No. 519 Squadron was formed on 15 August 1943 at
RAF Wick from
1406 Flight, equipped with
Handley Page Hampdens and
Supermarine Spitfires. Its purpose was collecting meteorological data from the northern waters of the
North Sea all the way to
Norway. It soon replaced the Hampdens with
Lockheed Hudsons and
Lockheed Venturas. The squadron base moved on a number of times along the east coast of Scotland but the squadron's role remained the same. In November 1944 the squadron started using the
Boeing Fortress, which it operated to the end of the war. With the war over, the squadron standardised on the
Halifax Mk.III, until it was disbanded at
RAF Leuchars on 31 May 1946. ==Aircraft operated==