RAF Squadrons and Bomber Command Information on the Web

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There is a large amount of information about RAF Bomber Command available on the Web. If you are searching for information about 550 Squadron operations, flights, losses, crews, etc, then the 550 Squadron and RAF North Killingholme Association links on this site, and especially the various database reports available, should help you in your search.

If, in addition to 550 Squadron information, you are searching more generally for information on other RAF Squadrons operational in WWII, the Lancaster heavy bomber, Bomber Command, etc, etc, then below are listed a selection of useful sources to help start your search.

550 Squadron and RAF North Killingholme

URL	Description
http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/h550.html http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/h626.html	550 Squadron 626 Squadron
http://www.bomber-command.info/550sqdn.htm	Details of Lancasters lost with 550 Squadron
http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/theaircraft/lancaster.cfm	Battle of Britain Memorial Flight: The Lancaster, EE139, The Phantom of the Ruhr
http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/airfields/northkillingholme.html	The Wartime Memories Project - North Killingholme
http://www.controltowers.co.uk/N/North_Killingholme.htm	RAF North Killingholme Airfield
http://www.raf-lincolnshire.info/ http://www.raf-lincolnshire.info/nkillingholme/nkillingholme.htm http://www.raf-lincolnshire.info/550sqn/550sqn.htm http://www.raf-lincolnshire.info/550sqn/550sqnmemorials.htm http://www.raf-lincolnshire.info/nkillingholme/nkillingholmephotos.htm	RAF Lincolnshire, RAF and Airfield History in Lincolnshire North Killingholme 550 Squadron specific information 550 Squadron memorials North Killingholme photos
http://www.nlaviationheritage.com/the-airfields/raf-north-killingholme/	Northern Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage / North Killingholme
http://www.flensted.eu.com/1944augustcombats.shtml	Air-war over Denmark
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._550_Squadron_RAF	wikipedia page: 550 Squadron
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Killingholme	wikipedia page: North Killingholme
http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/no-550-squadron-raf/history.html	550 Squadron history
http://maps.thefullwiki.org/No._550_Squadron_RAF	thefullwiki website: 550 Squadron (some related maps)
http://www.bloggen.be/warresearcher/archief.php?ID=257645	Chris Van Kerckhoven web-site: some 550 photos and names featured
http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/airfields/northkillingholme.html	The Wartime Memories Project - RAF North Killingholme

RAF Bomber Command

URL	Description
http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/squadrons.html	RAF Bomber Command: Squadron index
http://www.rafbombercommand.com/master_welcome.html	RAF Bomber Command web-site
http://www.rafbombercommand.com/timeline/	RAF Bomber Command: Timeline of Key Events
http://www.rafbombercommand.com/memorialfund/	RAF Bomber Command Memorial Fund
http://www.rafinfo.org.uk/BCWW2Losses/	RAF Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War
http://www.lancasterbombers.net/	Bomber Command History
https://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/bomber-command/	Bomber Command Museum (Canada)

International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC), Lincoln

URL	Description
https://internationalbcc.co.uk/history-archive/digital-archive/	IBCC Digital Archive
https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/discover-the-archive/	Discover the Archive (search tools)

The Avro Lancaster Heavy Bomber

URL	Description
http://www.lancaster-archive.com/	Avro Lancaster and Manchester Bomber Archive
http://www.cnapg.org/lancaster1.htm	Clyde North Aeronautical Preservation Group - CNAPG: Avro Lancaster page
http://www.lancastermuseum.ca/ http://www.lancastermuseum.ca/lancs.html http://www.lancastermuseum.ca/lancs.html#PA474	Nanton Lancaster Society Air Museum Alberta, Canada The World's Surviving Lancasters PA474: The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) Lancaster

General

URL	Description
http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/collections/library/index.cfm	RAF Museum Online Collection (research and information services)
http://www.rafa.org.uk/	The RAF Association (RAFA)
http://www.associations.rafinfo.org.uk/	RAF Register of Assoications
http://www.rafinfo.org.uk/rafescape/	RAF Escaping Society
http://www.rafinfo.org.uk/rafexpow/	RAF Ex-POW Association
http://www.airsceneuk.org.uk/hangar/2007/430bbmf/bbmf.htm	Happy Birthday, BBMF
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/ww2/A2281033	WW2 People's War (a BBC archive)
http://www.lostbombers.co.uk	World War II Lost Bombers Database
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/armed-forces.htm	Armed Forces \| The National Archive
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/transparency/atippr/Pages/Access-information-military-files.aspx?fbclid=IwAR2gLLqyNq7p5Cnq34nRMOm-_2RYg-iDSd4vKS0t3jhatDeALQDnAQQCTH0#tab2	Requests for Military Service Files - Library and Archives Canada
http://natureonline.com/37/56-ap4-glossary.html	Glossary of RAF Slang & Terminology
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/alliedlossesmaster.html	Aircrew Remembered
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/BomberCommandDatabaseSearch/	Aircrew Remembered website: Bomber Command Database Search
https://www.airwar4045.nl/	World War II Allied Aircraft Crashes in The Netherlands and North Sea< (search by squadron)
http://www.elsham.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/raf_bc/	Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command 1939-1945
https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20070706011932/http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/diary.html	Campaign Diary (National Archives)
http://www.rafinfo.org.uk/airsearch/	RAF Aircrew and Groundcrew Research

Other

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