Formation and early years Formed at
RAF Pengam Moors near
Cardiff (the often cited Llandow was not erected yet) as an army co-operation squadron unit and part of the Auxiliary Air Force on 1 June 1937, No. 614 squadron was initially equipped with
Hawker Hinds. By the end of the year it had received some additional
Hawker Hectors which it flew until November 1939, when the squadron became operational on
Westland Lysanders, the first of which had arrived in July of that year. From July 1941 it began re-equipping with
Bristol Blenheims, a process completed by January 1942. In support of
RAF Bomber Command's 'Thousand Bomber Raids' in May and June 1942, the squadron sent its Blenheims to attack enemy airfields in the
Low Countries and in August 1942 it laid smoke screens for the
landings at Dieppe.
In North Africa In November 1942 the Squadron moved to North Africa. There the Squadron carried out attacks against enemy airfields and lines of communication until May 1943, when the fighting in that area ended. It then became involved in shipping escort duties in the Mediterranean until being disbanded on 25 January 1944 at
Borizzo Airfield,
Sicily. (though one source ==Aircraft operated==