No. 621 Squadron RAF was formed at
Port Reitz,
Kenya, on 12 September 1943 as a general reconnaissance unit equipped with 16
Wellington XIIIs, with a role of carrying out maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine duties over the western
Indian Ocean and the coasts of East Africa. In October 1943, the squadron moved to
Mogadishu,
Somalia, and in November, supplemented its normal duties by being tasked to look for four thousand stolen camels on behalf of the army. The present
621 Volunteer Gliding Squadron has no links with 621 Squadron, and in fact traces its lines back to No. 87 Glider School RAF. ==Aircraft operated==