List of Battle of Britain squadrons

This is a list of the officially accredited Battle of Britain units with their aircraft types, code letters, call signs and casualties.

German propaganda image: A Royal Air Force Supermarine Spitfire trails smoke after attacking a German Heinkel He 111 bomber during the Battle of Britain.

On 9 November 1960, the Air Ministry published Air Ministry Order N850 which officially defined the qualifications for aircrew to be classified as having participated in the Battle of Britain. The AMO also defined the squadrons that were deemed to have fought in the battle under the control of RAF Fighter Command between 0001 hours on 10 July and 2359 hours on 31 October 1940; the official beginning and end of the battle.

A total of 71 squadrons and other units from Fighter Command, Coastal Command and the Fleet Air Arm are listed.[1]

Accredited squadrons
SquadronSquadron CodeRadio call signAircraft TypeNumber of Casualties
No. 1 (Cawnpore) Squadron RAFJXACORNHurricane7
No. 3 Squadron RAFQOHurricane1
No. 17 Squadron RAFYBEDEYHurricane5
No. 19 Squadron RAFQVLUTONSpitfire6
No. 23 Squadron RAFYPLUTONBlenheim8
No. 25 Squadron RAFZKLUTONBlenheim, Beaufighter5
No. 29 Squadron RAFROBlenheim8
No. 32 Squadron RAFGZJACKOHurricane2
No. 41 Squadron RAFEBMITORSpitfire11[2]
No. 43 (China-British) Squadron RAFFTHurricane14
No. 46 (Uganda) Squadron RAFPOANGELHurricane14
No. 54 Squadron RAFKLRABBITSpitfire6
No. 56 (Punjab) Squadron RAFUSBAFFINHurricane8
No. 64 Squadron RAFSHFREEMASpitfire7
No. 65 (East India) Squadron RAFYTSpitfire8
No. 66 Squadron RAFLZFIBIUSSpitfire8
No. 72 (Basutoland) Squadron RAFRNTENNISSpitfire9
No. 73 Squadron RAFTPHurricane4
No. 74 Squadron RAFZPDYSOESpitfire12
No. 79 (Madras Presidency) Squadron RAFNVPANSYHurricane4
No. 85 Squadron RAFVYHYDROHurricane7
No. 87 (United Provinces) Squadron RAFLKSUNCUPHurricane7
No. 92 (East India) Squadron RAFQJGANNICSpitfire14
No. 111 Squadron RAFJUWAGONHurricane11
No. 141 Squadron RAFTWBoulton Paul Defiant10
No. 145 Squadron RAFSOPATINHurricane13
No. 151 Squadron RAFDZHurricane11
No. 152 (Hyderabad) Squadron RAFUMMAIDASpitfire14
No. 213 (Ceylon) Squadron RAFAKBEARSKINHurricane15
No. 219 (Mysore) Squadron RAFFKBlenheim, Beaufighter6
No. 222 (Natal) Squadron RAFZDKOTELSpitfire9
No. 229 Squadron RAFREKETAHurricane5
No. 232 Squadron RAFEFHurricane–
No. 234 (Madras Presidency) Squadron RAFAZCRESSYSpitfire5
No. 238 Squadron RAFVKHurricane17
No. 242 (Canadian) Squadron RAFLELORAGHurricane5
No. 245 (Northern Rhodesia) Squadron RAFDXHurricane2
No. 247 (China – British) Squadron RAFHPGloster Gladiator–
No. 249 (Gold Coast) Squadron RAFGNGANERHurricane8
No. 253 (Hyderabad) Squadron RAFSWVICEROYHurricane11
No. 257 (Burma) Squadron RAFDTALERTHurricane11
No. 263 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Squadron RAFHEHurricane, Westland Whirlwind1
No. 264 (Madras Presidency) Squadron RAFPSBoulton Paul Defiant18
No. 266 (Rhodesia) Squadron RAFUOSpitfire7
No. 421 Flight RAFL-ZHurricane, Spitfire1
No. 422 Flight RAF–Hurricane–
Fighter Interception Unit–Hurricane, Blenheim, Beaufighter–
Auxiliary Squadrons
No. 501 (County of Gloucester) Squadron AuxAFSDMANDRELHurricane19
No. 504 (City of Nottingham) Squadron AuxAFTMHurricane6
No. 600 (City of London) Squadron AuxAFBQBlenheim, Beaufighter9
No. 601 (County of London) Squadron AuxAFUFWEAPONHurricane, Spitfire14
No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron AuxAFLOVILLASpitfire5
No. 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron AuxAFXTVIKENSpitfire13
No. 604 (County of Middlesex) Squadron AuxAFNGTALLYHOBlenheim, Beaufighter3
No. 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron AuxAFUPTURKEYHurricane8
No. 607 (County of Durham) Squadron AuxAFAFHurricane9
No. 609 (West Riding) Squadron AuxAFPRSORBOSpitfire7
No. 610 (County of Chester) Squadron AuxAFDWDOGROSESpitfire11
No. 611 (West Lancashire) Squadron AuxAFFYCHARLIESpitfire2
No. 615 (County of Surrey) Squadron AuxAFKWPANTAHurricane6
No. 616 (South Yorkshire) Squadron AuxAFQJ[3]RADPOESpitfire6
Commonwealth and Allied squadrons
No. 1 Squadron RCAF (Canadian)YOCARIBOUHurricane3
302 (City of Poznan) Squadron (Polish)[4]WXCALEBHurricane6
303 (Warsaw – Kosciuszko) Squadron (Polish) [5]RFAPANYHurricane7
No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron (Czech)NNCALLAHurricane4
No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron (Czech)DUSILVOHurricane1
Coastal Command Squadrons
No. 235 Squadron RAFQYBlenheim9
No. 236 Squadron RAFFABlenheim10
No. 248 Squadron RAFWRBlenheim16
Fleet Air Arm (FAA) Squadrons
No. 804 Squadron FAA5-Gloster Sea Gladiator/Grumman Martlet–
No. 808 Squadron FAA5-Fairey Fulmar [6]–

See also

References
Notes
  1. Ramsay, 1989, pp.252–255
  2. 41 Squadron’s Battle of Britain pilots comprised 49 men aged from 18 to 32. Forty-two were British, three Irish, two were Canadian and two were New Zealanders. Casualties were sustained by almost half the men: eleven (22.5%) were killed and twelve (24.5%) were wounded, and one of the squadron’s ground crew was killed in the Blitz.
  3. Note: The squadron code letters QJ were the same as those of 92 Squadron. The codes changed to YQ in 1941
  4. Poznański
  5. Warszawski im. Tadeusza Kościuszki
  6. in normal naval use flown with a navigator, these were flown solo
Bibliography
  • Ramsay, Winston (editor). The Battle of Britain Then and Now Mk V. London: Battle of Britain Prints International Ltd, 1989. ISBN 0-900913-46-0
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