No. 692 Squadron RAF

The squadron was formed on 1 January 1944 at RAF Graveley, Huntingdonshire as a light bomber unit,[2] equipped with Mosquito Mk.IV bombers, as part of the Light Night Striking Force of No.

It re-equipped with Mosquito Mk.XVI bombers from March 1944 and by June 1944 the squadron had completely switched over to the newer variant.

[2][6] It was the first squadron to carry 4,000 lb bombs in Mosquitos,[1] used in an attack on Düsseldorf.

[7] Most operations were at low level, including one mission when the squadron dropped 4,000 lb bombs into the mouth of tunnels in the Ardennes.

[1] At the end of the war the squadron was disbanded on 20 September 1945 at RAF Gransden Lodge, Cambridgeshire.

Loading a 4,000-lb "Cookie" onto a Mosquito B Mk IV at RAF Graveley
Though bearing the squadron markings of 571 Squadron here, this aircraft, Mosquito Mk.XVI ML963, was first issued to 109 Squadron on 9 March 1944, going on to 692 squadron on the 24 of the same month.