No. 692 Squadron RAF
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
No. 692 Squadron RAF was a bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
The squadron motto was Polus Dum Sidera Pascet (So long as the sky shall feed the stars).
The squadron was formed on 1 January 1944 at RAF Graveley, equipped with Mosquito IV bombers, as part of the Light Night Striking Force of No. 8 Group RAF in Bomber Command. It requipped with the Mosquito XVI bombers in March.
It was the first squadron to carry 4,000lb bombs in Mosquitoes and also carried out minelaying operations. Most operations were at low level including one mission when the squadron dropped 4,000lb bomb into the mouth of tunnels in the Ardennes.
At the end of the war the squadron was disbanded on 20 September 1945 at RAF Gransden Lodge.
[edit] Aircraft Operated
- 1944 - De Havilland Mosquito IV
- 1944 - De Havilland Mosquito XIV
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- No. 692 Squadron RAF movement and equipment history
- History of No. 692 Squadron
- G G Jefford, RAF Squadrons, second edition 2001, Airlife Publishing, UK, ISBN 1-84037-141-2.
 |
This RAF article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
