#6 Sgt Sidhu-W7513,No 75(NZ) Sqn, No3 Group, RAF

No. 3 Group HQ : Exning, Suffolk AOCinC : Air Vice-Marshal the Hon. RA Cochrane
Oakington	7 Sqn (PFF)	Stirling	22
Gravely	35 Sqn (PFF)	Halifax	28
Wyton	83 Sqn (PFF) 109 Sqn (PFF)	Lancaster Mosquito Wellington IC Wellington	20 7 3 2
Warboys	156 Sqn (PFF)	Lancaster Wellington III	8 Non-op'l 15
Bourn	15 Sqn	Stirling	14
Newmarket	75 (NZ) Sqn	Stirling	8
Ridgewell	90 Sqn	Stirling	12
Chedburgh	214 Sqn	Stirling	11
Downham Market	218 Sqn	Stirling	14
Lakenheath	149 Sqn	Stirling	11 Non-op'l
East Wretham	115 Sqn	Stirling Wellington	2 Non-op'l 15
No 75 was based at Newmarket ,part of No 3 Group as marked above. Sometime in May- June 1943 it moved to its new base at Mepal and was susequently re-equipped with Lancasters in 1944( June or so?).Officially opened in June 1943, its first occupants were the Stirlings of No. 75 Squadron, removed from the turf of Newmarket Heath, which conducted its first operation from Mepal on the night of July 3. Named the New Zealand Squadron and manned largely by citizens of that country, No. 75 was to remain in residence for a little over two years, seeing out the war from Mepal. No other squadron was based there during this period as No. 75 maintained three flights, their complements often totalling more than 30 aircraft, particularly after Lancasters replaced the Stirlings in March 1944. The squadron lost 104 bombers in operations from Mepal, 50 being Stirlings and 52 Lancasters.