No. 100 Squadron RAF
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No 100 Squadron of the Royal Air Force is based at RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire, UK, and operates the Hawker-Siddeley Hawk.
History
No. 100 was the first RAF squadron formed for night bombing. It was formed at Hingham in 1917 and then went to France. It was part of the Independent Force used for the strategic bombing of Germany with Handley Page 0/400 heavy bombers.Aircraft operated
- Handley Page 0/400
- Bristol F.2 Fighter
- De Havilland DH9a
- Fairey Fawn
- Hawker Horsley
- Vickers Vimy
- Vickers Vildebeest
- Avro Lancaster III
- Avro Lincoln
- English Electric Canberra
- Hawker-Siddeley Hawk
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