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|unit_name= No 620 Squadron RAF | image= 620 Badge JPEG.jpg | image_size = 250 |caption= Official Squadron badge of No 620 Squadron RAF |dates= 17 June 1943 – 1 September 1946 |country= {{flagicon|UK}} United Kingdom |allegiance= |branch= Royal Air Force |type= |role= Bomber Airborne forces Transport |size= |command_structure= No 3 Group RAF, Bomber Command No 38 Group RAF, Fighter Command[1] No 38 Group RAF, Transport Command[2] |current_commander= |garrison= |garrison_label= |ceremonial_chief= |colonel_of_the_regiment= |nickname= |patron= |motto= Latin: Dona ferentes adsumus (Translation: "We are coming bringing gifts")[3] |colors= |colors_label= |march= |mascot= |equipment= |equipment_label= |battles= |anniversaries= |decorations= |battle_honours= |commander1= |commander1_label= |commander2= |commander2_label= |commander3= |commander3_label= |notable_commanders= |identification_symbol= In front of a demi-pegasus couped, a flash of lightning[3][4] |identification_symbol_label= Squadron Badge heraldry |identification_symbol_2= QS (Jun 1943 – 1946)[5][6] D4 (Nov 1943 – 1946)[7][8] |identification_symbol_2_label= Squadron Codes }} No 620 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Air Force during World War II. During its existence it served as a bomber squadron, airborne forces and a transport squadron. HistoryNo 620 Squadron was formed at RAF Chedburgh on 17 June 1943 as a heavy bomber squadron equipped with the Short Stirling. It was a part of No.3 Group of RAF Bomber Command and carried out night bombing and minelaying missions until November 1943 when it was transferred to No 38 Group RAF. The squadron flew 61 operations while part of Bomber Command, losing 17 Stirlings in the process.[9] The squadron moved to RAF Leicester East on 27 November 1943 in preparation for airborne forces operations. By March 1944 the squadron had been moved to RAF Fairford to prepare for D-Day and completed many practice missions in Gloucestershire area such a parachuting and glider towing. On D-Day itself, the squadron took part in Operation Tonga and dropped paratroopers of the 6th Airborne Division near Caen. After these events, the squadron was used to resupply Allied forces in France, mainly SOE and the French Resistance. No 620 Squadron also took part in Operation Market Garden, where they towed gliders and dropped paratroopers belonging to the 1st Airborne Division. They also flew operations to resupply the struggling ground forces in and around Arnhem. After these operations the squadron flew some missions in support of the resistance in the Netherlands and in Norway.[3] Throughout Operation Varsity in March 1945 the squadron towed 30 gliders, carrying anti tank and artillery weapons to their destination near the Rhine. After VE Day, the squadron helped to transport ex-POWs, troops and supplies around Europe. The Stirlings which they had used throughout the war began to be replaced in May 1945 by Halifaxes, and the sphere of operations was changed from Western-Europe to Greece, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Italy and Palestine. In December 1945 the squadron was moved to Tunisia and shortly thereafter to Palestine and Egypt and the squadron began missions in the Middle East. By June 1946 it received also some Dakotas, but on 1 September 1946 the squadron was disbanded at RAF Aqir, Palestine by being renumbered to No. 113 Squadron RAF. Aircraft operated
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ReferencesNotes1. ^{{Harvnb|Delve|1994|pp=69–70.}} 2. ^{{Harvnb|Delve|1994|p=81.}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{Harvnb|Rawlings|1982|p=241.}} 4. ^1 2 {{Harvnb|Halley|1988|p=437.}} 5. ^{{Harvnb|Bowyer and Rawlings|1979|pp=86–87.}} 6. ^{{Harvnb|Flintham and Thomas|2003|p=99.}} 7. ^{{Harvnb|Bowyer and Rawlings|1979|p=32.}} 8. ^{{Harvnb|Flintham and Thomas|2003|p=68.}} 9. ^{{Harvnb|Ward|Smith|2009|p=306}} 10. ^1 {{Harvnb|Jefford|2001|p=102.}} 11. ^{{Harvnb|Rawlings|1982|pp=241–242.}} 12. ^{{Harvnb|Rawlings|1982|p=242.}} 13. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.raf38group.org/620squadron |title=620 Squadron History |work=38 Group |year=2007 |accessdate=19 October 2015}} Bibliography{{refbegin}}
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