No. 618 Squadron RAF

No. 618 Squadron RAF
Mosquito B Mark IV development aircraft, DK290/G of the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment based at Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, in flight following modification to its deepened bomb bay to accommodate two "Highball" weapons for trials, March 1943
Mosquito B Mark IV development aircraft, DK290/G of the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment based at Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, in flight following modification to its deepened bomb bay to accommodate two "Highball" weapons for trials, March 1943
Active1 April 1943 – 14 July 1945
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldryNo badge authorised
Squadron codesNo markings known to be carried
Aircraft flown
AttackBristol Beaufighter
Twin-engined fighter
BomberDe Havilland Mosquito
Twin-engined light bomber
Fairey Barracuda
Single-engined torpedo bomber-dive bomber

No. 618 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, intended to carry off a variation of the Barnes Wallis-designed bouncing bomb code-named "Highball". Due to various circumstances the "Highball" weapon was never used, and the squadron disbanded at the end of the war.