page_title: No. 62 Squadron RAF
section_title: Aircraft operated
hierarchical_section_title: No. 62 Squadron RAF / Aircraft operated
caption_attribution_description: Royal Air Force Bristol Blenheim Mk.I bombers from No. 62 Squadron in Malaya, in June 1941.
context_page_description: No. 62 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was originally established as a Royal Flying Corps squadron in 1916 and operated the Bristol F2B fighter in France during the last year of the First World War. After the war the squadron was disbanded and it was re-established in 1937 as part of the buildup of the RAF in the late 1930s. During the Second World War the Squadron was deployed to the Far East, operating the Bristol Blenheim from Singapore and Malaya. In 1942 No. 62 Squadron was re-equipped with the Lockheed Hudson and it moved to Sumatra, then Burma and then India. After the close of World War II the squadron disbanded for the second time. It was briefly re-established from 1946 to 1947 as a Dakota squadron and operated out of Burma and India. It final incarnation was as a Bristol Bloodhound missile unit in the early 1960s.
context_section_description: 1917–1919 Bristol F2B Fighter
  1937–1938 Hawker Hind
  1938–1942 Bristol Blenheim I
  1942 Lockheed Hudson III
  1942–1943 Lockheed Hudson III
  1943 Lockheed Hudson VI
  1943–1946 Douglas Dakota
  1946–1947 Douglas Dakota
  1947–1949 Douglas Dakota
  1960–1964 Bristol Bloodhound I
caption: Bristol Blenheim I bombers from 62 Squadron in Malaya, 1941.
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