400, 401, 419 and 450 flights at Dundee[3] Equipped with a variety of seaplanes the squadron flew coastal patrol and anti-submarine duties as part of No.

The only Victoria Cross awarded to an RAF Fighter Command pilot during the Battle of Britain, was won by James Brindley Nicolson while serving with 249 squadron.

Fighter bomber missions over Sicily began in November 1942 and October 1943 the squadron moved to Italy.

After taking part in survey flights, No.249 moved to Iraq in June 1946 and became a Tempest fighter squadron.

It reformed at Akrotiri on the same day as a Canberra light bomber unit and after twelve years in the area No.249 disbanded on 24 February 1969 In the year 2000 the Squadron gave its number to an Air Cadet Squadron based in Hailsham, England.

The locomotive escaped scrapping after it was withdrawn from service in 1964 and is currently awaiting restoration to running condition.