RAF Iceland

[2] The following year, by April 1942, the command controlled two airfields in Iceland with four operational units.

269 Squadron was operating Lockheed Hudson bomber, reconnaissance, transport, and maritime patrol aircraft, out of RAF Kaldadarnes,[4] which was situated near the town of Selfoss.

612 Squadron which was equipped with Armstrong Whitworth Whitley, a British medium bomber aircraft,[6] and No.

1407 (Meteorological) Flight RAF which used Lockheed Hudson, an American light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft.

1407 (Meteorological) Flight RAF was still based in Iceland and was back to operating with Lockheed Hudson.

86 Squadron was now based at RAF Reykjavik and was equipped with Consolidated Liberator, a four-engined American heavy bomber,[10] and No.

On the formation of the Royal Air Force it was transferred to 21st Group RAF and moved to Montrose on 22 July 1918.

Snowed-up technical huts and airfield at Reykjavik, Iceland, during a lull in the blizzard which hit the island between 21 and 27 February 1945. Consolidated Liberator GR Mark VIs of No.53 Squadron RAF are parked on the airfield
Two Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark Vs (Z6968, 'WL-J' furthest), of No. 612 Squadron RAF, lined up beside the runway at Reykjavik, Iceland. The Air Ministry censor has obliterated the ASV radar aerials atop the fuselage of Z6968
U-boats were not the only threat to the convoys in northern latitudes. A watch had to be kept on the Arctic pack-ice, the extent and composition of which varied depending on the time of year. To this end No 269 Squadron in Iceland flew regular 'ice patrols' over the Denmark Strait between Iceland and Greenland. A Hudson crew prepares to climb aboard their aircraft, May 1942