No. 617 Squadron RAF at Marham. On the 6th August 2018 5 more F-35B's arrived at RAF Marham in Norfolk for 617 Squadron. List of aircraft operated by No. 617 Squadron. Fortress Europe 1943-1945, The Dams, Biscay Ports 1944, France and Germany 1944-1945, Normandy 1944, "Tirpitz", Channel and North Sea 1944-1945, German Ports 1945, Gulf 1991, Iraq 2003-2011. The following men have commanded 617 Squadron: No. 617 Squadron RAF Number 617 Squadron is a Royal Air Force aircraft squadron, based at RAF Marham in Norfolk. It is commonly known as the "Dambusters", for its actions during Operation Chastise against German dams during the Second
RAF Bawtry RAF took it over and it became an RAF command centre. RAF Bawtry did not have its own airfield but instead took advantage of RAF Bircotes, which was located literally next-door. Here the station based a number of communications aircraft. Bawtry Hall served the Royal Air Force from 1941–1984; first as HQ for No. 1 Group, Bomber Command during and after the Second World War, then as Strike Command HQ up to and including the later stages of the Cold War. The famous bombing of the airfield at Port Stanley by Vulcan bombers from RAF Waddington during the Falklands War