Lightning Squadrons Front Line


Squadron

Base

Dates

Types Flown
Picture
No 5 Squadron
     No 5    
RAF Binbrook
October 1965 to December 1987
F.3 - F.3A
F.6 - T.5
Picture
No 11 Squadron
No 11
RAF Leuchars
RAF Binbrook
April 1967 to March 1972
March 1972 to April 1988
F.3
F.6 - T.5
Picture
No 19 Squadron
No 19
RAF Leconfield
RAF Gutersloh
June 1959 to Sep 1965
September 1965 to December 1976
F.2 - F.2A
T.4
Picture
No 23 Squadron
No 23
RAF Leuchars
March 1963 to October 1975
F.3
  F.6 - T.4 - T.5
Picture
No 29 Squadron
No 29
RAF Wattisham
May 1976 to December 1974
F.3 - F.6 - T.5
Picture
No 56 Squadron
No 56
RAF Wattisham
RAF Akrotiri
RAF Wattisham
July 1959 to April 1967
April 1967 to  Jan 1975
Jan 1975 to June 1976
F.1A - F.3 - F.6
T.4 - T.5
Picture
No 74 Squadron
No 74
RAF Coltishall
RAF Leuchars
RAF Tengah
June 1959 to March 1964
March 1964 to June 1967
June 1967 to Sep 1971
F.1 - F.3
F.6 - T.4 - T.5
Picture
No 92 Squadron
No 92
RAF Leconfield
RAF Geilenkirchen
RAF Gutersloh
May 1961 - Dec 1965
Dec 1965 - Jan 1968
Jan 1968 - March 1977
F.2 - F.2A - T.4
Picture
No 111 Squadron
No 111
RAF Wattisham
June 1958 - Sep 1974
F.1A - F.2 - F.3
F.6 - T.4 - T.5
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