RAF Cammeringham
Squadrons and units posted to RAF Cammeringham (Ingham)

RAF Cammeringham

Section Title: Squadrons and units posted to RAF Cammeringham (Ingham)
Table Section Text: None

Date of arrival	Unit	Notes

July 1940	No indigenous squadrons	Ingham used as an overflow ground for RAF Hemswell aircraft. - (Part of No. 5 Group RAF)

20 June 1941	No. 305 Polish Bomber Squadron	Flying Vickers Wellingtons. Posted to RAF Swanton Morley in August 1943 and became part of the Second Tactical Air Force flying North American Mitchell bombers.

20 June 1941	No. 301 Polish Bomber Squadron	Flying Vickers Wellingtons. Squadron disbanded in July 1943 when crew losses during operations could not be restaffed.

28 May 1942	No. 300 Polish Bomber Squadron	Flying Vickers Wellingtons. Posted to RAF Hemswell for conversion to Avro Lancasters on 31 January 1943.

3 February 1943	No. 199 Squadron RAF	Flying Short Stirlings. Training over The Wash for marine mine-laying operations.

5 June 1943	No. 1687 (Bomber) Defence Training Flight	Flying Hawker Hurricanes. Departed 4 December 1944

20 June 1943	No. 1481 (Bomber) Gunnery Flight	Flying Miles Martinets in a target towing role. Target tugs flown by Polish pilots of No.

22 June 1943	No. 300 Polish Bomber Squadron	Returned from Lancaster training at Hemswell, but still flying Wellingtons. Departed for RAF Faldingworth on 1 March 1944 and were re-equipped with Avro Lancasters

10 March 1944	Night Bomber Tactical Training School	Relocated to RAF Finningley in May 1944

24 November 1944	Station is renamed RAF Cammeringham. - (Control transferred to No. 1 Group RAF)

9 July 1945	No. 16 Polish School of Technical Training	Closed 7 December 1946

14 November 1945	No. 4 (Polish) Aircrew Holding Unit	Closed 7 December 1946

7 December 1946	RAF Cammeringham disestablished and closed down

Sentence(s)

On 3 February 1943, the No. 199 Squadron RAF was flying Short Stirlings while training over The Wash for maritime mine laying operations.

final_sentence: On 3 February 1943, the No. 199 Squadron RAF was flying Short Stirlings while training over The Wash for maritime mine laying operations.