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 Benevolent Fund as the "Royal Air Force Memorial Fund" as one of their charitable objects was to raise a memorial to airmen who died in the First World War. The Royal Air Force Memorial was completed in 1923. The monument, in Portland stone surmounted by a gilded eagle, can be seen on Victoria Embankment. Fundraising for the RAF Benevolent Fund occurred outside the UK as well. Prior to the United States entering World War II, Piper Aircraft Company produced 49, one for each state in the US plus another, Piper J-3 aircraft with RAF insignia and nicknamed the Flitfire, to be auctioned