No. 106 Squadron RAF
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No. 106 Squadron RAF was a heavy bomber squadron during the second world war, equipped with Avro Manchesters and Avro Lancasters in 1942, when Guy Gibson, later of Dambusters fame, was a squadron pilot.
[edit] Aircraft operated
- 1918-1919 Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8
- 1919 Bristol F2B Fighter
- 1938 Hawker Hind
- 1938-1939 Fairey Battle
- 1939 Avro Anson I
- 1939-1942 Handley Page Hampden
- 1942 Avro Manchester
- 1942-1946 Avro Lancaster I & III
- 1959-1963 Thor IRBM
[edit] References
- G G Jefford, RAF Squadrons, second edition 2001, Airlife Publishing, UK, ISBN 1-84037-141-2.
[edit] See also
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