No. 625 Squadron RAF

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No. 625 Squadron RAF was a bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.

Squadron motto was We Avenge.

The squadron was formed on 1 October 1943 at RAF Kelstern from a flight of 100 Squadron. It was equipped with Avro Lancaster, as part of No. 1 Group RAF in Bomber Command.

The squadron carried out night raids against Germany. On 5 April 1945 it moved to RAF Scampton. At the end of the war the squadron flew POW repatriation flights before it was disbanded on 7 October 1945.

[edit] Aircraft Operated

• 1943 - Avro Lancaster I & II

[edit] See also

• List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons

[edit] References

• G G Jefford, RAF Squadrons, second edition 2001, Airlife Publishing, UK, ISBN 1-84037-141-2.