RAF West Raynham
Units
Units based at RAF West Raynham included:

RAF West Raynham

Section Title: Units
Table Section Text: Units based at RAF West Raynham included:

Dates	Squadron	Aircraft	Notes

9 May 1939 – 6 July 1941	101 Sqn	Bristol Blenheim	Part of 2 Group

10 May – 13 August 1939, 27 August 3 September 1939, 11 – 14 September 1939	90 Sqn	Blenheim	Training unit

Oct 1939 – March 1941	No 2 Group Target Towing Flight

30 April – 20 May 1940	76 Sqn	Part of 6 Group

30 May – 10 June 1940	139 Sqn	Blenheim

12 June – 9 September 1940	18 Sqn	Blenheim

15 May – 28 June 1941	90 Sqn	Boeing B-17 Fortress I

20–21 June 1941	268 Sqn	Curtiss Tomahawk Lysander	Tactical reconnaissance unit.

19 July – 15 November 1941	No. 1420 Flight

19 July 1941 – 13 November 1942	114 Sqn	Blenheim IV and V	Part of 2 Group

11 September – 19 October 1942	180 Sqn	North American Mitchell II

12 September – 15 October 1942	98 Sqn	North American Mitchell II	Part of 2 Group

1 April – 15 May 1943	342 Sqn	Douglas Boston III	Part of 2 Group

1943 – July 1944	2755 Sqn RAF Regiment	Light anti-aircraft unit

3 December 1943 – 18 January 1944	HQ, 100 Group	No. 100 Group pioneered the use of offensive Electronic Warfare.

4 December 1943 – 3 July 1945	141 Sqn	de Havilland Mosquito	Night Intruder operations in support of bombers, part of 100 Group

10 December 1943 – 1 July 1945	239 Sqn	de Havilland Mosquito	Night Intruder operations in support of bombers, part of 100 Group

25 January – 9 February 1944	No 100 Group Communications Flight

24 January – 21 May 1944	No. 1694 Flight

1 October 1945 – 5 October 1962	Central Fighter Establishment	Gloster Meteor F8 de Havilland Vampire de Havilland Venom Gloster Javelin Hawker Hunter	Day Fighter Leaders School (1 October 1945 – 15 March 1958) All-Weather Wing (3 July 1950 – February 1956) All-Weather Development Sqn (February 1956 – August 1959) All-Weather Fighter Leaders School (July 1950 – 15 March 1958) All-Weather Fighter Combat School (15 March 1958 – 1 July 1962) Day Fighter Combat School (15 March 1958 – 13 November 1962)

20 May 1950 – 1 December 1952	Fighter Command Instrument Training Flt/Sqn

9 September 1960 – 31 March 1963	85 Sqn	Gloster Javelin Mk 8	Part of Fighter Command

1 – 25 April 1963	85 Sqn	Gloster Meteor	Squadron reformed through renaming the Target Facilities Squadron at West Raynham

13 August 1963 – 18 July 1969	1 Sqn	Hawker Hunter FGA9	Part of 38 Group

14 August 1963 – 1 September 1969	54 Sqn	Hawker Hunter FGA9	Part of 38 Group

15 October 1964 – 30 November 1965	Kestrel Evaluation Sqn	Hawker-Siddeley Kestrel	The tripartite training and evaluation unit for the forerunner to the Hawker-Siddeley Harrier "Jump Jet".

1 September 1965 – 31 July 1970	41 Sqn	Bristol Bloodhound (missile)	defence against Soviet bombers

1 February 1966 – 30 June 1967	Fighter Command Trials Unit

1 September 1969 – 13 March 1970	"UK Echelon", 4 Sqn

6 October 1971 – 18 December 1975	Bloodhound Support Unit

1 February 1972 – 5 January 1976	100 Sqn	English Electric Canberra	Target-towing and specialist electronic warfare training unit

1 August – 29 September 1972	45 Sqn	Hawker Hunter	Ground-attack unit

1 July 1983 – January 1991	HQ 6 Wing RAF Regiment	Rapier missile	Short Range Air Defence Missile Unit

19 December 1975 – 1 July 1991	85 Sqn	Bloodhound missile	Medium-range surface-to-air missile

Sentence(s)

Squadrons 180 and 342 were formed at West Raynham.

final_sentence: Squadrons 180 and 342 were formed at West Raynham.