 Odiham 07/08/43
2 Hutton Cranswick Humberside 22/09/43
2 Odiham 06/10/43
2 North Weald Essex 14/11/43
2 Sawbridgeworth 30/11/43
2 North Weald Essex 22/01/44 Mustang Ia, 02/44.
2 Sawbridgeworth 29/02/44
2 Dundonald 11/03/44
2 Sawbridgeworth 24/03/44
2 Gatwick 04/04/44 Mustang II, 06/44.
2 Odiham 27/06/44
2 B10, Plumetot 29/06/44
2 B4, Beny-sur-Mer 14/08/44
2 B27, Boisney 01/09/44
2 B31, Fresnoy-Folny 06/09/44
2 B43, Fort Rouge 11/09/44
2 B61, St Denis-Westrem 27/09/44
2 B70, Deurne 11/10/44
2 B77, Gilze-Rijen 23/11/44 Spitfire XIV, 11/44.
2 B89, Mill 09/03/45
2 B106, Twente 18/04/45
2 B118, Celle 30/05/45
2 B150, Hustedt 17/06/45
2 Warmwell 06/07/45
2 B150, Hustedt 20/07/45
2 B118, Celle 19/09/45 Spitfire XI, 09/45. Spitfire PR19, 01/46.
2 Sylt 10/02/46
2 Celle 05/03/46
2 Sylt 19/08/46
1 Stradishall Suffolk 02/07/58 Reformed by re-numbering No.263 Sqn. Hunter F6, 07/58. Hunter FGA9, 01/60.
1 Waterbeach Cambridgeshire 07/11/61
1 West Raynham Norfolk 13/08/63
1 Wittering Northamptonshire 18/07/69 Harrier GR1, 07/69. Harrier GR3, 11/73.
Copyright: Ross McNeill April 2001