431 and 432 Flights at the seaplane station based at Port Said which had been established there since January 1916, under the command of Major P.L Holmes, RAF.

269 was part 64th Wing, and it operated seaplanes from the harbor, plus land-based flight of B.E.2e and Airco DH.9 aircraft.

[3] The squadron conducted maritime patrols until the Armistice, and on 15 September 1919, its seaplanes were moved to RAF Alexandria and merged with No.

The squadron was moved to RAF Abbotsinch, near Glasgow, later that month, and its Avro Anson aircraft undertook coastal reconnaissance patrols.

On 9 March 1939, the squadron moved to RAF Montrose and began flying maritime patrols off the east coast of Scotland.

269 Squadron also carried out a number of missions in addition to its maritime patrol duties: The squadron also began receiving new Lockheed Hudson patrol bombers starting in March 1940, completing the transition on 15 April, while it ceased operating Avro Anson aircraft as of 1 June.

269 Squadron began transferring to Iceland starting on 12 April 1941, with the last Hudson aircraft arriving on 30 May.

[6] On 9 April, six aircraft from RAF Wick bombed the aluminium factory at Hoyanger, Norway.

Also during late May, the squadron participated in the hunt for the German battleship Bismarck.

269 Squadron flew twelve sorties escorting the battleship HMS Prince of Wales, with the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, aboard for the secret conference with U.S. President Franklin D.

269 Squadron made separate attacks on surfaced U-boats during June.

269 Squadron made RAF history by becoming the only aircraft captain to have a U-boat (U-570) surrender to him.

[7] Thompson and his navigator/bomb-aimer—Flying Officer John Coleman—were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross on 23 September 1941.

269 Squadron scored its first confirmed U-boat kill by sinking U-619 on 5 October.

For the rest of the war it flew air-sea rescue missions, as well as meteorological and target towing sorties.

224 Squadron and moved on 24 March to RAF Ballykelly, Ulster, as a maritime reconnaissance unit equipped with Avro Shackleton patrol bombers.

[13] On 22 July 1959, No 269 Squadron reformed at RAF Caistor as a Thor Missile Squadron in Bomber Command as part of the Thor Missile Force based at RAF Hemswell.