No. 625 Squadron RAF

625 Squadron RAF was a heavy bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.

1 Group RAF in Bomber Command, of which it formed part between 18 October 1944 and 25 April 1945.

The squadron mainly carried out night raids against Germany.

At the end of the war, the squadron dropped food to the starving Dutch people (Operation Manna), and flew Prisoner of War repatriation flights from Belgium (Operation Exodus) and repatriated British troops from Italy, before it was disbanded on 7 October 1945.

In December 2010 the entire 625 Squadron Operational Records (ORB) and an Air Crew Roll Of Honour was compiled into a searchable database - contact www.lancaster-archive.com for more information [1][2][5] 18–19 October 1943 25 April 1945 7 May 1945 The squadron memorial stands near the village of Kelstern.

CWGC graves in Spanbroek , North Holland , of five members of 625 Squadron who died in 12/13 June 1944 returning from Operation Gelsenkirchen. Target was the Nordstern Synthetic Oil Refinery.