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287 Squadron

Arrived at RAF Bradwell Bay                   15/06/1945

Departed RAF Bradwell Bay                    10/09/1945

Aircraft Flown at Bradwell Bay                 Tempest V      

Squadron Code KZ

© IWM (COL 750)

Arriving at RAF Bradwell Bay 5 weeks after the war in Europe had ended. The squadron was formed at Croydon as an Anti-Aircraft Co-Operation Flight, in November 1941. One of its roles was target towing. Its tenure at Bradwell Bay was quite short leaving Bradwell Bay to go to West Malling and was disbanded there in June 1946.