title: No. 635 Squadron RAF
text: No. 635 Squadron RAF was a heavy bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
  
  History
  635 squadron was formed at RAF Downham Market in Norfolk on 20 March 1944 from two flights drawn from No. 35 Squadron and No. 97 Squadron, equipped with Lancaster Mk.I bombers, as part of No. 8 Group RAF in Bomber Command. It re-equipped with Lancaster Mk.III bombers the same month, then Lancaster Mk.VI bombers in July. After the end of its bombing operations in April 1945 it was used for transport and food relief until disbanded at Downham Market on 1 September 1945.
  
  Notable squadron members
  One member of the squadron, S/Ldr. I.W. Bazalgette, was awarded a posthumous VC following the raid against Trossy-St Maximin on 4 August 1944.
  
  Aircraft operated
  
  Squadron bases
  
  References
  
  Notes
  
  Bibliography
  
  External links
  
   No. 635 Squadron RAF movement and equipment history
   History of No.'s 621–650 Squadrons at RAF Web
   A photograph of a 635 Squadron Lancaster
  
  Bomber squadrons of the Royal Air Force in World War II
  635 Squadron
  Royal Air Force
  Military units and formations established in 1944
  Military units and formations disestablished in 1945