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No. 692 Squadron RAF was a light bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.

No. 692 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Squadron RAF
Active1 January 1944 – 20 September 1945
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
RoleLight Bomber Squadron
Part ofNo. 8 Group RAF, Bomber Command
Nickname(s)Fellowship of the Bellows
Motto(s)Latin: Polus Dum Sidera Pascet
(Translation: "So long as the sky shall feed the stars")[1][2]
Commanders
Notable
commanders		S/Ldr. (then) S.D. Watts, the first pilot to drop a 4,000 lbs "Cookie".[1]
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldryIn front of a pair of wings conjoined in base, a dagger, point downwards[1][2]
Squadron CodesP3 (Jan 1944 – Jun 1945)[3][4][5]
Aircraft flown
Bomberde Havilland Mosquito

History


Loading a 4,000-lb Cookie onto a Mosquito B Mk IV at RAF Graveley
Loading a 4,000-lb "Cookie" onto a Mosquito B Mk IV at RAF Graveley

The squadron was formed on 1 January 1944 at RAF Graveley, Huntingdonshire as a light bomber unit,[2] equipped with Mosquito Mk.IV bombers, as part of the Light Night Striking Force of No. 8 Group RAF in Bomber Command. It re-equipped with Mosquito Mk.XVI bombers from March 1944 and by June 1944 the squadron had completely switched over to the newer variant.[2][6]

It was the first squadron to carry 4,000 lb bombs in Mosquitos,[1] used in an attack on Düsseldorf.[7] The squadron was also the first Mosquito unit to carry out minelaying operations.[7] Most operations were at low level, including one mission when the squadron dropped 4,000 lb bombs into the mouth of tunnels in the Ardennes.[1] At the end of the war the squadron was disbanded on 20 September 1945 at RAF Gransden Lodge, Cambridgeshire.[2][8] The squadron had carried out 3,237 operational sorties (though one source claims a far lower number of sorties, 1,457[9]) for the loss of 17 aircraft.[10]


Aircraft operated


Aircraft operated by no. 692 Squadron RAF, data from[2][6][8]
FromToAircraftVariant
January 1944June 1944de Havilland MosquitoMk.IV
March 1944September 1945de Havilland MosquitoMk.XVI

Commanding officers


Though bearing the squadron marlings of 571 Squadron here, this aircraft, Mosquito Mk.XVI ML963, was first issued to 109 Squadron on 9 March 1944, going on to 692 squadron on the 24 of the same month.
Though bearing the squadron marlings of 571 Squadron here, this aircraft, Mosquito Mk.XVI ML963, was first issued to 109 Squadron on 9 March 1944, going on to 692 squadron on the 24 of the same month.
Officers commanding no. 692 Squadron RAF, data from[9]
FromToName
January 1944March 1944W/Cdr. W.G. Lockhart, DSO, DFC
March 1944July 1944W/Cdr. S.D. Watts, DFC (RNZAF)
July 1944September 1945W/Cdr. J. Northrop, DFC, AFC

Squadron Airfields


Stations and airfields used by No. 692 Squadron RAF, data from[2][6][8]
FromToNameRemark
1 January 19444 June 1944RAF Graveley, HuntingdonshireFormed here
4 June 194420 September 1945RAF Gransden Lodge, CambridgeshireDisbanded here

See also



References



Notes


  1. Moyes 1976, p. 291.
  2. Halley 1988, p. 457.
  3. Bowyer & Rawlings 1979, p. 84.
  4. Bowyer 1984, p. 142.
  5. Flintham & Thomas 2003, p. 96.
  6. Moyes 1976, p. 292.
  7. Bowyer 1984, p. 132.
  8. Jefford 2001, p. 106.
  9. Bowyer 1984, p. 135.
  10. Falconer 2003, p. 257.

Bibliography




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