No. 582 Squadron
Royal Air Force
Motto:
PRE VOLAMUS DESIGNANTES
(We Fly Before Marking)
Updated: January 2008
Source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, By Matrin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt
Service History | |||||||
Formed as a Pathfinder Squadron in No. 8 (Pathfinder) Group on 1 April 1944 and operated in this capacity until the end of the war | |||||||
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Stations | ||||||
6O |
Little Staughton | ||||||
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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 |
8 GP |
Lancaster |
165 |
0 |
0 |
2157 |
28 |
1.30 |
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Totals |
165 |
0 |
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2157 |
28 |
1.30 | |
Of Note: | |||||||
Victoria Cross : Captain E.E. Swales, posthumously, Pforzheim, 2/3 February 1945 | |||||||
Memorial | |||||||
Unknown |