No. 5 Group RAF effective squadrons of Bomber Command, personified by No 617 Squadron the "Dambusters", formed from 5 Group aircrew in March 1943. Most of the group's main airfields were around Lincoln, including RAF Scampton. By the end of the war the group had grown to 15 squadrons. The group was noted for its high accuracy bombing, being involved the sinking of the "Tirpitz" in November 1944 and the shattering of the strategic Bielefeld railway viaduct in March 1945. The Group introduced new weapons operationally, including Barnes Wallis's "bouncing" and his Tallboy and Grand Slam "earthquake" bombs. The group was disbanded on 15
No. 351 Squadron RAF the squadron was disbanded from the RAF on 16 May 1945, re-forming on 18 May 1945, with No. 352 Squadron RAF (352 Sqn), as 1st Fighter Regiment of the Yugoslav Air Force. No. 351 Squadron RAF No. 351 Squadron RAF (351 Sqn) was a Yugoslav-manned fighter-bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. The squadron was also known as Second NOVJ Squadron. Formed on 1 July 1944 at Benina in Libya from Yugoslav personnel, 351 Sqn was equipped with Hawker Hurricane IICs in the fighter-bomber role. In September the squadron re-equipped with Hawker Hurricane IVs and