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Squadrons and Aircraft

Squadron Dates Aircraft Variant Notes
No. 3 Squadron RAF 1943 Hawker Tempest 1B
No. 14 Squadron RAF 1947 & 1948 de Havilland Mosquito B16 & B35 Based twice.
No. 19 Squadron RAF 1941 Supermarine Spitfire IIA Detachments from Fowlmere.
No. 25 Squadron RAF 1947–1951 de Havilland Mosquito NF10
1951–1954 de Havilland Vampire NF10
1954–1957 Gloster Meteor NF12 & NF14
No. 26 Squadron RAF 1940 Westland Lysander III
1942 North American Mustang II Based twice to/from Gatwick.
No. 29 Squadron RAF 1941–1943 Bristol Beaufighter IF and VIF
1944–1950 de Havilland Mosquito XIII, XX and later NF36 Based on 11 separate periods.
No. 32 Squadron RAF 1942 Hawker Hurricane I, IIB and IIC Based three times.
No. 41 Squadron RAF 1944 Supermarine Spitfire XII Based for one week.
No. 64 Squadron RAF 1943 Supermarine Spitfire VC
No. 66 Squadron RAF 1940 Supermarine Spitfire I & IIA
No. 80 Squadron RAF 1944 Supermarine Spitfire IX
No. 85 Squadron RAF 1943, 1944, 1947, 1948 de Havilland Mosquito XII, XVII, NF36 Based four times.
1948–1957 Gloster Meteor NF11, NF12 & NF13
1959-1960 Gloster Javelin FAW2, FAW6, FAW8, T3
No. 91 Squadron RAF 1944 Supermarine Spitfire XIV
1946 Supermarine Spitfire XXI
No. 96 Squadron RAF 1943–1944 de Havilland Mosquito XIII
No. 124 Squadron RAF 1943 & 1944 Supermarine Spitfire VII
No. 130 Squadron RAF 1943 Supermarine Spitfire VB
No. 133 Squadron RAF 1942 Supermarine Spitfire VA and VB Detachments from Kirton-in-Lindsey.
No. 141 Squadron RAF 1940 Boulton Paul Defiant I
No. 153 Squadron RAF 1955–1957 Gloster Meteor NF12 & NF14
No. 157 Squadron RAF 1944 de Havilland Mosquito XIX
No. 234 Squadron RAF 1943 Supermarine Spitfire VI
No. 247 Squadron RAF 1946 de Havilland Vampire F1 Based twice.
No. 255 Squadron RAF 1941 Bristol Beaufighter VIF Detachments from Coltishall.
No. 264 Squadron RAF 1941–1942 Boulton Paul Defiant I & II
No. 274 Squadron RAF 1944 Supermarine Spitfire IX
No. 287 Squadron RAF 1945–1946 Supermarine Spitfire XVI
No. 316 Squadron RAF 1944 North American Mustang III
No. 322 Squadron RAF 1944 Supermarine Spitfire XIV
No. 350 Squadron RAF 1943 Supermarine Spitfire VC
No. 409 Squadron RAF 1944 de Havilland Mosquito XIII
No. 410 Squadron RAF 1943 de Havilland Mosquito VI
No. 485 Squadron RAF 1942 Supermarine Spitfire VB
No. 486 Squadron RAF 1942 Hawker Typhoon IB
No. 500 Squadron RAF 1947–1948 de Havilland Mosquito NF19 & NF30
1948 Supermarine Spitfire F22
1948–1951 Gloster Meteor F3
1951–1952 Gloster Meteor F4
1951–1957 Gloster Meteor F8
No. 531 Squadron RAF 1942–1943 Douglas Havoc I (Turbinlite)
Douglas Boston III (Turbinlite)
Hawker Hurricane IIC
No. 567 Squadron RAF 1946 Supermarine Spitfire XVI
No. 610 Squadron RAF 1942 Supermarine Spitfire VB
No. 616 Squadron RAF 1944 Supermarine Spitfire VII

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