No. 623 Squadron RAF

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No. 623 Squadron RAF was a bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.

The squadron was formed on 10 August 1943 at RAF Downham Market in Norfolk from C Flight of 218 Squadron. It was equipped with Stirling III bombers, as part of No. 3 Group RAF in Bomber Command. The Squadron code was IC.

The squadron carried out night raids against Germany, but was short-lived and was disbanded on 6 December 1943 at Downham Market.

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1 Squadron Commanders
2 Aircraft Operated
3 Operations
4 See also
5 References

[edit] Squadron Commanders

Date	Name	Comments
18-Aug-43	W/C E.J. Little	Killed 31/8/43
06-Sep-43	W/C G.T. Wynne-Powell	Moved to 90 Sqn 29/11/43
29-Nov-43	W/C F.M. Milligan

[edit] Aircraft Operated

1943 - Short Stirling III

[edit] Operations

Date	Type	Target	Despatched	DCO	Alt	DNCO	Lost	Comments
10/11-Aug-43	Stirling	Nürnberg	4	4	0	0	0
12/13-Aug-43	Stirling	Turin	4	4	0	0	0
16/17-Aug-43	Stirling	Turin	5	5	0	0	0
23/24-Aug-43	Stirling	Berlin	6	5	0	0	1
24/25-Aug-43	Stirling	Gardening	2	2	0	0	0	Nectarines
25/26-Aug-43	Stirling	Gardening	1	1	0	0	0	Deodars
26/27-Aug-43	Stirling	Gardening	2	2	0	0	0	Deodars
27/28-Aug-43	Stirling	Nürnberg	5	3	0	1	1
30/31-Aug-43	Stirling	Mönchengladbach	5	4	0	1	0
31/01-Aug-43	Stirling	Berlin	4	2	0	1	1
02/03-Sep-43	Stirling	Gardening	1	0	0	1	0	Nectarines
05/06-Sep-43	Stirling	Mannheim	3	2	0	0	1
08/09-Sep-43	Stirling	Boulogne	3	3	0	0	0
15/16-Sep-43	Stirling	Montluçon	3	3	0	0	0
16/17-Sep-43	Stirling	Modane	4	4	0	0	0
22/23-Sep-43	Stirling	Hannover	4	4	0	0	0
23/24-Sep-43	Stirling	Mannheim	3	3	0	0	0
24/25-Sep-43	Stirling	Gardening	3	3	0	0	0	Nectarines
25/26-Sep-43	Stirling	Gardening	2	1	0	0	1	Nectarines
27/28-Sep-43	Stirling	Hannover	2	2	0	0	0
27/28-Sep-43	Stirling	Gardening	1	1	0	0	0	Nectarines
02/03-Oct-43	Stirling	Gardening	2	2	0	0	0	Silverthorne
03/04-Oct-43	Stirling	Kassel	5	2	0	1	2
04/05-Oct-43	Stirling	Frankfurt	3	2	0	1	0
04/05-Oct-43	Stirling	Gardening	2	2	0	0	0	Deodars
07/08-Oct-43	Stirling	Gardening	3	3	0	0	0	Nectarines 1, Silverthorne 2
08/09-Oct-43	Stirling	Bremen	4	4	0	0	0
08/09-Oct-43	Stirling	Gardening	1	1	0	0	0	Deodars
17/18-Oct-43	Stirling	Gardening	5	5	0	0	0	Nectarines
20/21-Oct-43	Stirling	Gardening	2	2	0	0	0	Nectarines
22/23-Oct-43	Stirling	Gardening	3	2	0	1	0	Nectarines
24/25-Oct-43	Stirling	Gardening	2	2	0	0	0	Nectarines
25/26-Oct-43	Stirling	Gardening	2	2	0	0	0
03/04-Nov-43	Stirling	Gardening	4	4	0	0	0
04/05-Nov-43	Stirling	Gardening	2	2	0	0	0
07/08-Nov-43	Stirling	Gardening	5	4	0	0	1	Deodars, Furze
10/11-Nov-43	Stirling	Gardening	2	2	0	0	0	La Rochelle
18/19-Nov-43	Stirling	Mannheim	7	3	0	2	2
19/20-Nov-43	Stirling	Leverkusen	2	2	0	0	0
19/20-Nov-43	Stirling	Gardening	5	5	0	0	0	Nectarines/Cinnamon
22/23-Nov-43	Stirling	Berlin	3	2	1	0	0
25/26-Nov-43	Stirling	Gardening	3	1	0	2	0
04/05-Dec-43	Stirling	Gardening	2	1	0	0	1	Nectarines
Totals			138	115	1	11	11

Despatched - number of aircraft taking off
DCO - Duty Carried Out
Alt - Alternative target attacked
DNCO - Duty Not Carried Out (sortie aborted)
Gardening - laying anti-shipping mines in coastal waters
Comments - code names for area where mines dropped.

[edit] See also

List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons

[edit] References

No. 623 Squadron RAF movement and equipment history
G G Jefford, RAF Squadrons, second edition 2001, Airlife Publishing, UK, ISBN 1-84037-141-2.
No. 623 Squadron Operational Record Book (Forms 540/541), National Archives, Kew (AIR 27/2141).

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