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No. 125 Expeditionary Air Wing RAF
Previous units:
No. 125 Airfield Headquarters RAF
No. 125 (Fighter) Wing RAF
No. 125 (Night Fighter) Wing RAF
No. 125 Expeditionary Air Wing RAF; Previous units:; No. 125 Airfield Headquarters RAF; No. 125 (Fighter) Wing RAF; No. 125 (Night Fighter) Wing RAF;
Active	April 2006 - 2013; 1943-44; 1944-45; 1953-58
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Expeditionary Air Wing
Last base	RAF Leuchars

No. 125 Expeditionary Air Wing is a former deployable Expeditionary Air Wing of the Royal Air Force based at RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland.

The current wing was established on 1 April 2006 the wing has history dating back to May 1944:

Second World War

No. 125 (Fighter) Wing within No. 15 Sector RAF, No. 83 Group RAF, RAF Second Tactical Air Force at RAF Ford on 12 May 1944. It moved to B.9 Bazenville, B.11 Longues, B.2 Beauvais/Nivelles, B.70 Antwerp/Deurne, B.82 Grave, B.64 Diest, Y.32 Ophoven, B.78 Eindhoven, B.106 Twente/Enschede, B.118 Celle, B.160 Kastrup, B.172 Husum and finally B.158 Lubeck where the wing was disbanded on 14 July 1945.^[1]

Squadrons:^[1]

No. 132 (City of Bombay) Squadron RAF (12 May 1944 to 28 September 1944)
No. 453 Squadron RAAF (12 May 1944 to 28 September 1944)
No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron RAuxAF (12 May 1944 to 28 September 1944)
No. 441 Squadron RCAF (14 July 1944 to 28 September 1944)
No. 137 Squadron RAF (Unknown to 13 August 1944)
No. 80 Squadron RAF (28 September 1944 to 1 October 1944)
No. 130 (Punjab) Squadron RAF (28 September 1944 to 10 May 1945)
No. 274 Squadron RAF (28 September 1944 to 7 October 1944)
No. 402 Squadron RCAF (28 September 1944 to 27 December 1944)
No. 41 Squadron RAF (8 November 1944 to 25 January 1945)
No. 350 (Belgian) Squadron RAF (8 November 1944 to 14 July 1945)
No. 610 (County of Chester) Squadron RAuxAF (8 November 1944 to 21 February 1945)
No. 41 Squadron RAF (21 March 1945 to 14 July 1945)
No. 137 Squadron RAF (7 May 1945 to Unknown)
No. 486 Squadron RAAF (12 May 1945 to 14 July 1945)

History of No. 125 Airfield

No. 125 Airfield Headquarters was formed on 24 June 1943 at RAF Gravesend within No. 83 Group RAF, it moved to RAF Newchurch on 2 July 1943. The unit then moved to RAF Detling on 12 October 1943 then to RAF Ford on 4 May 1944. The HQ was disbanded still at Ford on 12 May 1944 to become No. 125 (Fighter) Wing RAF.^[2]

Squadrons:^[2]