550 Squadron Information
Squadron Records
Below are links to a number information reports about 550 Squadron operations, airmen and aircraft. The information used to build this page was taken in the first instance from the lists provided on the original Squadron Association web-site, but have been augmented by updated and new information collected since that time. The information about the men, and the operations they flew, is being migrated into a database in order to aid consistency checks of the information and make the generation of a wide variety of reports easier.
While every attempt has been made to present accurate and correct information there are undoubtedly omissions and errors. If you spot any such errors do please email in your observations, if possible providing the correction information if you know it. Many thanks in advance for your assistance in providing as accurate a record as possible of the Squadron activities and the men who served their country.
Information Available
There are now 1525 service men listed in the online record, and the numbers of aircrew and operations records in the database continues to grow:
| Servicemen: | 1525 | Operations/raids: | 224 | Operational Flights: | 2472 |
(Last updated: 19 February 2012 @ 18:36:30)
There is still much more data to be entered, but using this set of data the reports available are shown in the list below. Note that the additional options available in several instances below produce smaller, and thus more quickly generated, reports.
- Roll of Honour
- basic format
- extended format, including cemetery details, etc (with options to link to the detailed aircraft (by aircraft service number) and serviceman (by name) reports
- FTRs, such as PoWs
- in basic and extended format
- Squadron Operations
- list of operations the squadron flew with links to individual aircraft deployed
- including linking the individual aircraft to the crews flying them
20/06/2011 report modified to make it easier to distinguish individual operations- Squadron Personnel
- detailed information on individual servicemen, Senior Officers and Decorations awarded
01/06/2011 report list servicemen by Service (select from RAF, RAAF, RCAF, RNZAF, USAF)- 01/06/2011 report list of servicemen by surname/lastname
- 13/11/2011 report list of servicemen by crew job (i.e. pilot, flight engineer, etc)
- Squadron Aircraft
- detailed information on all squadron aircraft
- or list the details of just a specific aircraft
- 13/11 and 17/11/2011 or report list of FTR aircraft only (now also listing the lost crew and their fate)
- 550 Squadron and North Killingholme Association Newsletters
- archive of newsletters many with crew, operations, and other information
There is comprehensive cross-referencing between all of the reports so that you can quickly link men to aircraft and operational details, and links to other information on the web-site and on external web-sites about specific operations, aircraft and servicemen.
Each of the sub-sections below presents a different basic report. In most cases it is possible to use the report to present a specific sub-set of the data to result in a smaller more manageable report; where this is the case the means of doing this is illustrated with an example and an explanation on how to generate different reports.
NB: data is still being added, almost on a daily basis, so report content continues to evolve over time (especially detailed mapping of crews to specific aircraft on specific operations). Report pages show the date when the data was last updated.
Roll of Honour
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| Roll of Honour | 550 Squadron Roll of Honour
Basic format |
| Roll of Honour (extended) | 550 Squadron Roll of Honour
Extended format - extra columns, extra information |
| Roll of Honour (extended, specific aircraft) | 550 Squadron Roll of Honour (specified aircraft)
Extended format - extra columns, extra information - listed for single defined aircraft (specific crew details) To generate an alternative list just replace the text in the web-browser address line after "?aircraft=" to the aircraft service number of your choice. |
Failed to Return
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| Failed to Return | 550 Squadron Servicemen who Failed to Return (excluding KIA)
Basic format |
| Failed to Return (extended) | 550 Squadron Servicemen who Failed to Return (excluding KIA)
Extended format - extra columns, extra information |
Squadron Operations
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| Squadron Operations | List of operations flown by 550 Squadron.
Where available additional information and links to other sites This list continues to grow and generates a very large report - you may want to consider one of the options below to produce a more manageable, smaller, list. |
| Squadron Operations (specific target) | List of operations flown by 550 Squadron to a specific target (e.g. Bremen).
Where available additional information and links to other sites. To generate an alternative list just replace the text in the web-browser address line after the "?target=" (Bremen) to the target of your choice. |
| Squadron Operations (specific aircraft) | List of operations flown by a specific 550 Squadron aircraft (e.g. DV306).
Where available additional information and links to other sites. To generate an alternative list just replace the text in the web-browser address line after "?aircraft=" to the aircraft service number of your choice. |
| Squadron Operations (specific target and specific aircraft) | List of the operations flown by a single aircraft to a specific target (e.g. operations by EE139 against Berlin).
Where available additional information and links to other sites. To generate an alternative list just replace the text in the web-browser address line after "?target=" and after "&aircraft=" to the target and aircraft service number of your choice. Target and aircraft can be in any order but the "?" and "&" are important! |
Squadron Personnel
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| Squadron Servicemen | List of servicemen that flew with 550 Squadron.
Where available additional information and links to other sites. |
| Squadron Servicemen (with specified service/air force) | 01/06/2011
List of servicemen that flew with 550 Squadron, by service (e.g. RNZAF). To generate an alternative list just replace the text in the web-browser address line after the "?service=" to the service of your choice (use one of RAF, RAAF, RCAF, RNZAF, USAF, WAAF). Where available additional information and links to other sites. |
| Squadron Servicemen (with specified surname) | 01/06/2011
List of servicemen that flew with 550 Squadron, by surname. To generate an alternative list just replace the text in the web-browser address line after the "?lastname=" to the last name (surname) of your choice. Where available additional information and links to other sites. |
| Squadron Servicemen (with specified job abbreviation) | 13/11/2011
For example, the list of pilots that flew with 550 Squadron. To generate an alternative list just replace the text in the web-browser address line after the "?jobabbr=" to the air-crew job of your choice (from the list: P, F/Eng, Nav, W/Op, A/B, MU/AG, R/AG). Where available additional information and links to other sites. |
| Squadron Servicemen (with specified job abbreviation and surname) | 13/11/2011
For example, the list of pilots that flew with 550 Squadron by the name of "Harris". To generate an alternative list just replace the text in the web-browser address line after the "?jobabbr=" to the air-crew job of your choice (from the list: P, F/Eng, Nav, W/Op, A/B, MU/AG, R/AG), and after the "?lastname=" to the last name (surname) of your choice. Where available additional information and links to other sites. |
| Squadron Servicemen (with specified job abbreviation and service abbreviation) | 13/11/2011
For example, the list of navigators that flew with 550 Squadron, and were in the RAAF. To generate an alternative list just replace the text in the web-browser address line after the "?jobabbr=" to the air-crew job of your choice (from the list: P, F/Eng, Nav, W/Op, A/B, MU/AG, R/AG), and after the "&service=" to the service of your choice (use one of RAF, RAAF, RCAF, RNZAF, USAF). Where available additional information and links to other sites. |
| Squadron Senior Officers | Lists and information about 550 Squadron Senior Officers. |
| Squadron Decorations | Decorations awarded to the men of 550 Squadron. |
Squadron Aircraft
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| Squadron Aircraft | Information about the aircraft that flew with 550 Squadron |
| Squadron Aircraft (specific aircraft) | Information about a specific aircraft that flew with 550 Squadron (in this case EE139).
To generate an alternative list just replace the text in the web-browser address line after the "?aircraft=" (EE139) with the aircraft service number of your choise. |
| Squadron Aircraft (that failed to return) | 17/11/2011
Information about aircraft that flew with 550 Squadron, but failed to return from operations. New feature: in each case the lost crew, and their fate, identified. |
| Squadron Aircraft (specific aircraft that failed to return) | 17/11/2011
Information about a specific aircraft that flew with 550 Squadron, but failed to return from operations (in this case EE193). To generate an alternative list just replace the text in the web-browser address line after the "?aircraft=" (EE193) with the aircraft service number of your choise. As above, the lost crew, and their fate, listed. |
Squadron Association Newsletters
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| 550 Squadron and North Killingholme Association Newsletters | Online archive of Association Newsletters |