No. 248 Squadron RAF
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No. 248 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Air Force, active immediately after World War I, and again during World War II.
The heraldic badge of the squadron as it appears on the Battle of Britain Monument in London.
Mosquito FB Mark XVIII, NT225 O, of No. 248 Squadron RAF Special Detachment based at RAF Portreath, Cornwall, banking away from the camera while in flight, showing the 57mm Molins gun mounted underneath the nose
RAF North Coates
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Royal Air Force North Coates or more simply RAF North Coates is a former Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England, 6 miles south-east of Cleethorpes, and close to the mouth of the Humber estua
No. 248 Squadron RAF
…working up when it was transferred to Coastal Command in February 1940, swapping its Blenheim IFs for slightly more modern Blenheim IVFs and moving to RAF North Coates in Lincolnshire. It transferred back to Fighter Command on 22 April 1940, flying fighter patrols over the North Sea from RAF Dyce, Aberdeen and RAF…
Aircrew and Bristol Beaufort Mk Is of No. 22 Squadron at North Coates
A Beaufighter TF Mark X of No. 236 Squadron RAF based at North Coates, showing the rocket rails. The aircraft is painted with invasion stripes.
The memorial
Plaque on left side