463 Squadron conducted raids against cities, industrial facilities and military targets in Germany, France and Norway throughout 1944 and until the end of the war in May 1945.

This attack resulted in the loss of one Lancaster, but also saw the squadron shoot down its first German aircraft, a Junkers Ju 88 night fighter.

[6] For the first part of the squadron's existence, its operations were mainly focused on night bombing raids over Germany, attacking mainly the industrial areas of Berlin and the Ruhr.

On the eve of D-Day, they attacked German coastal positions overlooking Omaha Beach in support of the Allied landings.

One crew set an endurance record, flying a 141⁄2 hour mission to film Operation Catechism: the final attack on Tirpitz, in Tromsø Fjord, on 12 November 1944.

463 Squadron bombed the Tonsberg oil refinery; one aircraft was lost during this raid, with the crew being interned in Sweden for the remainder of the war.

Shortly afterwards, the squadron began transport duties, ferrying liberated Allied prisoners of war back to the United Kingdom.

[6] The squadron was credited with shooting down six German aircraft, including one Bf 110 night fighter that was shot down by the crew of one Lancaster as it stalked another.