No. 140 Expeditionary Air Wing


No. 140 Expeditionary Air Wing is a deployable Expeditionary Air Wing of the Royal Air Force based at RAF Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland, UK.
The current wing was established on 1 April 2006 the wing has history dating back to May 1944:

Second World War

No. 140 Airfield Headquarters RAF
The wing was originally No. 140 Airfield Headquarters RAF.
No. 140 Wing RAF
No. 140 Wing RAF was a formation of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. It comprised No. 21 Squadron RAF, No. 464 Squadron RAAF and No. 487 Squadron RNZAF. It carried out many notable low-level bombing operations, including Operation Jericho and Operation Carthage in Copenhagen.
No. 464 and No. 487 Squadrons were Article XV Squadrons, i.e. they were Commonwealth squadrons which operated under the operational control of the Royal Air Force, which also was responsible e.g. for their pay.

Deployments