No. 626 Squadron RAF

No. 626 Squadron RAF was a heavy bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force from 1943 to 1945.

History
The squadron was formed on 7 November 1943 at RAF Wickenby from C Flight of No. 12 Squadron. It operated in the strategic bombing role with the Avro Lancaster. It was disbanded on 14 October 1945, having spent the last months of the war on food droppings (Operation Manna) and transport duties (Operation Exodus), repatriating former prisoners of war and briging British troops home from Italy.

First operational mission
10/11 November 1943
 * 7 Lancasters bombed Modane

Last operational mission
25 April 1945
 * 14 Lancasters bombed Berchtesgaden

Last mission before V.E. day
7 May 1945
 * 19 Lancasters dropped supplies to the Dutch in Rotterdam