Stationed at:
- RAF Stradishall (Suffolk)
- 10/02/1949: Moved to RAF Mildenhall (Suffolk)

Role
- Heavy Bomber Squadron
Command
- No. 3 Group, Bomber Command
Squadron Command
- Commanding Officer:
- Squadron Leader BHD Foster DSO DFC
Strength
- Aircrew
- Commissioned Officers
- Non Commissioned Air Crew
- Ground Personnel
- Commissioned Officers
- Non Commissioned Other Ranks
Activities
Air Crew
- Ground Training (on station and off station)
- Lectures / Courses
- Emergency, Escape, Dinghy and Survival Drills
- “Trade” related Refresher Courses
- Flying Training
- Cross County (using Bomber Command Standard of Navigation), Practice Bombing, GCA, BABS / Rebecca Training, Three-Engine Flying, Circuits and Landings, Air / Sea Firing, Instrument Rating Practice, Ding-Don, Fighter Affiliation, Formation Flying
- Ongoing Assessments, Checks and Classifications
- Station Readiness / Dispersal, Cross Country, Bombing, Air Defence and Fighter Affiliation Exercises
- Fighter Affiliation exercise at Thorney Island (February)
- Attacks on the Firth of Forth and Clyde areas to exercise the Auxiliary Squadrons, ground defences and early warning systems (March)
- Day fighter affiliation exercises with fighters from Duxford (March)
- Exercise with the American fleets off Lands End (April)
- Station Bullseye on Heligoland with live bombs being dropped on Heligoland and simulated bombing (April)
- Exercise Foil which was aimed at testing the fighter defences of Great Britain. Mock attacks were made on London, Leeds, Sheffield and many other industrial areas in the country (June)
- Phase II, Day III of Exercise Foil (July)
- Exercise Verity, the main feature of which was an attack on the combined units of the American and Royal Navy (July)
- Command Exercise the purpose of which was to test the Norwegian defences (September)
- Exercise in affiliation with Anti-Aircraft Command, during which calibration of ground defences was checked (September)
- Exercise ‘Bulldog’, a Bomber Command exercise in which attacks were made on various towns in England (September)
- Command Bullseye attack on Heligoland (September)
- Exercise with the Royal Observer Corps (October)
- Group Night Fighter Affiliation exercises (October)
- Exercise Porcupine (a RAF combined attack on units of the Home Fleet) (November)
- Night Fighter Affiliation exercises (November)
- Command Bullseye attack of Heligoland (November)
- RAF Manston for Photographic Instruction (November)
- Group Night Fighter Affiliation Exercises (December)
- Day Fighter Affiliation Exercises (December)
- Standby Air Sea Rescue
Ground Personnel
- Daily inspection, servicing and preparation of squadron aircraft, in readiness for air operations
- Squadron related Administrative Duties
Aircraft
The squadron was equipped with the following aircraft types (from its own establishment):

AVRO LANCASTER B1 (FE)
Profile (© Malcolm Barrass)

AVRO LINCOLN
On 12th August 1949, the squadron started to re-equip with Avro Lincoln and the squadron aircrew started their Conversion Training
Avro Lincoln Profile (© Malcolm Barrass)
The following links provide more details about the aircraft that were on charge of the squadron: