No. 578 Squadron
Royal Air Force
Motto:
ACCURACY
Updated: January 2008
Source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, By Matrin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt
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Service History | |||||||
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Formed in No. 4 Group on 14 January 1944 as a bomber squadron and operated in this role until the end of the war | |||||||
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Squadron Identity Letters |
Stations | ||||||
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LK |
Snaith, Burn | ||||||
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Logistics |
Operational Performance |
Operational Sorties And Losses | |||||
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Aircraft |
Bombing Targets Tasked |
Mine Laying Areas Tasked |
Leaflets |
Total Sorties Flown |
Aircraft Lost |
Percent |
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4 GP |
Halifax |
155 |
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0 |
2721 |
40 |
1.50 |
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Totals |
155 |
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2721 |
40 |
1.50 | |
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Of Note: | |||||||
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Victoria Cross : P/O C.J. Batron, posthumously, Nuremberg 30/31 March 1944 | |||||||
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Memorial | |||||||
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Unknown | |||||||
