Operations


	630 Squadron


	Operations carried out by 630 Squadron over the period November 1943 to April 1945.

1943

1943

From it's creation in 1943 (November) to the end of the year 630 squadron took part in 10 operations involving a total of 76 aircraft. In all 3 aircraft were lost in this 2 month period.

Date		Target	Departed	Failed to Return
November	18/19	Berlin	9
	22/23	Berlin	10
	23/24	Berlin	10	2
	26/27	Berlin	10

December	2/3	Berlin	13	1
	3/4	Leipzig	9
	16/17	Berlin	12
	20/21	Frankfurt	15
	23/24	Berlin	12
	29/30	Berlin	15

			10	Operations
			3	Failed To Return

1944

1944

The first (and only) full operational year for the squadron. But it left it's mark! The squadron took part in 142 operations involving a total of 1773 aircraft. In all 43 aircraft were lost in this year.

Jan-March

Date		Target	Departed	Failed to Return
January	1/2	Berlin	14	1
	2/3	Berlin	11
	5/6	Berlin	13
	14/15	Brunswick	15
	20/21	Berlin	14
	21/22	Magdeburg	13
	27/28	Berlin	13
	28/29	Berlin	11	2
	30/31	Berlin	10

February	15/16	Berlin	21	2
	19/20	Leipzig	17
	20/21	Stuttgart	14	2
	24/25	Scweinfurt	16
	25/26	Augsburg	14

March	1/2	Stuttgart	14	1
	10/11	Clermont- Ferrand	11
	15/16	Stuttgart	20	2
	18/19	Frankfurt	18	1
	22/23	Frankfurt	15
	24/25	Berlin	15	3
	26/27	Essen	14
	30/31	Muremburg	16	3

			22	Operations (period)
			17	Failed To Return (period)

April-June

Date		Target	Departed	Failed to Return
April	5/6	Toulouse	9
	9/10	Mining	10
	10/11	Tours	17
	11/12	Aachen	6
	18/19	Juvisy	17
	20/21	LaChapelle	15
	22/23	Brunswick	15
	23/24	Mining	2
	24/25	Munich	16	1
	26/27	Schweinfurt	15	1
	29/30	Clermont- Ferrand	12

May	1/2	Tours	12
	3/4	Mailly-le-Camp	13
	7/8	Tours	13
	9/10	Annecy	10
	11/12	Bourg Leopold	19	2
	19/20	Amiens	18
	21/22	Duisburg	5	1
		Mining	14	1
	22/23	Brunswick	16
	24/25	Antwerp	11
	27/28	St Valery-en-Caux	14

June	1/2	Saumur	15
	4/5	Maisy	17
	5/6	LaPernelle	15
	6/7	Caen	13	1
	7/8	Foret de Cerisey	13
	9/10	Etampes	16
	12/13	Caen	15
	14/15	Aunay-sur-Odon	16
	16/17	Beauvoir	19	5
	21/22	Wesseling	19
	24/25	Ponnereval	13
	27/28	Mimoyecques	16



			34	Operations (period)
			12	Failed To Return (period)

July-September

Date		Target	Departed	Failed to Return
July	4/5	St Leu d'Esserant	20	1
	7/8	St Leu d'Esserant	17	1
	10/11	Mining	3
	12/13	Calmont-Chalindry	11
	14/15	Villeneuve-St Georges	9
	15/16	Nevers	8
	18	Caen	17
	18/19	Revigny	10	4
	19	Thivery (St Leu D'Esserant)	9
	20/21	Courlrai	11
	23/24	Kiel	6
		Mining	3	1
	24/25	Stuttgart	8	1
		St Nazaire	7
	25/26	Stuttgart	12
	26/27	Givors	8
	28/29	Stuttgart	11	1
	30	Cahagnes	12
	31	Joingy La Roche	9

August	1	La Breteque	4
	2	Trossy St-Maximin	12
	3	Trossy St-Maximin	10
	5	St Leu d'Esserant	12
	6	Bois de Cassan	6	1
	7/8	Sequeville	14
	9/10	Chatellerault	15
	11	Bordeaux	5
	11/12	Givors	10
	12/13	Brunswick	8
		Falaise	3
	14	Brest	4
	15	Deelen	11
	16/17	Stettin	13	1
	18	Foret d'lsle Adam	5	1
		Bordeaux	1
	25/26	Darmstadt	15
	26/27	Konigsburg	14
	29/30	Konigsburg	12
		Mining	4
	31	Bergueneuse	15

September	2	Brest	11
	3	Ueelen	17
	9/10	Monchen-gladbach	16
	11	Le Havre	11
	11/12	Darmstadt	17
	12/13	Stuttgart	13
	17	Boulogne	17
	18/19	Bremerhaven	16
	19/20	Monchen-gladbach	17
	23/24	Hansdorf/Munster	21
	26/27	Karlsruhe	20
	27/28	Kaiserslkautern	19

			52	Operations (period)
			12	Failed To Return (period)

October-December

Date		Target	Departed	Failed to Return
October	5	Wilhelmshaven	21
	6	Bremen	18
		Mining	3
	7	Flushing	16
	14/15	Brunswick	20
	15/16	Mining	2
	17	Walcheren	5
	19/20	Nuremburg	20
	23	Flushing	6
	24/25	Mining	4
	28/29	Bergen	19
	30	Walcheren	12

November	1	Hamburg	19
	2/3	Dusseldorf	14
	4/5	Ladbingen	14
	11/12	Harburg	17
		Mining	2
	16	Duren	19
	21/22	Gravenhorst	21
	22/23	Trondheim	12
	26/27	Munich	20

December	4/5	Heilbronn	20
	6/7	Giessen	16
	8	Urftdam	14	1
	11	Urftdam	15
	14	Mining	2
	17/18	Munich	17
	18/19	Gydnia	13
		Mining	3
	21/22	Politz	6
	26	St Vith	2
	28/29	Mining	3
	31	Houffalize	12
		Mining	2	1



			34	Operations (period)
			2	Failed To Return (period)

1945

1945

The final operational year for the squadron. In the 4 months left of it's existence the squadron took part in 43 operations involving a total of 529 aircraft. In all 7 aircraft were lost in this year.

Date		Target	Departed	Failed to Return
January	1	Ladbingen	10
	1/2	Gravenhorst	6
	4/5	Royan	18
	5/6	Houffalize	9
	6/7	Mining	3
	7/8	Munich	14	1
	13/14	Politz	15	1
		Mining	3
	14/15	Merseburge	13
	16/17	Brux	15

February	1/2	Siegen	19
	2/3	Karlsruhe	16
	7/8	Ladbingen	12
	8/9	Politz	19
	13/14	Dresden	17
	14/15	Rositz	14	1
	19/20	Bolen	15
	20/21	Mittelland/Gravenhorst	11
	21/22	Gravenhorst	13
	23	Mining	2
	24	Ladbingen	13

March	3/4	Ladbingen	13
	5/6	Bohlen	17
	6/7	Sassnitz	11
		Mining	3
	7/8	Harburg	15
	11	Essen	15
	11/12	Mining	2
	12	Dortmund	16
	14/15	Lutzkendorf	15
	16/17	Wurzburg	18	1
	20/21	Bohlen	19
	21/22	Hamburg	16
	23/24	Wesel	17

April	4	Noordhausen	17
	6	Molbis	11
	8/9	Lutzkendorf	17	1
	10/11	Leipzig	11	2
	13/14	Mining	4
	16/17	Pilsen	14
	23	FIensburg	12
	25	Berchtes	15
	25/26	Mining	4


			43	Operations
			7	Failed To Return

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