No. 102 Squadron RAF
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! No. 102 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron. Formed in August 1917 as a night bomber unit at Hingham with the RAF F.E.2b. The squadron moved to France and specialised in attacks behind the German lines in particular railway stations, railway lines, and railway trains. With the end of the first world war the squadron returned to England in March 1919. It disbanded on 3 July 1919. The squadron was formed again in March 1936 at RAF Worthy Down using men and equipment from B Flight of 7 Squadron. Still in its original role as a night bomber squadron…mehr

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! No. 102 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron. Formed in August 1917 as a night bomber unit at Hingham with the RAF F.E.2b. The squadron moved to France and specialised in attacks behind the German lines in particular railway stations, railway lines, and railway trains. With the end of the first world war the squadron returned to England in March 1919. It disbanded on 3 July 1919. The squadron was formed again in March 1936 at RAF Worthy Down using men and equipment from B Flight of 7 Squadron. Still in its original role as a night bomber squadron it first used the Handley Page Heyford. The squadron became part of No. 4 Group Bomber Command and re-equipped with the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley. The squadron was active on the second day of the Second World War dropping leaflets over Germany. Operations Record Books seen at the Public Record Office in Kew show that 2 Whitley Vs flew out of Topcliffe on 27 November 1940 to bomb "docks andshipping" at Havre.