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RAF units and aircraft - Bomber Command, RAF Waterbeach[edit]

Years	Unit	Aircraft	Variant	Notes
1941-1942	No. 99 Squadron RAF	Vickers Wellington	Ic, II
1941-1942	26 Conversion Flight RAF	Short Stirling	I	On 2 January 1942 it was upgraded to form 1651 CU
1942–1943	1651 Conversion Unit RAF	Short Stirling	I, III	During 1942 it flew 49 operational sorties, with a loss of five aircraft
1942	214 Squadron Conversion Flight RAF	Short Stirling	I	Two short stays April-May and August-October 1942
1943	1665 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF	Short Stirling	I
1943	1678 Conversion Unit RAF	Avro Lancaster	II	The training unit for No. 514 Squadron RAF
1943-1945	No. 514 Squadron RAF	Avro Lancaster	I, II and III

RAF units and aircraft - Transport Command, RAF Waterbeach[edit]

Years	Unit	Aircraft	Variant	Notes
1945-1946	No. 59 Squadron RAF	Consolidated Liberator	B, C and GR	Carrying troops to and from India and the Far East
1945-1946	No. 220 Squadron RAF	Consolidated Liberator	C Mk V, VI and VIII
1946	1552 (BABS) Flight RAF	Airspeed Oxford		Training in Beam Approach Beacon System, March-July
1946-1947	No. 51 Squadron RAF	Avro York	C
1947–1949	No. 77 Squadron RAF	Douglas Dakota		Participated in Operation Plainfare, the Berlin Airlift
1947–1949	No. 62 Squadron RAF	Douglas Dakota		Participated in Operation Plainfare, the Berlin Airlift
1947–1949	No. 53 Squadron RAF	Douglas Dakota		Participated in Operation Plainfare, the Berlin Airlift
1947-1950	No. 18 Squadron RAF	Douglas Dakota		Participated in Operation Plainfare, the Berlin Airlift
1949-1950	No. 24 Squadron RAF	Avro Lancastrian Douglas Dakota Avro York	C2 C Mk IV C Mk I	Participated in Operation Plainfare and then European scheduled services

RAF units and aircraft - Fighter Command, RAF Waterbeach[edit]

Years	Unit	Aircraft	Variant	Notes
1950-1959	No. 56 Squadron RAF	Gloster Meteor Supermarine Swift Hawker Hunter	F4 and F8 F1 and F2 F5 and F8	27 Meteor F4s from RAF Thorney Island arrived on 10 May 1950
1950-1958	No. 63 Squadron RAF	Gloster Meteor Hawker Hunter	F4 and F8 F6a
1955-1957	No. 253 Squadron RAF	de Havilland Venom de Havilland Vampire	NF2a T11
1957-1958	No. 153 Squadron RAF	Gloster Meteor Gloster Javelin	NF12 and 14 FAW 7 and 9
1958-1961	No. 25 Squadron RAF	Gloster Meteor Gloster Javelin	NF12 and 14 FAW 7 and 9
1959-1961	No. 46 Squadron RAF	Gloster Javelin	FAW 2
1961-1962	No. 64 Squadron RAF	Gloster Javelin	FAW 9
1961-1963	No. 1 Squadron RAF	Hawker Hunter	F6 and FGA9
1961-1963	No. 54 Squadron RAF	Hawker Hunter	FGA9	Hunter XG264 was the last to leave RAF Waterbeach for RAF West Raynham on 8 August 1963