No. 140 Expeditionary Air Wing

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No. 140 Expeditionary Air Wing RAF
Previous units:
No. 140 Expeditionary Air Wing (Fighter) RAF
No. 140 (Bomber) Wing RAF
No. 140 Airfield Headquarters RAF
Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg
Active1 April 2006 -
12 May 1944 - 14 November 1947 [1]
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Type Expeditionary Air Wing
Size Wing
Garrison/HQ RAF Lossiemouth
Aircraft flown
Bomber Lockheed Ventura
de Havilland Mosquito FB.VI
Fighter Eurofighter Typhoon FGR.4

No. 140 Expeditionary Air Wing is a deployable Expeditionary Air Wing of the Royal Air Force based at RAF Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland, UK.

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The current wing was established on 1 April 2006 the wing has history dating back to May 1944:

Second World War

No. 140 Airfield Headquarters RAF

The wing was originally No. 140 Airfield Headquarters RAF. [2]

No. 140 (Bomber) Wing RAF

No. 140 Wing RAF was a formation of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. It comprised No. 21 Squadron RAF, No. 464 Squadron RAAF and No. 487 Squadron RNZAF. [3] It carried out many notable low-level bombing operations, including Operation Jericho (Amiens prison) and Operation Carthage in Copenhagen.

No. 464 and No. 487 Squadrons were Article XV Squadrons, i.e. they were Commonwealth squadrons which operated under the operational control of the Royal Air Force, which also was responsible e.g. for their pay.

Deployments

References

Citations

  1. "Wing Nos 111 - 192" Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation. 06/11/17
  2. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 46.
  3. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 296.
  4. "Permanent Representatives to NATO visits Operation Azotize". RAF. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  5. Air Forces Monthly . Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. May 2025. p. 9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)

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