Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle - Operators

Operators

Soviet Union

• Twelve aircraft were exported to the Soviet Union (two more lost in transit).
• Transport arm of 1st Air Division, later 10th Guards Air division (to 1944); naval air units until retirement in 1945.

United Kingdom

Royal Air Force

• No. 161 Squadron RAF - Albemarle I from October 1942 to April 1943 at RAF Tempsford.
• No. 271 Squadron RAF operated one aircraft at Doncaster between October 1942 and April 1943.
• No. 295 Squadron RAF - Albemarle I from November 1943 to July 1944 at RAF Hurn and then RAF Harwell. Albemarle II from October 1943 to July 1944 at RAF Hurn and then RAF Harwell. Albemarle V from April 1944 to July 1944 at RAF Harwell.
• No. 296 Squadron RAF - Albemarle I from January 1943 to October 1944 at RAF Hurn, RAF Stoney Cross including operations in North Africa. Albemarle II from November 1943 to October 1944 at RAF Hurn and then RAF Brize Norton. Albemarle V from April 1944 to October 1944 at RAF Brize Norton. Albemarle VI from August 1944 to October 1944 at RAF Brize Norton.
• No. 297 Squadron RAF - Albemarle I from July 1943 to December 1944 at RAF Thruxton, RAF Stoney Cross and then RAF Brize Norton. Albemarle II from February 1943 to December 1944 at RAF Stoney Cross and then RAF Brize Norton. Albemarle V from April 1944 to December 1944 at RAF Brize Norton. Albemarle VI from July 1944 to December 1944 at RAF Brize Norton.
• No. 511 Squadron RAF - Albemarle I from November 1942 to March 1944 at RAF Lyneham.
• No. 570 Squadron RAF - Albemarle I from November 1943 to August 1944 at RAF Hurn and then RAF Harwell. Albemarle II from November 1943 to August 1944 at RAF Hurn and then RAF Harwell. Albemarle V from May 1944 to August 1944 at RAF Harwell.
• No. 1404 Flight RAF used three aircraft at RAF St Eval from September 1942 to March 1943
• No. 1406 Flight RAF used two aircraft at RAF Wick from September to October 1942.
• No. 13 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Finmere (two aircraft between October 1942 and April 1943)
• No. 42 Operational Training Unit RAF at RAF Ashbourne from September 1943 to February 1845.
• Heavy Glider Conversion Unit at RAF Brize Norton and RAF North Luffenham from January to April 1943 and August 1944 to October 1944 when it became No. 21 Heavy Glider Conversion Unit.
• No. 21 Heavy Glider Conversion Unit at RAF Brize Norton from 1944, moved to RAF Elsham Wolds in December 1945 and withdrew the last operational Albemarles in February 1946.
• No. 22 Heavy Glider Conversion Unit at RAF Keevil and RAF Blakehill from October 1944 to November 1945.
• No. 23 Heavy Glider Conversion Unit at RAF Peplow from October to December 1944.
• No. 3 Glider Training School operated eight Albemarles at RAF Exeter between January and August 1945.
• No. 301 Ferry Training Unit operated four Albemarles at RAF Lyneham from November 1942 to April 1943.
• No. 305 Ferry Training Unit bases at RAF Errol from January 1943 to train Soviet Air Force crews, disbanded in April 1944.
• Torpedo Development Unit at Gosport used one aircraft between April and September 1942
• Telecommunications Flying Unit at RAF Defford used one aircraft during May 1943,
• Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment at RAF Ringway and RAF Sherburn-in-Elmet between May 1942 and October 1944.
• Coastal Command Development Unit used two aircraft at RAF Tain between September and December 1942.
• Central Gunnery School at RAF Sutton Bridge used one aircraft between September and November 1942.
• Bomber Development Unit used three aircraft at RAF Gransden Lodge between August and November 1942.
• Operation Refresher Training Unit at RAF Hampstead Norris from May 1944 to February 1945

Aircraft were also operated for tests and trials by aircraft companies, the Royal Aircraft Establishment, and Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment. One was operated by De Havilland Propellers for research into reversing propellers.