No 295 Squadron RAF was an airborne forces and transport squadron of the Royal Air Force during World War II. It was the first unit to be equipped with the Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle transport and
Paratroopers dropping out of a No. 295 Squadron Whitley, October 1942
An example of the Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle as used by No. 295 Squadron
A Short Stirling bomber taking off from RAF Harwell, Oxfordshire with a Horsa glider in tow for Operation Market Garden, 17 September 1944
Royal Air Force Rivenhall or more RAF Rivenhall is a former Royal Air Force station located 4 miles south-southeast of Braintree, Essex, England.
No. 295 Squadron RAF
…of Arnhem during Operation Market Garden, again towing gliders. In early October 1944, the Short Stirlings of No. 295 Squadron took up residence at RAF Rivenhall, with most of its operations consisting of supply drops to Norwegian resistance forces and similar activities over the Netherlands and Denmark. The…
Rivenhall airfield photographed in April 1944 with the B-26 Marauders of the 397th Bombardment Group parked on the grass, while the P-51 Mustangs of the 363d Fighter Group are still on the dispersal loops.
Rivenhall airfield headquarters site, 1944.
North American P-51B-5 Mustang of the 382d Fighter Squadron.
Formation of Martin B-26B Marauders of the 397th Bomb Group. Closest two aircraft are from the 597th Bomb Squadron; the other B-26's are from the 598th BS. Photo taken before D-Day, as the Marauders are not painted with invasion stripes