550 Squadron RAF
Per ignem vincimus - Through fire we conquer |
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"The fighters are our salvation but the bombers alone provide the means of victory"
Winston Churchill September 1940 |
| No. 550 Squadron RAF was formed at Waltham, near Grimsby, in November 1943, as a Lancaster heavy-bomber squadron in No. 1 Group and began operations that same month. Early in the New Year it moved to North Killingholme - also near Grimsby - and from there continued to play its part in the bomber offensive until late April 1945, when it switched to dropping food to the starving Dutch people. |
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| Reunions
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Remembrance
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North Killingholme
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| Service Men and Operations
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Log Books
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Photos
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| Politz Raid 08/02/45
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Aschaffenburg Raid 21/11/1944
Last operation of The Phantom of the Ruhr
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Pforzheim Raid 23/02/45
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| Special Order Of The Day, V E Day
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All His fault ... a log book says it all
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PoW Responsibilities
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| "The Crew who Started D-Day"
F/O K Bowen-Bravery CdG DFC and Crew |
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BQ-J, Bad Penny II
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CdG Citation
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| 550 Squadron: FTR
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Thirty Missions by Roger Kirby
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| Bomber Command Memorial
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Unveiling of Bomber Command Memorial
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Bomber Command Memorial Virtual Service
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| Books and Magazines
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Bomber Command Clasp
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Searching for Information?
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| Requests For Information | |
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Request for information on Sgts Sheridan and McVey killed 4th October 1944 in NF963 on a training flight with the F/O S H Hayter crew. Both men were from Scotland and are buried in Glasgow and Lanarkshire repectively.
For more details click here. If you can help with information on any of the requests then do please contact the web-site. |
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A mounted copy of an original Phantom of The Ruhr print has been given to the 550 Museum.
Over the years the Association has received many requests for information such as concerning the above print or about individual air-crew, aircraft, operations, etc. You can find many of these queries on the requests for information page. If you can help with information on any of the requests then do please contact the web-site. |
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| TV and Newspaper Items
A collection of items that have appeared on TV, on the radio or in newspapers, some specifically about 550 Squadron or North Killingholme, and others more generally about Bomber Command. Follow this link. |
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| Royal British Legion
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Armed Forces Day
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Help for Heroes
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| Miscellaneous | |
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| Association Contacts
550 Squadron Association contact names/details are available here |
Web-site information
Web-site information, including the details associated with setting up the web-site, contact information and reference sites hosted on the same server(s) is available from the here Note that the web-pages have been defined/implemented principally for viewing on PC (laptop or desktop) on web browsers, and have not been adapted for viewing on mobile devices (smart-phones, tablets). Re-engineering pages for better viewing on mobile devices remains a future aspiration. The (technical) server details are outlined here. |
