RAF Wattisham
Squadrons at Wattisham between 1949 and 1992

RAF Wattisham

Section Title: Squadrons at Wattisham between 1949 and 1992
Table Section Text: None

Squadron	Equipment	From	To	To	Notes

23	Phantom FGR.2	25 February 1976	30 March 1983	Relocated to Port Stanley, Falkland Islands.

29	English Electric Lightning F.3	10 May 1967	31 December 1974	Disbanded

41	Gloster Javelin FAW 4/5/8	5 July 1958	31 December 1963	Disbanded

56	Hawker Hunter F.5/F.6 EE Lightning F.1A/F.3/F.6 Phantom FGR.2	10 July 1959 21 January 1975 28 June 1976	11 April 1967 28 June 1976 1992	RAF Akrotiri Converted to the Phantom FGR.2 on site Transferred to RAF Coningsby to form the Tornado F.2 & F.3 Operational Conversion Unit

74	Phantom F-4J(UK) Phantom FGR.2.	19 October 1984.	31 October 1992.	Disbanded	Included a Phantom Training Flight between 1 February 1991 and 31 December 1991.

111	Hunter F.6 EE Lightning F.1A/F.3/F.6	18 June 1958	30 September 1974	Disbanded

152	Gloster Meteor NF 12/NF 14	30 June 1954	18 June 1956	RAF Stradishall

257	Meteor F.8 Hunter F.2	27 October 1950 15 January 1957	10 June 1956 31 March 1957	RAF Wymeswold Disbanded

263	Gloster Meteor F.8 Hawker Hunter F.2/F.5 Hawker Hunter F.6	22 November 1950 15 January 1957	10 June 1956 30 August 1957	RAF Wymeswold RAF Stradishall

Sentence(s)

In RAF Wattisham, 152 Squadron was using Meteor night fighters NF 12, and these were added to in 1954.

final_sentence: In RAF Wattisham, 152 Squadron was using Meteor night fighters NF 12, and these were added to in 1954.