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Squadrons are the main form of flying unit of the Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the United Kingdom's air force, the oldest independent air force in the world. Formed on 1 April 1918, the RAF has taken a significant role in British military history ever since, playing a large part in World War II and in more recent conflicts....
 (RAF). These include Royal Flying Corps
Royal Flying Corps

The Royal Flying Corps was the over-land air arm of the British military during most of the First World War. During the early part of the war, the RFC's responsibilities were centred on support of the British Army, via artillery cooperation and photographic reconnaissance....
 (RFC) and Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Naval Air Service

The Royal Naval Air Service or RNAS was the air arm of the Royal Navy until near the end of World War I, when it merged with the British Army's Royal Flying Corps to form a new service , the Royal Air Force....
 (RNAS) squadrons incorporated into the RAF when it was formed on 1 April 1918, during the First World War. Other squadrons of the RAF include those from Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, also known as the Commonwealth or the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organization of fifty-three independent member states....
 air forces which have served within the RAF structure and squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm
Fleet Air Arm

The Fleet Air Arm is the branch of the Royal Navy responsible for the operation of the aircraft on board their ships. The Fleet Air Arm operates the AgustaWestland EH101, Westland Sea King and Westland Lynx helicopters, as well as the BAE Harrier II....
 before it transferred to the Royal Navy
Royal Navy

The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British Armed Forces . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s....
 in 1939.

Some squadrons have an individual tradition of presenting their squadron number in Roman numerals or using a suffix to their squadron number (such as "(F)" for "Fighter" or "(AC)" for "Army Co-operation") to indicate a past or present role.






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Squadrons are the main form of flying unit of the Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the United Kingdom's air force, the oldest independent air force in the world. Formed on 1 April 1918, the RAF has taken a significant role in British military history ever since, playing a large part in World War II and in more recent conflicts....
 (RAF). These include Royal Flying Corps
Royal Flying Corps

The Royal Flying Corps was the over-land air arm of the British military during most of the First World War. During the early part of the war, the RFC's responsibilities were centred on support of the British Army, via artillery cooperation and photographic reconnaissance....
 (RFC) and Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Naval Air Service

The Royal Naval Air Service or RNAS was the air arm of the Royal Navy until near the end of World War I, when it merged with the British Army's Royal Flying Corps to form a new service , the Royal Air Force....
 (RNAS) squadrons incorporated into the RAF when it was formed on 1 April 1918, during the First World War. Other squadrons of the RAF include those from Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, also known as the Commonwealth or the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organization of fifty-three independent member states....
 air forces which have served within the RAF structure and squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm
Fleet Air Arm

The Fleet Air Arm is the branch of the Royal Navy responsible for the operation of the aircraft on board their ships. The Fleet Air Arm operates the AgustaWestland EH101, Westland Sea King and Westland Lynx helicopters, as well as the BAE Harrier II....
 before it transferred to the Royal Navy
Royal Navy

The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British Armed Forces . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s....
 in 1939.

Some squadrons have an individual tradition of presenting their squadron number in Roman numerals or using a suffix to their squadron number (such as "(F)" for "Fighter" or "(AC)" for "Army Co-operation") to indicate a past or present role. However, these practices have, at least in the past, been deprecated at higher levels.

Regular RAF squadrons (Nos. 1-299)


Nos. 1-50

  • No. 1 Squadron RAF
    No. 1 Squadron RAF

    No. 1 Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Air Force. It currently operates the RAF Harrier II from RAF Cottesmore.The squadron motto is In omnibus princeps , appropriate for the RAF's oldest squadron and one that has been involved in almost every major British military operation since World War I....
  • No. 2 Squadron RAF
    No. 2 Squadron RAF

    No. 2 Squadron of the Royal Air Force is currently one of two RAF squadrons operating in the reconnaissance role with the RAF Tornado GR4A and is based at RAF Marham, Norfolk....
  • No. 3 Squadron RAF
    No. 3 Squadron RAF

    No. 3 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Eurofighter Typhoon and T1 from RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire....
  • No. 4 Squadron RAF
  • No. 5 Squadron RAF
    No. 5 Squadron RAF

    No. 5 Squadron of the Royal Air Force is the operator of the new Raytheon Sentinel Airborne STand-Off Radar aircraft and is based at RAF Waddington....
  • No. 6 Squadron RAF
    No. 6 Squadron RAF

    No. 6 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operated the SEPECAT Jaguar from RAF Coltishall, Norfolk until April 2006, moving to RAF Coningsby and operating until May 2007....
  • No. 7 Squadron RAF
    No. 7 Squadron RAF

    No. 7 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the CH-47 Chinook RAF Chinook from RAF Odiham, Hampshire.7 Sqn is earmarked as the operator of the eight RAF Chinook#HC.3s on order, if the problems with the helicopters are ever resolved....
  • No. 8 Squadron RAF
  • No. 9 Squadron RAF
  • No. 10 Squadron RAF
    No. 10 Squadron RAF

    No. 10 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron. The squadron served in a variety of roles over its 90 year history. The squadron disbanded on 14 October 2005 and the aircraft and personnel were transferred to No....
  • No. 11 Squadron RAF
  • No. 12 Squadron RAF
    No. 12 Squadron RAF

    No. 12 Squadron of the Royal Air Force currently operates the Panavia Tornado from RAF Lossiemouth....
  • No. 13 Squadron RAF
  • No. 14 Squadron RAF
    No. 14 Squadron RAF

    No. 14 Squadron of the Royal Air Force currently operates the Panavia Tornado RAF Tornado GR4 from RAF Lossiemouth and is specialised in precision bombings by utilising the TIALD system....
  • No. 15 Squadron RAF
  • No. 16 Squadron RAF
    No. 16 Squadron RAF

    No. 16 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was formed at St Omer, France on 10 May 1915. It immediately began fighting in World War I under Hugh Dowding....
  • No. 17 Squadron RAF
  • No. 18 Squadron RAF
    No. 18 Squadron RAF

    No. 18 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the CH-47 Chinook RAF Chinook from RAF Odiham. No. 18 Squadron was the first and is currently the largest RAF operator of the Chinook....
  • No. 19 Squadron RAF
  • No. 20 Squadron RAF
    No. 20 Squadron RAF

    No.20 Squadron of the Royal Air Force is the current OCU for the RAF Harrier II, T10 and T12 operating from RAF Wittering. A reserve squadron, it can be called upon for combat duties if necessary....
  • No. 21 Squadron RAF
    No. 21 Squadron RAF

    No. 21 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was formed in 1915 and was disbanded for the last time in 1976.The squadron motto was Viribus vincimus ....
  • No. 22 Squadron RAF
    No. 22 Squadron RAF

    No. 22 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Westland Sea King at four stations in the southern half of the United Kingdom.History...
  • No. 23 Squadron RAF
    No. 23 Squadron RAF

    No. 23 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the E-3 Sentry from RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire. The RAF Airborne Warning And Control System fleet is made up of seven E-3Ds, with the UK designation Sentry AEW1 and the aircraft are pooled between 23 Sqn and No....
  • No. 24 Squadron RAF (Commonwealth)
  • No. 25 Squadron RAF
  • No. 26 Squadron RAF
    No. 26 Squadron RAF

    No. 26 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was formed in 1915 and was disbanded for the last time in 1976.The squadron motto is N Wagter in die Lug , and the squadrons motto is a springbok's head couped....
  • No. 27 Squadron RAF
    No. 27 Squadron RAF

    No. 27 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Boeing Chinook from RAF Odiham....
  • No. 28 Squadron RAF
    No. 28 Squadron RAF

    No. 28 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the AgustaWestland EH101 from RAF Benson....
  • No. 29 Squadron RAF
    No. 29 Squadron RAF

    No. 29 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was first raised in 1915, and is one of the world's oldest fighter squadrons. The second UK squadron to receive the Eurofighter Typhoon, it is currently the Operational Conversion Unit for the RAF's newest fighter....
  • No. 30 Squadron RAF
    No. 30 Squadron RAF

    No. 30 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the second generation C-130 Hercules from RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire.The RAF transport fleet is in a period of flux and the Hercules C4/C5 fleet is a major part of this....
  • No. 31 Squadron RAF
    No. 31 Squadron RAF

    No. 31 Squadron of the Royal Air Force, known as the 'Goldstars', currently operates the RAF Tornado GR4 from RAF Marham, Norfolk.History...
  • No. 32 Squadron RAF (The Royal Squadron)
  • No. 33 Squadron RAF
    No. 33 Squadron RAF

    No. 33 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the A?rospatiale Puma from RAF Benson, Oxfordshire....
  • No. 34 Squadron RAF
    No. 34 Squadron RAF

    No. 34 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force. During the First World War it operated as a reconnaissance and bomber squadron, and in the 1930s operated light bombers....
  • No. 35 Squadron RAF (Madras Presidency)
  • No. 36 Squadron RAF
    No. 36 Squadron RAF

    No. 36 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps was formed at Cramlington on February 1 1916 and was disbanded for the last time in 1975....
  • No. 37 Squadron RAF
    No. 37 Squadron RAF

    No. 37 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron of the First and Second World Wars....
  • No. 38 Squadron RAF
    No. 38 Squadron RAF

    No. 38 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was formed in 1916 and was disbanded for the last time in 1967. During the Second World War it operated out of RAF Marham, Norfolk, flying Vickers Wellington strategic bombers....
  • No. 39 Squadron RAF
    No. 39 Squadron RAF

    No. 39 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the MQ-9 Reaper since 2007, operating from Creech AFB, Nevada, USA....
  • No. 40 Squadron RAF
    No. 40 Squadron RAF

    No. 40 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was formed in 1916 at Gosport as No 40 Squadron RFC and was disbanded for the last time in 1957.Edward Mannock gained 16 of his 73 victories while in the No....
  • No. 41 Squadron RAF
    No. 41 Squadron RAF

    No. 41 Squadron of the Royal Air Force is currently the RAF's Fast Jet and Weapons Operational Evaluation Unit, based at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire....
  • No. 42 Squadron RAF
    No. 42 Squadron RAF

    No. 42 Squadron of the Royal Air Force has served during World war I as a army co-operation squadron and during World War II in various roles. It is at present a Operational Conversion Unit for the Hawker-Siddeley Nimrod, based at RAF Kinloss, Moray....
  • No. 43 Squadron RAF
    No. 43 Squadron RAF

    No. 43 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Panavia Tornado RAF Tornado F3 from RAF Leuchars, Scotland....
  • No. 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron RAF
    No. 44 Squadron RAF

    No. 44 Squadron of the Royal Air Force is no longer operational. For most of its history it served as a heavy bomber squadron....
  • No. 45 Squadron RAF
    No. 45 Squadron RAF

    45 Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Air Force. ...
  • No. 46 Squadron RAF
    No. 46 Squadron RAF

    No. 46 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Air Force. It was formed in 1916, and has been disbanded and re-formed three times before its last disbandment in 1975....
     (Uganda)
  • No. 47 Squadron RAF
    No. 47 Squadron RAF

    No. 47 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the C-130 Hercules from RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire....
  • No. 48 Squadron RAF
    No. 48 Squadron RAF

    No. 48 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron that saw service in both World War I and World War II.History First World War No....
  • No. 49 Squadron RAF
    No. 49 Squadron RAF

    No. 49 Squadron was a bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force from 1938 to 1965. They received their first Handley Page Hampden in September 1938....
  • No. 50 Squadron RAF
    No. 50 Squadron RAF

    No. 50 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Air Force...


Nos. 51-100

  • No. 51 Squadron RAF
    No. 51 Squadron RAF

    No. 51 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operate the Hawker-Siddeley Nimrod#R.1 from RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire....
  • No. 52 Squadron RAF
    No. 52 Squadron RAF

    No. 52 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron that saw service in both World War I and World War II....
  • No. 53 Squadron RAF
    No. 53 Squadron RAF

    No. 53 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Air Force....
  • No. 54 Squadron RAF
  • No. 55 Squadron RAF
    No. 55 Squadron RAF

    No. 55 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was formed in 1916 at Castle Bromwich. It is currently a flying training squadron based at RAF Cranwell in Lincolnshire....
  • No. 56 Squadron RAF
    No. 56 Squadron RAF

    Number 56 Squadron is one of the oldest and most successful squadrons of the Royal Air Force, with battle honours from many of the significant air campaigns of both World War I and World War II....
     (Punjab)
  • No. 57 Squadron RAF
    No. 57 Squadron RAF

    No. 57 Squadron RAF is a Royal Air Force flying training squadron....
  • No. 58 Squadron RAF
    No. 58 Squadron RAF

    No. 58 Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Air Force....
  • No. 59 Squadron RAF
    No. 59 Squadron RAF

    No. 59 Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Air Force....
  • No. 60 Squadron RAF
    No. 60 Squadron RAF

    No. 60 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was formed in 1916 at Gosport. It is currently part of the Defence Helicopter Flying School based at RAF Shawbury in Shropshire....
  • No. 61 Squadron RAF
  • No. 62 Squadron RAF
    No. 62 Squadron RAF

    No. 62 Squadron RAF was formed on 8 August 1916, at RAF Filton from No. 7 Training Squadron. In May 1917 it equipped with the Bristol F2B, before being posted to France in January 1918....
  • No. 63 Squadron RAF
    No. 63 Squadron RAF

    No. 63 Squadron...
  • No. 64 Squadron RAF
    No. 64 Squadron RAF

    No. 64 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Air Force. It was first formed on 1 August 1916 as a squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. It was last disbanded on 31 January 1991 at RAF Leuchars....
  • No. 65 Squadron RAF
    No. 65 Squadron RAF

    No. 65 Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Air Force....
     (East India)
  • No. 66 Squadron RAF
    No. 66 Squadron RAF

    No. 66 Squadron was a Royal Flying Corps and eventually Royal Air Force aircraft squadron....
  • No. 67 Squadron
    • 1916-18: RFC designation for No. 1 Squadron
      No. 1 Squadron RAAF

      No. 1 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force squadron. Based at RAAF Amberley, it currently operates the General Dynamics F-111 bomber....
      , Australian Flying Corps
    • post-1918 No. 67 Squadron RAF
      No. 67 Squadron RAF

      The name No. 67 Squadron has been used by the Royal Air Force for three quite different units....
  • No. 68 Squadron
    • 1916-18: RFC designation for No. 2 Squadron
      No. 2 Squadron RAAF

      No. 2 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force squadron. From its formation in 1916, it has operated a variety of aircraft types including Fighter aircraft, bombers, and Airborne Early Warning & Control....
      , Australian Flying Corps
    • post-1918 No. 68 Squadron RAF
      No. 68 Squadron RAF

      The name No. 68 Squadron has been used by the Royal Air Force for two quite different units.No. 2 Squadron RAAF was formed at Heliopolis, Egypt in 1916....
  • No. 69 Squadron
    • 1916-18: RFC designation for No. 3 Squadron
      No. 3 Squadron RAAF

      No. 3 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force fighter squadron. It was first formed in 1916 and currently operates F/A-18 Hornet aircraft from RAAF Base Williamtown, near Sydney....
       Australian Flying Corps
    • post-1918 No. 69 Squadron RAF
      No. 69 Squadron RAF

      The name No. 69 Squadron has been used by the Royal Air Force for two quite different units.No. 3 Squadron RAAF was formed at Point Cook, Victoria, Australia on September 19, 1916....
  • No. 70 Squadron RAF
  • No. 71 Squadron
    • 1916-18: RFC designation for No. 4 Squadron
      No. 4 Squadron RAAF

      No. 4 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force fighter aircraft and army co-operation unit active in both World War I and World War II. The Squadron is scheduled to be re-formed in 2009 as a non-flying forward air control unit....
      , Australian Flying Corps
    • post-1918: No. 71 (Eagle) Squadron RAF
      No. 71 Squadron RAF

      No. 71 Squadron is a Royal Air Force aircraft squadron, the number has been used three times, once by the Royal Flying Corps for an Australian Flying Corps squadron, in the second world war as an Eagle Squadron and post-war as a fighter-bomber unit based in Royal Air Force Germany....
       - later 334th Fighter Squadron
      334th Fighter Squadron

      The 334th Fighter Squadron is a USAF squadron that operates out of Seymour JohnsonAFB....
       USAAF
  • No. 72 Squadron RAF
    No. 72 Squadron RAF

    No. 72 Squadron Royal Air Force is currently a training reserve squadron based at RAF Linton-on-Ouse using the Short Tucano T1, a modified version of the Brazilian Embraer EMB-312 Tucano training aircraft....
     (Basutoland)
  • No. 73 Squadron RAF
    No. 73 Squadron RAF

    No. 73 Squadron, Royal Air Force was formed on 2 July, 1917 during World War I....
  • No. 74 Squadron RAF
    No. 74 Squadron RAF

    No. 74 Squadron RAF, also known as a "Tiger Squadron" from its tiger head motif, is a squadron of the Royal Air Force. It operated fighter aircraft from 1917 to the 1990s....
      (Trinidad)
  • No. 75 Squadron RAF
    No. 75 Squadron RAF

    No. 75 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operated as a bomber unit in World War II, before being transferred to the Royal New Zealand Air Force in 1945....
     (later 75 Squadron RNZAF)
  • No. 76 Squadron RAF
    No. 76 Squadron RAF

    No. 76 Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Air Force. Currently, it is a training unit, equipped with the Short Tucano at RAF Linton-on-Ouse....
  • No. 77 Squadron RAF
    No. 77 Squadron RAF

    No. 77 Squadron RAF was formed on October 1, 1916 at Edinburgh, and was equipped with B.E.2 and Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12 aircraft. The squadron disbanded at RAF Turnhouse on June 13, 1919....
  • No. 78 Squadron RAF
    No. 78 Squadron RAF

    No. 78 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the AgustaWestland EH101 transport helicopter from RAF Benson.Until December 2007 it was the operator of two Westland Sea Kings from RAF Mount Pleasant, Falkland Islands....
  • No. 79 Squadron RAF
    No. 79 Squadron RAF

    No. 79 Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Air Force....
     (Madras Presidency)
  • No. 80 Squadron RAF
    No. 80 Squadron RAF

    No. 80 Squadron RAF was a Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force squadron active from 1917 until 1969. It was operative during both World War I and World War II....
  • No. 81 Squadron RAF
  • No. 82 Squadron RAF (United Provinces)
  • No. 83 Squadron RAF
    No. 83 Squadron RAF

    No. 83 Squadron RAF was a Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force squadron active from 1917 until 1969. It was operative during both World War I and World War II....
  • No. 84 Squadron RAF
    No. 84 Squadron RAF

    No. 84 Squadron of the Royal Air Force is a Search and Rescue Squadron based at RAF Akrotiri, it uses the Bell 412 helicopter....
  • No. 85 Squadron RAF
    No. 85 Squadron RAF

    No. 85 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Air Force....
  • No. 86 Squadron RAF
  • No. 87 Squadron RAF
    No. 87 Squadron RAF

    No. 87 Squadron RAF was an aircraft squadron of the Royal Air Force during Second World War....
     (United Provinces)
  • No. 88 Squadron RAF
    No. 88 Squadron RAF

    No 88 Squadron RAF was an aircraft squadron of the Royal Air Force during World War II. It operated Douglas DB-7s from France in 1944, alongside the 2nd TAF....
     (Hong Kong)
  • No. 89 Squadron RAF
    No. 89 Squadron RAF

    No. 89 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron.The squadron motto was Dei Auxilio Telis Meis....
  • No. 90 Squadron RAF
  • No. 91 (Nigeria) Squadron RAF
  • No. 92 (East India) Squadron RAF
    No. 92 Squadron RAF

    No. 92 Squadron, also known as No 92 Squadron, of the Royal Air Force was a fighter squadron which was formed as part of the Royal Flying Corps at London Colney as a fighter squadron on 1 September 1917....
  • No. 93 Squadron RAF
    No. 93 Squadron RAF

    No. 93 Squadron RAF was an aircraft squadron of the Royal Air Force during World War II. It operated Turbinlite-equipped Douglas DB-7s from RAF Burtonwood, making night attacks and towing aerial mine charges with steel cables....
  • No. 94 Squadron RAF
    No. 94 Squadron RAF

    No. 94 Squadron RAF was a unit of the Royal Air Force that served during World War I & World War II. The squadron has been formed a total of four times....
  • No. 95 Squadron RAF
  • No. 96 Squadron RAF
  • No. 97 Squadron RAF
    No. 97 Squadron RAF

    No. 97 Squadron, was a Royal Air Force squadron formed on December 1, 1917 at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, first as a training unit, until moving to Netheravon in March 1918, and re-equipping with the Handley Page Type O heavy bomber....
     (Straits Settlements)
  • No. 98 Squadron RAF
  • No. 99 Squadron RAF
    No. 99 Squadron RAF

    No. 99 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III from RAF Brize Norton, the RAF's air transport hub....
     (Madras Presidency)
  • No. 100 Squadron RAF
    No. 100 Squadron RAF

    No. 100 Squadron of the Royal Air Force is based at RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, and operates the Hawker-Siddeley Hawk....


Nos. 101-150

  • No. 101 Squadron RAF
    No. 101 Squadron RAF

    No. 101 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Vickers VC-10 K3 and K4 from RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire. Since No. 10 Squadron RAF disbanded in 2005, the squadron is the only operator of the VC-10....
  • No. 102 (Ceylon) Squadron RAF
    No. 102 Squadron RAF

    No. 102 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron....
  • No. 103 Squadron RAF
    No. 103 Squadron RAF

    No. 103 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron which was formed in 1917 and was disbanded and reformed many times until it was disbanded for the last time in 1975....
  • No. 104 Squadron RAF
    No. 104 Squadron RAF

    No. 104 Squadron RAF was formed at RAF Wyton on 4 September 1917 and was equipped with the Airco DH.9, it then moved to RAF Andover, prior to being posted to France in May 1918....
  • No. 105 Squadron RAF
    No. 105 Squadron RAF

    No. 105 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron, it was the first to operate the de Havilland Mosquito. It became a Bomber Command Pathfinder Squadron....
  • No. 106 Squadron RAF
    No. 106 Squadron RAF

    No. 106 Squadron RAF was a heavy bomber squadron during the second world war, equipped with Avro Manchesters and Avro Lancasters in 1942, when Guy Gibson, later of Operation Chastise fame, was a squadron pilot....
  • No. 107 Squadron RAF
  • No. 108 Squadron RAF
    No. 108 Squadron RAF

    No. 108 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force during World War I. In November 1917, the unit received the first production Airco DH.9 bombers....
  • No. 109 Squadron RAF
    No. 109 Squadron RAF

    No. 109 Squadron RAF was an aircraft squadron of the Royal Air Force during World War II. It operated Vickers Wellingtons....
  • No. 110 (Hyderabad) Squadron RAF
    No. 110 Squadron RAF

    No. 110 Squadron RAF was formed on 1 November 1917, at Rendcomb and was equipped with Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 aircraft. The squadron moved to RAF Kenley the following year and re-equipped with the Airco DH.9A....
  • No. 111 Squadron RAF
    No. 111 Squadron RAF

    No. 111 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the RAF Tornado F3 from RAF Leuchars, Scotland....
  • No. 112 Squadron RAF
    No. 112 Squadron RAF

    No. 112 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Air Force. It served in both the First World War and Second World War and was active for three periods during the Cold War....
  • No. 113 Squadron RAF
    No. 113 Squadron RAF

    No. 113 Squadron was a unit of the Royal Air Force....
  • No. 114 (Hong Kong) Squadron RAF
    No. 114 Squadron RAF

    No. 114 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force before and during World War II. It received the first production Bristol Blenheims in March, 1937....
  • No. 115 Squadron RAF
    No. 115 Squadron RAF

    No. 115 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force squadron during World War I. It was equipped with Handley Page O/400 heavy bombers....
  • No. 116 Squadron RAF
    No. 116 Squadron RAF

    No. 116 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force squadron during World War I. It was equipped with Handley Page O/400 heavy bombers....
  • No. 117 Squadron RAF
  • No. 118 Squadron RAF
    No. 118 Squadron RAF

    Formed at Catterick, North Yorkshire, on 1 January 1918 as a heavy night bomber unit, No. 118 Squadron never saw service in World War I and was disbanded again on 7 September 1918....
  • No. 119 Squadron RAF
    No. 119 Squadron RAF

    No. 119 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force during the World War II.During World War One, No. 119 Squadron was originally formed in January, 1918 at RAF Andover as a day bomber unit but never became operational and was disbanded in December of the same year....
  • No. 120 Squadron RAF
    No. 120 Squadron RAF

    No. 120 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates Hawker-Siddeley Nimrod, based at RAF Kinloss, Moray, Scotland. ...
  • No. 121 (Eagle) Squadron RAF
    No. 121 Squadron RAF

    No. 121 Squadron was a Royal Air Force aircraft squadron that during the second world war was one of the three Eagle Squadrons manned by American volunteers....
     later 335th Fighter Squadron
    335th Fighter Squadron

    The 335th Fighter Squadron is a squadron of the United States Air Force, currently part of the 4th Operations Group of the 4th Fighter Wing they are based out of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina....
     USAAF
  • No. 122 (Bombay) Squadron RAF
    No. 122 Squadron RAF

    No. 122 Squadron was a Royal Air Force fighter squadron during the first and second world wars....
  • No. 123 Squadron RAF (East India)
  • No. 124 Squadron RAF (Baroda)
  • No. 125 Squadron RAF (Newfoundland)
  • No. 126 (Persian Gulf) Squadron RAF
  • No. 127 Squadron RAF
  • No. 128 Squadron RAF
  • No. 129 Squadron RAF (Mysore)
  • No. 130 Squadron RAF (Punjab)
  • No. 131 Squadron RAF (County of Kent)
  • No. 132 (City of Bombay) Squadron RAF
  • No. 133 (Eagle) Squadron
    No. 133 Squadron RAF

    133 Squadron RAF was one of the famous Eagle squadrons formed from American volunteers serving with the Royal Air Force during World War II....
  • No. 134 Squadron RAF
  • No. 135 Squadron RAF
  • No. 136 Squadron RAF
  • No. 137 Squadron RAF
  • No. 138 Squadron RAF
    No. 138 Squadron RAF

    No. 138 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force, last disbanded in 1962....
  • No. 139 (Jamaica) Squadron RAF
  • No. 140 Squadron RAF
  • No. 141 Squadron RAF
    No. 141 Squadron RAF

    No. 141 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was formed on 1 January 1918 at Rochford, for home defence in the London Area. The Squadron moved to RAF Biggin Hill in February and giving up its mixed collection of types in favour of Bristol F.2 Fighters during March....
  • No. 142 Squadron RAF
  • No. 143 Squadron RAF
  • No. 144 Squadron RAF
  • No. 145 Squadron RAF
    No. 145 Squadron RAF

    No. 145 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron that operated during World War I, World War II and the Cold War. Its motto was Diu noctuque pugnamus ....
  • No. 146 Squadron RAF
  • No. 147 Squadron RAF
  • No. 148 Squadron RAF
    No. 148 Squadron RAF

    No. 148 Squadron of the Royal Air Force has been part of the RAF since World War I....
  • No. 149 (East India) Squadron
    No. 149 Squadron RAF

    No. 149 Squadron was a Royal Air Force Squadron between 1918 and 1956. Formed 1918 in the Royal Flying Corps as a bomber unit, it remained in that role for the rest of its existence....
  • No. 150 Squadron RAF
    No. 150 Squadron RAF

    No. 150 Squadron RAF was an aircraft squadron of the Royal Air Force during World War II. It operated Vickers Wellingtons from RAF Newton in 1940....


Nos. 151-200

  • No. 151 Squadron RAF
    No. 151 Squadron RAF

    151 Squadron was founded at Hainault Farm in Essex on June 12 1918, and was equipped with Sopwith Camel aircraft.During the five months in which 151 Squadron had taken part in hostilities overseas, the total number of hours flown by night was 1443 hrs 26 mins....
  • No. 152 (Hyderabad) Squadron RAF
    No. 152 Squadron RAF

    No. 152 Squadron of the Royal Air Force .HistoryNo 152 Squadron was formed on 1 October 1918 at Rochford as a Camel night fighter unit....
  • No. 153 Squadron RAF
    No. 153 Squadron RAF

    No. 153 Squadron RAF was a unit of the Royal Air Force. On 1 July, 1958, the unit was renumbered as No. 25 Squadron RAF.Aircraft operated...
  • No. 154 (Motor Industries) Squadron RAF
  • No. 155 Squadron RAF
    No. 155 Squadron RAF

    RAF No. 155 Squadron operated Westland Whirlwind HR4 at Kuala Lumpur approximately 1955-59....
  • No. 156 Squadron RAF
  • No. 157 Squadron RAF
  • No. 158 Squadron RAF
    No. 158 Squadron RAF

    No. 158 Squadron RAF was formed on 9 May 1918, the squadron was originally to be equipped with Sopwith Snipes but this was postponed and the squadron eventually formed at RAF Upper Heyford on 4 September 1918, equipped with Sopwith Salamanders....
  • No. 159 Squadron RAF
    No. 159 Squadron RAF

    The original 159 Squadron was formed on 1 June 1918 during the First World War, but was disbanded on 4 July 1918 so that reinforcements could be sent to France....
  • No. 160 Squadron RAF
    No. 160 Squadron RAF

    No. 160 Squadron RAF was formed at RAF Thurleigh, Bedfordshire on 16 January 1942 as a reconnaissance unit equipped with Consolidated Liberator aircraft....
  • No. 161 Squadron RAF
    No. 161 Squadron RAF

    No. 161 Squadron was a highly secretive unit of the Royal Air Force tasked with missions of the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War....
  • No. 162 Squadron RAF
  • No. 163 Squadron RAF
  • No. 164 Squadron RAF
    No. 164 Squadron RAF

    No. 164 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was a fighter squadron during the Second World War....
     (Argentine British)
  • No. 165 Squadron RAF (Ceylon)
  • No. 166 Squadron RAF
    No. 166 Squadron RAF

    No. 166 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force squadron that formed just after the end of World War I. It was the first and one of only three to be equipped with the Handley Page V/1500 heavy bomber....
  • No. 167 Squadron RAF
    No. 167 Squadron RAF

    No. 167 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force squadron that formed just after the end of World War I. It was one of only three to be equipped with the Handley Page V/1500 heavy bomber....
  • No. 168 Squadron RAF
    No. 168 Squadron RAF

    No. 168 Squadron RAF was a Second World War Royal Air Force squadron that operated the P-51 Mustang on missions over occupied Europe and in support of the D-Day landings....
  • No. 169 Squadron RAF
    No. 169 Squadron RAF

    No. 169 Squadron RAF was formed at RAF Twinwood Farm, on June 15, 1942 as a tactical reconnaissance squadron equipped with P-51 Mustangs. The squadron moved to RAF Duxford in December 1942 and began coastal reconnaissance and ground attack missions....
  • No. 170 Squadron RAF
    No. 170 Squadron RAF

    No. 170 Squadron RAF was a Second World War Royal Air Force squadron that operated the P-51 Mustang in the fighter-reconnaissance role and later the Avro Lancaster as part of RAF Bomber Command....
  • No. 171 Squadron RAF
  • No. 172 Squadron RAF
    No. 172 Squadron RAF

    No. 172 Squadron RAF was a Second World War Royal Air Force anti-submarine squadron that operated the Vickers Wellington equipped with the Leigh Light....
  • No. 173 Squadron RAF
  • No. 174 Squadron RAF (Mauritius)
  • No. 175 Squadron RAF
    No. 175 Squadron RAF

    No. 175 Squadron RAF was a part of Second Tactical Airforce No. 83 Group RAF in support of the WWII Normandy landings, and supported the allied advance through France Holland and Belgium on into Germany....
  • No. 176 Squadron RAF
  • No. 177 Squadron RAF
  • No. 178 Squadron RAF
  • No. 179 Squadron RAF
  • No. 180 Squadron RAF
  • No. 181 Squadron RAF
  • No. 182 Squadron RAF
  • No. 183 Squadron RAF
  • No. 184 Squadron RAF
    No. 184 Squadron RAF

    No. 184 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron during the second world war....
  • No. 185 Squadron RAF
  • No. 186 Squadron RAF
  • No. 187 Squadron RAF
  • No. 188 Squadron RAF
  • No. 189 Squadron RAF
    No. 189 Squadron RAF

    No. 189 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron....
  • No. 190 Squadron RAF
    No. 190 Squadron RAF

    No. 190 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron.The squadron motto was Ex Tenebris...
  • No. 191 Squadron RAF
    No. 191 Squadron RAF

    No. 191 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron.The squadron motto was Vidi Vici...
  • No. 192 Squadron RAF
    No. 192 Squadron RAF

    No. 192 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron, operational during the First World War and Second World Wars.The squadron motto was Dare to Discover....
  • No. 193 Squadron RAF
    No. 193 Squadron RAF

    No. 193 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron.The squadron motto was Aera et Terram Imperare....
  • No. 194 Squadron RAF
  • No. 195 Squadron RAF
    No. 195 Squadron RAF

    No. 195 Squadron was a Royal Air Force aircraft squadron that operated during the second world war at first in the ground attack role and later as heavy bomber unit with the Avro Lancaster....
  • No. 196 Squadron RAF
  • No. 197 Squadron RAF
  • No. 198 Squadron RAF
    No. 198 Squadron RAF

    No. 198 Squadron was a Royal Air Force aircraft squadron that operated during the Second World War particularly in the ground attack role as the allies advanced through continental Europe....
  • No. 199 Squadron RAF
    No. 199 Squadron RAF

    No. 199 Squadron was a Royal Air Force aircraft squadron that operated during the second world war and later in the 1950s as a radar countermeasures squadron....
  • No. 200 Squadron RAF
    No. 200 Squadron RAF

    No. 200 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operated during the Second World War.It was formed in May 1941 from a section of No. 206 Squadron RAF, at Bircham Newton in Norfolk, operating Lockheed Hudson bombers....


Nos. 201-250

The first squadrons to carry numbers above 200 were former RNAS squadrons that were renumbered upon amalgamation with 200 added to their RNAS squadron number. Independent flights of the RNAS were grouped together in squadrons and given numbers in the 200 series.
  • No. 201 Squadron RAF
    No. 201 Squadron RAF

    No. 201 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Hawker-Siddeley Nimrod, based at RAF Kinloss, Moray. It is the only squadron affiliated with Guernsey, in the Channel Islands....
  • No. 202 Squadron RAF
    No. 202 Squadron RAF

    No. 202 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Westland Sea King in the Search and rescue role at three stations in the northern half of the United Kingdom....
  • No. 203 Squadron RAF
    No. 203 Squadron RAF

    No. 203 Squadron RAF was originally formed as No. 3 Squadron Royal Naval Air Service. It was renumbered No. 203 when the Royal Air Force was formed on 1 April 1918....
  • No. 204 Squadron RAF
    No. 204 Squadron RAF

    No. 204 Squadron was a Royal Air Force unit formed on 1 April 1918 near Dunkerque, France, from No.4 Squadron Royal Naval Air Service....
  • No. 205 Squadron RAF
    No. 205 Squadron RAF

    No. 205 Squadron was a Royal Air Force unit formed on 1 April 1918. Prior to this it had existed as No. 5 Squadron of the Royal Naval Air Service ....
  • No. 206 Squadron RAF
    No. 206 Squadron RAF

    No. 206 Squadron was a Royal Air Force unit employed, until 2005, in the maritime patrol role with the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod at RAF Kinloss, Moray....
  • No. 207 Squadron RAF
  • No. 208 Squadron RAF
    No. 208 Squadron RAF

    No 208 Squadron is a unit of the Royal Air Force based at RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales. It operates the Hawker Siddleley Hawk aircraft....
  • No. 209 Squadron RAF
    No. 209 Squadron RAF

    No. 209 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was originally formed from a nucleus of "Naval Eight" on 1 February 1917 as No. 9 Squadron RNAS and saw active service in both World Wars, the Korean War and in Malaya....
  • No. 210 Squadron RAF
    No. 210 Squadron RAF

    No. 210 Squadron was a Royal Air Force unit established in World War I. Disbanded and reformed a number of times in the ensuing years, it operated during the Spanish Civil War, World War II and the Cold War before it was last deactivated in 1971....
  • No. 211 Squadron RAF
    No. 211 Squadron RAF

    Active in the Royal Air Force from 1918 to 1919 and from 1937 to 1946, in World War II No 211 Squadron RAF operated as a medium bomber unit in the Middle East and Far East and later as a strike fighter unit in the Far East....
  • No. 212 Squadron RAF
    No. 212 Squadron RAF

    No. 212 Squadron RAF is an inactive Royal Air Force aircraft squadron.The squadron was first formed as No. 12 Squadron RNAS as a training unit within No 1 Wing of the Royal Naval Air Service at Hondschoote on 8 June 1917....
  • No. 213 Squadron RAF
    No. 213 Squadron RAF

    No. 213 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Air Force. The squadron was formed on 1 April 1918 from No. 13 Squadron of the Royal Naval Air Service....
  • No. 214 Squadron RAF
    No. 214 Squadron RAF

    No. 214 Squadron is a former unit of the Royal Air Force....
  • No. 215 Squadron RAF
    No. 215 Squadron RAF

    No. 215 Squadron was Royal Air Force aircraft squadron formed as a night bomber squadron in the First World War and Second World War later becoming a transport squadron....
  • No. 216 Squadron RAF
    No. 216 Squadron RAF

    No. 216 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Lockheed L-1011 from RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire....
  • No. 217 Squadron RAF
    No. 217 Squadron RAF

    No. 217 Squadron RAF was a squadron formed by Coastal Command of the Royal Air Force during World War II. It was equipped with Bristol Beaufort torpedo planes in 1940....
  • No. 218 Squadron RAF
    No. 218 Squadron RAF

    No. 218 Squadron RAF was an aircraft squadron of the Royal Air Force....
  • No. 219 Squadron RAF
    No. 219 Squadron RAF

    Sorry, no overview for this topic
  • No. 220 Squadron RAF
    No. 220 Squadron RAF

    No. 220 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was originally founded in 1918 and disbanded in 1963 after four separate periods of service. The squadron saw service in both the First and Second World Wars, as a naval patrol unit, and finally as part of Britain's strategic nuclear deterrent....
  • No. 221 Squadron RAF
    No. 221 Squadron RAF

    No. 221 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron that operated during World War I and World War II. Its motto was "From sea to sea"....
  • No. 222 Squadron RAF
    No. 222 Squadron RAF

    No. 222 Squadron was a Royal Air Force fighter unit....
     (Natal)
  • No. 223 Squadron RAF
    No. 223 Squadron RAF

    No. 223 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force. Originally formed as part of the Royal Naval Air Service , the Squadron flew in both World Wars....
  • No. 224 Squadron RAF
    No. 224 Squadron RAF

    No. 224 Squadron RAF was formed on 1 April 1918, at Alimini, Italy from part of No. 6 Wing Royal Naval Air Service, equipped with the De Havilland DH.4....
  • No. 225 Squadron RAF
    No. 225 Squadron RAF

    No. 225 Squadron RAF was formed on 1 April 1918 at Alimini, Italy from part of No. 6 Wing Royal Naval Air Service, and was equipped with Sopwith Camels....
  • No. 226 Squadron RAF
  • No. 227 Squadron RAF
  • No. 228 Squadron RAF
    No. 228 Squadron RAF

    No. 228 Squadron RAF was formed on 20 August 1918 at Great Yarmouth from No's 324, 325 and 326 Flights. The squadron was equipped with Felixstowe F.2 aircraft and was involved in anti-submarine patrols....
  • No. 229 Squadron RAF
    No. 229 Squadron RAF

    No. 229 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force, and is an List of officially accredited Battle of Britain squadrons. It became No. 603 Squadron RAF in January 1945....
  • No. 230 Squadron RAF
    No. 230 Squadron RAF

    No. 230 Squadron is the only Northern Ireland based squadron of the Royal Air Force. The squadron operates from RAF Aldergrove, the last remaining RAF station in the province....
  • No. 231 Squadron RAF
    No. 231 Squadron RAF

    No. 231 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force between 1918 and 1946, active in both World War I and World War II in various roles....
  • No. 232 Squadron RAF
    No. 232 Squadron RAF

    No. 232 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was active in both World War I and World War II in a variety of roles, having seen action as a ant-submarine patrol, fighter and transport squadron....
  • No. 233 Squadron RAF
    No. 233 Squadron RAF

    No. 233 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force squadron that operated from 1918?1919, 1937?1945 and 1960?1964. The squadron was formed from several Royal Naval Air Service Flight and took part in the tail end of World War I before being disbanded....
  • No. 234 Squadron RAF
    No. 234 Squadron RAF

    History...
  • No. 235 Squadron RAF
    No. 235 Squadron RAF

    No. 235 Squadron RAF was formed at Newlyn, on 20 August 1918 from No. 424 and 425 flights, and was equipped with Short 184 seaplanes. The squadron disbanded on 22 February 1919....
  • No. 236 Squadron RAF
    No. 236 Squadron RAF

    Formed on 20 August 1918 from No's 493, 515 & 516 Flights at Mullion. Equipped with DH6s, it carried out anti-submarine patrols along the coast until the end of the war, disbanding on 15 May 1919....
  • No. 237 Squadron RAF
    No. 237 Squadron RAF

    No. 237 Squadron was a Royal Air Force aircraft squadron. During the Second World War the unit was formed from Royal Rhodesian Air Force for operations in North Africa....
     second formation as No. 237 (Rhodesia) from No. 1 Squadron Southern Rhodesian Air Force
    Royal Rhodesian Air Force

    The Royal Rhodesian Air Force was the air arm of the British colonial state of Rhodesia. It existed between 1935 and 1980 under various names, and is now the Air Force of Zimbabwe....
  • No. 238 Squadron RAF
    No. 238 Squadron RAF

    Sorry, no overview for this topic
  • No. 239 Squadron RAF
    No. 239 Squadron RAF

    No. 239 Squadron RAF was formed from No 418 Flight at Torquay, on 20 August 1918, and was equipped with the Short 184. The squadron disbanded on 15 May 1919....
  • No. 240 Squadron RAF
  • No. 241 Squadron RAF
    No. 241 Squadron RAF

    No. 241 Squadron is a former squadron of the Royal Air Force formed during the First World War....
  • No. 242 Squadron RAF
    No. 242 Squadron RAF

    No. 242 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force squadron. It flew in many roles during it's active service and it is also known for being the first squadron Douglas Bader commanded....
  • No. 243 Squadron RAF
    No. 243 Squadron RAF

    RAF 243 Squadron was a RAF squadron in World War II which was based at Kallang Airport in Singapore, and fought during the Fall of Singapore in 1941-42 with the inadequate Brewster Buffalo fighter....
  • No. 244 Squadron RAF
  • No. 245 Squadron RAF
    No. 245 Squadron RAF

    No. 245 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Air Force....
  • No. 246 Squadron RAF
    No. 246 Squadron RAF

    No. 246 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force....
  • No. 247 Squadron RAF
    No. 247 Squadron RAF

    No. 247 Squadron was formerly a squadron of the Royal Air Force. It was also known as No.247 Squadron in recognition of the donations made by the British colonies, which at the outbreak of the Second World War, were established on the Chinese coast....
     (China-British)
  • No. 248 Squadron RAF
    No. 248 Squadron RAF

    Formed in August 1918 from No's 404, 405 and 453 Flights at Hornsea Mere, No. 248 squadron operated Short 184 and Sopwith Baby on anti-submarines patrols along the East Yorkshire coast....
  • No. 249 Squadron RAF
    No. 249 Squadron RAF

    No. 249 Squadron RAF, was formed on 18 August 1918 and disbanded in 1969.During 1940, equipped with Hawker Hurricane, the unit fought in the Battle of Britain....
     (Gold Coast)
  • No. 250 Squadron RAF
    No. 250 Squadron RAF

    No. 250 squadron RAF was a aircraft squadron of the Royal Air Force during World War II.It operated Curtiss P-40s out of southern Italy in 1943-44....


Nos. 251-299

  • No. 251 Squadron RAF
    No. 251 Squadron RAF

    No. 251 Squadron was a Royal Air Force Squadron which operated during the First World War and the Second World War. Its badge was a Weathercock and its motto was: "However wind blows." The Squadron was disbanded in 1945 and remains inactive to this day....
  • No. 252 Squadron RAF
  • No. 253 Squadron RAF
    No. 253 Squadron RAF

    RAF 253 Squadron was based at RAF Waterbeach in the two years 1955 to 1957. It flew Vampire and Venom fighter aircraft.253 squadron Nighthawks....
     (Hyderabad State)
  • No. 254 Squadron RAF
  • No. 255 Squadron RAF
  • No. 256 Squadron RAF
    No. 256 Squadron RAF

    No. 256 Squadron RAF was an aircraft squadron of the Royal Air Force during World War II. It operated Boulton-Paul Defiants out of RAF Squires Gate in the night defence of Liverpool....
  • No. 257 Squadron RAF
    No. 257 Squadron RAF

    History...
     (Burma)
  • No. 258 Squadron RAF
    No. 258 Squadron RAF

    RAF 258 Squadron was a RAF squadron of World War II. First based at RAF Kenley in 1941, the squadron largely served in the Far East; in Colombo in 1942, and in Burma in 1944 ....
  • No. 259 Squadron RAF
  • No. 260 Squadron RAF
  • No. 261 Squadron RAF
    No. 261 Squadron RAF

    No. 261 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force notably involved in the defence of Malta from August 1940 and the campaign in Burma....
  • No. 262 Squadron RAF
    No. 262 Squadron RAF

    No. 262 Squadron RAF was an anti-submarine patrol squadron of the Royal Air Force between 1942 and 1945.The squadron was officially formed at RAF Hednesford although this was a paper exercise as the squadron personnel and equipment were in transit to Congella in South Africa....
  • No. 263 Squadron RAF
    No. 263 Squadron RAF

    No 263 Squadron was an Royal Air Force fighter aircraft squadron formed in Italy towards the end of World War I. After being disbanded in 1919 it reformed in 1939 flying mainly Strike fighter and Heavy fighter fighter aircraft until becoming No....
  • No. 264 Squadron RAF
    No. 264 Squadron RAF

    No. 264 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force formed from two former Royal Naval Air Service flights, No. 439 and No. 440, on 27 September 1918 at Souda Bay, Crete to perform anti-submarine patrols....
  • No. 265 Squadron RAF
    No. 265 Squadron RAF

    No. 265 Squadron RAF was an anti-submarine squadron of the Royal Air Force.The squadron was formed in August 1918 at Gibraltar to perform anti-submarine patrols....
  • No. 266 Squadron RAF
    No. 266 Squadron RAF

    No. 266 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force....
     (Rhodesia)
  • No. 267 Squadron RAF
  • No. 268 Squadron RAF
    No. 268 Squadron RAF

    No. 268 Squadron RAF was a Second World War Royal Air Force squadron that operated the P-51 Mustang on missions over occupied Europe and in support of the D-Day landings....
  • No. 269 Squadron RAF
    No. 269 Squadron RAF

    No. 269 Squadron RAF was a maritime patrol unit of the Royal Air Force that saw service in World War I, World War II, and the Cold War....
  • No. 270 Squadron RAF
    No. 270 Squadron RAF

    No. 270 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force squadron that operated both in the First and Second world wars mainly as an anti-shipping and anti-submarine squadron....
  • No. 271 Squadron RAF
    No. 271 Squadron RAF

    No. 271 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was operational for two periods; a few brief months between 27 September 1918 and 9 December 1918 operating flying boats to protect shipping from German U-boats, and between 28 March 1940 and 1 December 1946 ) as a transport squadron....
  • No. 272 Squadron RAF
  • No. 273 Squadron RAF
  • No. 274 Squadron RAF
    No. 274 Squadron RAF

    No. 274 Squadron RAF began to form as a patrol squadron, intended to fly Vickers Vimy, at Seaton Carew in November 1918 a few days before the end of World War I....
  • No. 275 Squadron RAF
    No. 275 Squadron RAF

    No. 275 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force air-sea rescue squadron that served between 1941 and 1959....
  • No. 276 Squadron RAF
  • No. 277 Squadron RAF
  • No. 278 Squadron RAF
  • No. 279 Squadron RAF
  • No. 280 Squadron RAF
    No. 280 Squadron RAF

    No. 280 Squadron was a Royal Air Force air-sea rescue squadron during the second world war....
  • No. 281 Squadron RAF
    No. 281 Squadron RAF

    No. 281 Squadron was a Royal Air Force air-sea rescue squadron during the second world war....
  • No. 282 Squadron RAF
    No. 282 Squadron RAF

    No. 282 Squadron was a Royal Air Force air-sea rescue squadron during the second world war....
  • No. 283 Squadron RAF
    No. 283 Squadron RAF

    No. 283 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron that served during the Second world war in the air-sea rescue mission role whilst flying Supermarine Walrus and both in ASR and the anti-submarine patrol role whilst flying Vickers Warwick....
  • No. 284 Squadron RAF
    No. 284 Squadron RAF

    No. 284 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron....
  • No. 285 Squadron RAF
    No. 285 Squadron RAF

    No. 285 Squadron RAF was a non-operational Second World War Royal Air Force squadron that operated a variety of aircraft to provide targets for anti-aircraft gun practice initially in the North Midlands and North Wales area....
  • No. 286 Squadron RAF
    No. 286 Squadron RAF

    No. 286 Squadron RAF was a non-operational Second World War Royal Air Force squadron that operated a variety of aircraft to provide targets for anti-aircraft gun practice in the west country of England....
  • No. 287 Squadron RAF
  • No. 288 Squadron RAF
  • No. 289 Squadron RAF
  • No. 290 Squadron RAF
  • No. 291 Squadron RAF
  • No. 292 Squadron RAF
  • No. 293 Squadron RAF
    No. 293 Squadron RAF

    No. 293 Squadron was a Royal Air Force air-sea rescue squadron. During the second world war the unit operated search and rescue missions for Allied aircraft operating over Italy....
  • No. 294 Squadron RAF
    No. 294 Squadron RAF

    No. 294 Squadron was a Royal Air Force aircraft squadron, during the second world war the unit operated search and rescue missions for Allied aircraft over the eastern Mediterranean and later the Persian Gulf....
  • No. 295 Squadron RAF
    No. 295 Squadron RAF

    No. 295 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force during World War II. It was the first unit to be equipped with the Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle transport and glider tug aircraft....
  • No. 296 Squadron RAF
  • No. 297 Squadron RAF
    No. 297 Squadron RAF

    297 Squadron is a squadrom of the Royal Air Force.It is notable for being the first airborne forces squadron formed.Squadron letters L5 & P5...
  • No. 298 Squadron RAF
    No. 298 Squadron RAF

    No. 298 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron.The squadron motto was Silent We Strike....
  • No. 299 Squadron RAF
    No. 299 Squadron RAF

    No. 299 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron....


American manned

  • No. 71 (Eagle) Squadron
    No. 71 Squadron RAF

    No. 71 Squadron is a Royal Air Force aircraft squadron, the number has been used three times, once by the Royal Flying Corps for an Australian Flying Corps squadron, in the second world war as an Eagle Squadron and post-war as a fighter-bomber unit based in Royal Air Force Germany....
     - later 334th Fighter Squadron
    334th Fighter Squadron

    The 334th Fighter Squadron is a USAF squadron that operates out of Seymour JohnsonAFB....
     USAAF
  • No. 121 (Eagle) Squadron
    No. 121 Squadron RAF

    No. 121 Squadron was a Royal Air Force aircraft squadron that during the second world war was one of the three Eagle Squadrons manned by American volunteers....
     - later 335th Fighter Squadron
    335th Fighter Squadron

    The 335th Fighter Squadron is a squadron of the United States Air Force, currently part of the 4th Operations Group of the 4th Fighter Wing they are based out of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina....
     USAAF
  • No. 133 (Eagle) Squadron
    No. 133 Squadron RAF

    133 Squadron RAF was one of the famous Eagle squadrons formed from American volunteers serving with the Royal Air Force during World War II....
      - later 336th Fighter Squadron
    336th Fighter Squadron

    The 336th Fighter Squadron ' is an American fighter squadron that was initially established under the 4th Fighter Group ' of the Eighth Air Force during World War II....
     USAAF


Polish manned (Nos. 300-309)

See also Squadrons Nos. 315-318, 663 and Polish Fighting Team
Polish Fighting Team

The Polish Fighting Team , also known as "Skalski's Circus" , was a Poland unit which fought with the Commonwealth of Nations Desert Air Force in the North African Campaign of World War II, during 1943....
 (under Other
List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons

Squadrons are the main form of flying unit of the Royal Air Force . These include Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service squadrons incorporated into the RAF when it was formed on 1 April 1918, during the First World War....
)


  • No. 300 "Land of Masovia" Polish Bomber Squadron (Ziemi Mazowieckiej)
  • No. 301 "Land of Pomerania" Polish Bomber Squadron
    No. 301 Polish Bomber Squadron

    No. 301 Polish Bomber Squadron "Land of Pomerania" was a Poland World War II bomber unit. It was fighting alongside the Royal Air Force and operated from airbases in the United Kingdom and Italy....
     (Ziemi Pomorskiej)
  • No. 302 "City of Poznan" Polish Fighter Squadron
    No. 302 Polish Fighter Squadron

    No. 302 Polish Fighter Squadron RAF was a Poland Fighter aircraft squadron formed in Great Britain as part of an agreement between the Polish Government in Exile and the United Kingdom in 1940....
     (Poznanski)
  • No. 303 "Kosciuszko" Polish Fighter Squadron (Warszawski im. Tadeusza Kosciuszki
    Tadeusz Kosciuszko

    Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kosciuszko of Roch III Coat of Arms was a Poland military leader who is regarded as a national hero in Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, and the United States....
    )
  • No. 304 "Land of Silesia" Polish Bomber Squadron
    No. 304 Polish Bomber Squadron

    No. 304 Polish Bomber Squadron was a Poland World War II bomber unit. It was fighting alongside the Royal Air Force under their operational Command and operated from airbases in the United Kingdom....
     (Ziemi Slaskiej im. Ks. Józefa Poniatowskiego)
  • No. 305 "Land of Greater Poland" Polish Bomber Squadron
    No. 305 Polish Bomber Squadron

    No. 305 Polish Bomber Squadron "Ziemia Wielpolska" was a Poland World War II bomber unit....
     (Ziemi Wielkopolskiej im. Marszalka Józefa Pilsudskiego
    Józef Pilsudski

    ]]In 1892 Pilsudski returned from exile. In 1893 he joined the Polish Socialist Party and helped organize its Lithuanian branch. Initially he sided with the Socialists' more radical wing, but despite the socialist movement's ostensible internationalism he remained a Polish nationalist....
    )
  • No. 306 "City of Torun" Polish Fighter Squadron
    No. 306 Polish Fighter Squadron

    No. 306 Polish Fighter Squadron was a Poland Fighter aircraft squadron formed in Great Britain as part of an agreement between the Polish Government in Exile and the United Kingdom in 1940....
     (Torunski)
  • No. 307 "City of Lwów" Polish Fighter Squadron (Lwowskich Puchaczy)
  • No. 308 "City of Kraków" Polish Fighter Squadron (Krakowski)
  • No. 309 "Land of Czerwien" Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron (Ziemi Czerwienskiej)


Czechoslovak manned

  • No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron
    No. 310 Squadron RAF

    No. 310 Squadron RAF was a Czechoslovakia fighter squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War .It was first formed on 10 July 1940 at RAF Duxford, equipped with Hawker Hurricane fighters and the first RAF squadron to be raised crewed by foreign nationals, in this case escaped Czechoslovakian pilots....
  • No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron
    No. 311 Squadron RAF

    No. 311 Squadron RAF was a Czechoslovakia bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.It was first formed at RAF Honington on 29 July 1940, equipped with Vickers Wellington and crewed mostly by escaped Czechslovakian aircrew....
  • No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron
    No. 312 Squadron RAF

    No. 312 Squadron RAF was a Czechoslovakia fighter squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.It was first formed at Duxford in July 1940, equipped with Hawker Hurricane I fighters and crewed mostly by escaped Czechslovakian pilots....
  • No. 313 (Czechoslovak) Squadron
    No. 313 Squadron RAF

    No. 313 Squadron RAF was a Czechoslovakia fighter squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.It was first formed at Catterick on 10 May 1941, equipped with Supermarine Spitfire I fighters and crewed mostly by escaped Czechslovakian pilots....
Note: the RAF never had a No. 314 Squadron, although they did use the number as No.314 Technical Services Unit.

Polish manned (Nos. 315-318)

See also Squadrons Nos. 300-309, 663 and Polish Fighting Team
Polish Fighting Team

The Polish Fighting Team , also known as "Skalski's Circus" , was a Poland unit which fought with the Commonwealth of Nations Desert Air Force in the North African Campaign of World War II, during 1943....
 (under Other
List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons

Squadrons are the main form of flying unit of the Royal Air Force . These include Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service squadrons incorporated into the RAF when it was formed on 1 April 1918, during the First World War....
)


  • No. 315 "City of Deblin" Polish Fighter Squadron (Deblinski)
  • No. 316 "City of Warsaw" Polish Fighter Squadron (Warszawski)
  • No. 317 "City of Wilno" Polish Fighter Squadron
    No. 317 Polish Fighter Squadron

    No. 317 "Wilno" Polish Fighter Squadron was a Poland Fighter aircraft squadron formed in Great Britain as part of an agreement between the Polish Government in Exile and the United Kingdom in 1941....
     (Wilenski)
  • No. 318 "City of Gdansk" Polish Fighter-Reconnaissance Squadron (Gdanski)
Note: the RAF never had a No. 319 Squadron; the "Polish Fighting Team" was attached to No. 145 Fighter Squadron.

Dutch manned

  • No. 320 (Netherlands) Squadron
  • No. 321 (Netherlands) Squadron
    No. 321 Squadron RAF

    No. 321 Squadron RAF was a unit of the Royal Air Force during World War II formed from the personnel of the Royal Netherlands Naval Air Service....
  • No. 322 (Dutch) Squadron
    No. 322 Squadron RAF

    No. 322 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was a Fighter Squadron during the Second World War...


Note: Nos. 323 to 325 Squadrons were not formed. However these numbers were used for post-war Royal Netherlands Air Force
Royal Netherlands Air Force

The Royal Netherlands Air Force , Dutch language Koninklijke Luchtmacht , is the aviation branch of the Netherlands armed forces. Its ancestor, the Luchtvaartafdeeling of the Dutch Army was founded on July 1, 1913, with just four pilots....
 squadrons.

French manned (Nos. 326-329)

See also Nos. 340-347 Squadron


  • No. 326 (GC 2/7 Nice)
  • No. 327 (GC 1/3 Corse)
  • No. 328 (GC 1/7 Provence)
  • No. 329 (GC 1/2 Cigognes)


Norwegian manned

  • No. 330 Squadron RAF
    No. 330 Squadron RAF

    No. 330 Squadron RNoAF is a helicopter squadron in the Royal Norwegian Air Force which at all times has a helicopter stationed on each of five Norwegian air stations....
  • No. 331 Squadron RAF
    No. 331 Squadron RAF

    No. 331 Squadron RAF was a Second World War squadron of the Royal Air Force....
  • No. 332 Squadron RAF
    No. 332 Squadron RAF

    No. 332 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was formed at RAF Catterick on 16 January 1942, as a Supermarine Spitfire-equipped fighter squadron manned by Norways....
  • No. 333 Squadron RAF
    No. 333 Squadron RAF

    No. 333 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force squadron of the Second World War. After the war it became 333 Squadron of the Royal Norwegian Air Force....
  • No. 334 Squadron RAF


Greek manned

  • No. 335 Squadron RAF
  • No. 336 Squadron RAF
Note: Nos: 337-339 never formed. The Royal Hellenic Air Force 13th Light Bomber Squadron was also under RAF command in World War II.

French manned (Nos. 340-347)

See also Nos. 326-329 Squadron


  • No. 340 (GC 4/2 Ile de France)
    No. 340 Squadron RAF

    340 Squadron RAF was formed at RAF Turnhouse in Scotland on 7 November 1941 as part of Le Groupe de Chasse IV/2 "Ile de France". The squadron was first equipped with Supermarine_Spitfire_variants_part_one#Mk.C2.A0I_.28type_300.29 fighters and consisted of two flights - A Flight and B Flight ....
  • No. 341 (GC 3/2 Alsace)
    No. 341 Squadron RAF

    The No. 341 Squadron also known in French as Groupe de Chasse n? 3/2 "Alsace", was a Free French squadron in the RAF during World War II....
  • No. 342 (GB 1/20 Lorraine)
  • No. 343 Squadron RAF
  • No. 344 (Flotille 1E)
  • No. 345 (GC 2/2 Berry)
  • No. 346 (GB 2/23 Guyenne)
  • No. 347 (GB 1/25 Tunisie)


Note: Squadron codes letters for No. 348 were allocated but the squadron was not formed

Belgian manned

  • No. 349 Squadron RAF
    349th Squadron (Belgium)

    The 349th Squadron is a Fighter aircraft squadron in the Belgian Air Force of the Military of Belgium.It is part of the 10th Tactical Wing and operates F-16 Fighting Falcons....
  • No. 350 Squadron RAF
    350th Squadron (Belgium)

    The 350th Squadron is a Fighter aircraft squadron in the Belgian Air Force of the Military of Belgium. It is part of the 2nd Tactical Wing and operates F-16 Fighting Falcon....


Yugoslav manned

  • No. 351 (Jugoslav) Squadron RAF
  • No. 352 (Jugoslav) Squadron RAF


Regular RAF squadrons (Nos. 353-361)

  • No. 353 Squadron RAF
    No. 353 Squadron RAF

    No. 353 Squadron RAF was formed on the 1 June 1942 at Dum Dum, India. The squadron was engaged in coastal patrols over the Bay of Bengal equipped with Lockheed Hudson aircraft....
  • No. 354 Squadron RAF
    No. 354 Squadron RAF

    No. 354 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.It was first formed at Drigh Road, Karachi on 10 May 1943 as part of RAF Coastal Command, rebasing to Cuttack in August, where it received B-24 Liberator bombers....
  • No. 355 Squadron RAF
    No. 355 Squadron RAF

    No. 355 Squadron RAF was a long range bomber squadron based in Salbani, India from 1943 until it disbanded in 1946. The squadron was equipped with Consolidated Liberator aircraft....
  • No. 356 Squadron RAF
    No. 356 Squadron RAF

    No. 356 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force from 1944 to 1945....
  • No. 357 Squadron RAF
    No. 357 Squadron RAF

    No. 357 Squadron RAF was a special flight involved in the supply of covert forces behind enemy lines. The squadron was formed on 1 February 1944 at Digri, Bengal from No.1576 Flight....
  • No. 358 Squadron RAF
    No. 358 Squadron RAF

    No. 358 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force from 1944 to 1945.The squadron was formed on 8 November 1944 at Kolar, India with personnel of the disbanded 1673 Heavy Conversion Unit....
  • No. 360 Squadron RAF
    No. 360 Squadron RAF

    No. 360 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force.The squadron was created from the merger of the personnel of No. 831 Naval Air Squadron and 'B' Flight, No....
  • No. 361 Squadron RAF
    No. 361 Squadron RAF

    No. 361 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Air Force....
Note: Nos. 362-399 Squadrons were not formed.

Article XV squadrons of World War II

Under Article XV
Article XV squadrons

Article XV squadrons were Australia, Canada, and New Zealand air force Squadron formed from graduates of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan during World War II....
 of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan

The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, also known as the Empire Air Training Scheme, Empire Air Training Plan, Commonwealth Air Training Plan or simply "The Plan" or "The Scheme", was a massive air-training program involving the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Southern Rhodesia during the World War...
, the air forces of Australia, Canada and New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
 formed squadrons for service under RAF operational control.

Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force

The Royal Canadian Air Force was the air force of Canada from 1924 until 1968 when the three branches of the Canadian military were merged into the Canadian Forces....
 

  • No. 400 Squadron RCAF
    No. 400 Squadron RCAF

    No. 400 Tactical Helicopter and Training Squadron is part of CFB Kingston, and as such a lodger unit of CFB Borden. The squadron currently operates the CH-146 Griffon....
     (City of Toronto)
  • No. 401 Squadron RCAF (Ram)
  • No. 402 Squadron RCAF
    No. 402 Squadron RCAF

    402 "City of Winnipeg" Squadron is a Canadian Forces squadron based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada...
     (City of Winnipeg)
  • No. 403 Squadron RCAF (Wolf)
  • No. 404 Squadron RCAF
    No. 404 Squadron RCAF

    No. 404 Squadron is a long range patrol and training squadron in the Canadian Forces Air Command....
  • No. 405 Squadron RCAF
    No. 405 Squadron RCAF

    No. 405 Squadron RCAF is a squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force. It received the first production Canadair Argus in May 1958....
     (Vancouver)
  • No. 406 Squadron RCAF
    No. 406 Squadron RCAF

    406 Maritime Operational Training Squadron is an Canadian Forces Air Command unit with the Canadian Forces. Based at CFB Shearwater it is responsible for crew training on the H-3 Sea King....
  • No. 407 Squadron RCAF
    No. 407 Squadron RCAF

    407 Maritime Patrol Squadron is a maritime patrol squadron of the Canadian Forces. It is located at 19 Wing Comox, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia operating the CP-140 Aurora....
  • No. 408 Squadron RCAF
  • No. 409 Squadron RCAF
    No. 409 Squadron RCAF

    The 409 Nighthawk Squadron is an air force unit of the Canadian Forces. Operating the CF-18 Hornet at CFB Cold Lake.Second World War No....
  • No. 410 Squadron RCAF
    No. 410 Squadron RCAF

    No. 410 Squadron RCAF, the "Cougars", is a Canadian Forces Air Command aircraft squadron currently located at Canada's primary CF-18 training base, Cold Lake, Alberta, Alberta....
  • No. 411 Squadron RCAF
  • No. 412 Squadron RCAF
    No. 412 Squadron RCAF

    412 Transport Squadron of the Canadian Forces Air Command is one of 3 transport squadrons attached to CFB Trenton in Trenton, Ontario, but this squadron is based out of Ottawa, Ontario....
  • No. 413 Squadron RCAF
    No. 413 Squadron RCAF

    No. 413 Squadron RCAF is an air force squadron of the Canadian Forces. It was originally a flying boat squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War....
     ("The Tusker Squadron")
  • No 414 (Sarnia Imperials) Squadron RCAF
    No. 414 Squadron RCAF

    No. 414 Squadron RCAF was a squadron associated with the Royal Canadian Air Force and later with Canadian Forces Air Command....
  • No. 415 Squadron RCAF
    No. 415 Squadron RCAF

    No. 415 Squadron RCAF was an aircraft squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force that first saw service during the Second World War. After unification of Canada's armed forces in 1968, the squadron continued to provide service within the Canadian Armed Forces....
  • No. 416 Squadron RCAF
    No. 416 Squadron RCAF

    416 Tactical Fighter Squadron was a fighter squadron of the Canadian Forces' and the Royal Canadian Air Force. It was most recently stationed at CFB 4 Wing Cold Lake, where it operated the CF-18 Hornet....
     (City of Oshawa)
  • No. 417 Squadron RCAF
    No. 417 Squadron RCAF

    No. 417 Squadron is an Canadian Forces Air Command unit with the Canadian Forces. Based at CFB Cold Lake it provides helicopter support to the base operations....
  • No. 418 Squadron RCAF (City of Edmonton)
  • No. 419 Squadron RCAF
    No. 419 Squadron RCAF

    419 City of Kamloops Squadron is an Canadian Forces Air Command unit with the Canadian Forces. The squadron was originally formed during the Second World War as part of the Royal Canadian Air Force ....
     (Snowy Owl)
  • No. 420 Squadron RCAF
    No. 420 Squadron RCAF

    No. 420 Squadron RCAF was a squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force which existed from late December 1941 forwards. The Squadron's nickname was "Snowy Owl"....
  • No. 421 Squadron RCAF
  • No. 422 Squadron RCAF
  • No. 423 Squadron RCAF
  • No. 424 Squadron RCAF
    No. 424 Squadron RCAF

    No. 424 Squadron RCAF or 424 Squadron is a search and rescue/transport Squadron of the Canadian Forces and based out of Hangar # 9 with the 8 Wing at CFB Trenton....
  • No. 425 Squadron RCAF
    No. 425 Squadron RCAF

    No. 425 Squadron RCAF , also known as Alouette Squadron, is a unit flying the CF-18 Hornet aircraft from CFB Bagotville, Quebec, Canada....
     (Alouette)
  • No. 426 Squadron RCAF
    No. 426 Squadron RCAF

    No. 426 Squadron RCAF, also known as 426 Transport Training Squadron, and 426 Thunderbird is a transport training squadron in the Royal Canadian Air Force....
  • No. 427 Squadron RCAF
  • No. 428 Squadron RCAF
    No. 428 Squadron RCAF

    No. 428 Squadron RCAF, also known as 428 Bomber Squadron, and 428 Ghost Squadron, was a bomber squadron in the Royal Canadian Air Force....
  • No. 429 Squadron RCAF
    No. 429 Squadron RCAF

    429 Transport Squadron of the Canadian Forces Air Command is one of 3 transport squadrons attached to CFB Trenton in Trenton, Ontario....
  • No. 430 Squadron RCAF (City of Sudbury)
  • No. 431 Squadron RCAF
  • No. 432 Squadron RCAF
    No. 432 Squadron RCAF

    No. 432 Squadron RCAF was a squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force formed during the Second World War....
     (Leaside)
  • No. 433 Squadron RCAF
  • No. 434 Squadron RCAF
    No. 434 Squadron RCAF

    No. 434 Squadron was a Royal Canadian Air Force bomber squadron that flew bombing operations over Europe during World War II.The unit was re-activated as the CF-5 operational training unit in the late 1960s at CFB Cold Lake....
  • No. 435 Squadron RCAF
    No. 435 Squadron RCAF

    435 Transport and Rescue Squadron is a Canadian Forces squadron based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.This squadron flies the Lockheed C-130 Hercules tanker/transport in the airlift search and rescue roles....
      (Chinthe)
  • No. 436 Squadron RCAF
    No. 436 Squadron RCAF

    436 Transport Squadron of the Canadian Forces Air Command currently operates the C-130 Hercules from CFB Trenton, Trenton, Ontario....
     ("The Elephant Squadron")
  • No. 437 Squadron RCAF
    No. 437 Squadron RCAF

    437 Husky Squadron is an Canadian Forces Air Command unit with the Canadian Forces. Based at CFB Trenton. It is responsible for long range Airlift for the CF....
  • No. 438 Squadron RCAF
    No. 438 Squadron RCAF

    The 438 City of Montreal Squadron is an air force unit of Canadian Forces based at CFB St. Hubert, Quebec. Equipped with 9 CH-146 Griffon helicopters, it provides transportation and support to army units....
  • No. 439 Squadron RCAF (Westmount)
  • No. 440 Squadron RCAF (City of Ottawa and Beaver)
  • No. 441 Squadron RCAF (Silver Fox)
  • No. 442 Squadron RCAF
    No. 442 Squadron RCAF

    442 City of Vancouver Squadron is an Canadian Forces Air Command unit with the Canadian Forces. Based at CFB Comox on Vancouver Island it provides Search and Rescue coverage for the West Coast of Canada....
     (Caribou)
  • No. 443 Squadron RCAF
    No. 443 Squadron RCAF

    No. 443 Squadron RCAF was a Second World War Royal Canadian Air Force squadron that operated as part of the Royal Air Force Fighter Command in Europe with the Supermarine Spitfire....
     (Hornet)
Note: Nos. 444 to 449 Squadrons were not formed. However these numbers were used for post-war Royal Canadian Air Force squadrons.

Royal Australian Air Force
Royal Australian Air Force

The Royal Australian Air Force is the Air Force branch of the Australian Defence Force. The RAAF began in March 1912 as the Australian Flying Corps and became a fully independent Air Force in March 1921....

  • No. 450 Squadron RAAF
    No. 450 Squadron RAAF

    No. 450 Squadron was a unit of the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II. It was the second RAAF Article XV squadron formed for service with the United Kingdom military, under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan....
  • No. 451 Squadron RAAF
    No. 451 Squadron RAAF

    No. 451 Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force was formed during World War II, 451 Squadron came into existence at Bankstown, New South Wales in New South Wales on February 12, 1941....
  • No. 452 Squadron RAAF
    No. 452 Squadron RAAF

    No. 452 Squadron was a Royal Australian Air Force fighter plane unit formed during World War II, in England. The squadron flew Supermarine Spitfires for the entire war, initially over the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany-occupied Europe....
  • No. 453 Squadron RAAF
    No. 453 Squadron RAAF

    No. 453 Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force was formed during World War II. 453 Squadron came into existence at Bankstown, New South Wales in New South Wales on May 23, 1941....
  • No. 454 Squadron RAAF
    No. 454 Squadron RAAF

    No. 454 Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force was formed during World War II. 454 Squadron came into existence at RAAF Base Williamtown in New South Wales on 23 May 1941....
  • No. 455 Squadron RAAF
    No. 455 Squadron RAAF

    No. 455 Squadron was a Royal Australian Air Force squadron during World War II. The Squadron was formed in May 1941 and was equipped with Handley Page Hampden bombers upon arrival in Britain in June....
  • No. 456 Squadron RAAF
    No. 456 Squadron RAAF

    No. 456 Squadron RAAF was a Royal Australian Air Force squadron during World War II. It was formed in June 1941 in the United Kingdom under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan as a night fighter squadron equipped with Boulton Paul Defiant fighters....
  • No. 457 Squadron RAAF
    No. 457 Squadron RAAF

    No. 457 Squadron was a Royal Australian Air Force fighter squadron of World War II. The Squadron was formed in 1941 and was disbanded in 1945 after seeing action in both the European and Pacific theatres of the war....
  • No. 458 Squadron RAAF
    No. 458 Squadron RAAF

    No. 458 Squadron RAAF was a Royal Australian Air Force squadron during World War II. It was formed in the United Kingdom, under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan....
  • No. 459 Squadron RAAF
    No. 459 Squadron RAAF

    No. 459 Squadron RAAF was a Royal Australian Air Force squadron during World War II. It was formed in Egypt on 10 February 1942 under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan....
  • No. 460 Squadron RAAF
    No. 460 Squadron RAAF

    Number 460 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force was raised during World War II at RAF Molesworth, in England on November 15, 1941. It was a multinational unit, but most personnel were Australian....
  • No. 461 Squadron RAAF
    No. 461 Squadron RAAF

    No. 461 Squadron was a Royal Australian Air Force maritime patrol squadron of World War II which operated under Royal Air Force control flying in Europe and over the Atlantic....
  • No. 462 Squadron RAAF
    No. 462 Squadron RAAF

    No. 462 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force squadron which forms part of the Information Warfare Wing in the RAAF's Aerospace Operational Support Group RAAF....
  • No. 463 Squadron RAAF
    No. 463 Squadron RAAF

    No. 463 Squadron RAAF was a Royal Australian Air Force heavy bomber squadron during World War II. The squadron was formed in the United Kingdom on 25 November 1943 from personnel and aircraft allocated from No....
  • No. 464 Squadron RAAF
    No. 464 Squadron RAAF

    No. 464 Squadron RAAF was a Royal Australian Air Force squadron during World War II. The Squadron was formed at RAF Feltwell on 1 September 1942 in the United Kingdom, under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan....
  • No. 466 Squadron RAAF
    No. 466 Squadron RAAF

    No. 466 Squadron RAAF was a Royal Australian Air Force bomber squadron during World War II. It was formed at RAF Driffield in Yorkshire, England on October 10, 1942, under Article XV squadron of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan....
  • No. 467 Squadron RAAF
    No. 467 Squadron RAAF

    No. 467 Squadron RAAF was a Royal Australian Air Force squadron during World War II. It was formed in the United Kingdom, under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan on 7 November 1942 and was equipped with Avro Lancaster heavy bombers....
Note No Nos. 468-484 Squadrons seem to have been formed.

Royal New Zealand Air Force
Royal New Zealand Air Force

The Royal New Zealand Air Force is the air force of the Military of New Zealand. It was formed from New Zealand components of the United Kingdom Royal Air Force, becoming an independent force in 1923, although many RNZAF aircrew continued to serve in the Royal Air Force until the end of the 1940s....

  • No. 485 Squadron RNZAF
    No. 485 Squadron RNZAF

    No. 485 Squadron was a New Zealand Supermarine Spitfire squadron of the Royal Air Force during World War II. It was the second New Zealand squadron to be formed in the European theatre, , and the first to be formed Article XV squadrons....
  • No. 486 Squadron RNZAF
    No. 486 Squadron RNZAF

    486 Squadron was a fighter squadron of the World War II manned by New Zealand pilots, trained mostly under the Empire Air Training Scheme, but operationally controlled in Europe by the Royal Air Force....
  • No. 487 Squadron RNZAF
    No. 487 Squadron RNZAF

    No. 487 Squadron was a New Zealand bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force which served in the European theatre during World War II....
  • No. 488 Squadron RNZAF
    No. 488 Squadron RNZAF

    488 Squadron was a squadron formed from New Zealanders trained under the Empire Air Training Scheme for service during the Second World War under the operational command of the Royal Air Force....
  • No. 489 Squadron RNZAF
    No. 489 Squadron RNZAF

    489 Squadron was formed from pilots of the Royal New Zealand Air Force on 12 August 1941 under RAF Coastal Command as an anti-submarine and reconnaissance unit....
  • No. 490 Squadron RNZAF
    No. 490 Squadron RNZAF

    490 Squadron was formed from pilots of the Royal New Zealand Air Force under RAF Coastal Command as an anti-submarine and reconnaissance unit....
Note No Nos. 491-499 Squadrons seem to have been formed.

Royal Auxiliary Air Force squadrons (Nos. 500-509)

Formed as "Special Reserve" squadrons but absorbed into the Royal Auxiliary Air Force
Royal Auxiliary Air Force

The Royal Auxiliary Air Force is the volunteer active duty reserve element of the Royal Air Force, providing a primary reinforcement capability for the regular service....
  • No. 500 (County of Kent) Squadron
    No. 500 Squadron RAF

    No. 500 Squadron RAF was formed as a Special Reserve squadron and later became part of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force. It served in a number of roles before being disbanded in 1957....
  • No. 501 (County of Gloucester) Squadron
    No. 501 Squadron RAF

    No. 50I Squadron is one of the oldest units in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, the volunteer reserve part of the British Royal Air Force. The squadron won seven battle honours flying Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft during World War II, and was one of the most heavily engaged units in Fighter Command....
  • No. 502 (Ulster) Squadron
    No. 502 Squadron RAF

    No. 502 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron that saw service in World War II....
  • No. 503 (City of Lincoln) Squadron
    No. 503 Squadron RAF

    No. 503 Squadron RAF was an auxiliary squadron of the Royal Air Force. It operated as a bomber squadron in the 1920s and 30s, but was disbanded before the outbreak of the World War II....
  • No. 504 (County of Nottingham) Squadron
    No. 504 Squadron RAF

    No. 504 Squadron was formed on 26 March 1928 as one of the Special Reserve Squadrons of the Auxiliary Air Force or AAF. It was integrated into the AAF proper in 1936....


Note: No. 505 to 509 Squadron allocated but never formed.

Regular RAF squadrons (Nos. 510-598)

  • No. 510 Squadron RAF
  • No. 511 Squadron RAF
    No. 511 Squadron RAF

    No. 511 Squadron was a Royal Air Force transport squadron....
  • No. 512 Squadron RAF
    No. 512 Squadron RAF

    No. 512 Squadron was a Second World War Royal Air Force transport squadron....
  • No. 513 Squadron RAF
    No. 513 Squadron RAF

    No. 513 Squadron RAF was a non operational squadron of the Royal Air Force in 1943.The squadron was formed on 15 September 1943 at RAF Whitchford....
  • No. 514 Squadron RAF
    No. 514 Squadron RAF

    No. 514 Squadron RAF was a bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.The squadron motto was Nil Obstare Potest ....
  • No. 515 Squadron RAF
    No. 515 Squadron RAF

    No. 515 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.It was formed at RAF Northolt on 1 October 1942, equipped with Boulton Paul Defiant fighters, as part of No....
  • No. 516 Squadron RAF
    No. 516 Squadron RAF

    No. 516 Squadron RAF was a non-operational squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.Formed on 28 April 1943 at RAF Dundonald from No....
  • No. 517 Squadron RAF
    No. 517 Squadron RAF

    No. 517 Squadron RAF was a meteorological squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War....
  • No. 518 Squadron RAF
    No. 518 Squadron RAF

    No. 518 Squadron RAF was a meteorological squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War....
  • No. 519 Squadron RAF
    No. 519 Squadron RAF

    No. 519 Squadron RAF was a meteorological squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War....
  • No. 520 Squadron RAF
    No. 520 Squadron RAF

    No. 520 Squadron RAF was a meteorological squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War....
  • No. 521 Squadron RAF
    No. 521 Squadron RAF

    No. 521 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was a World War IImeteorological observation unit operating from Norfolk.The squadron began as a No....
  • No. 524 Squadron RAF
  • No. 525 Squadron RAF
  • No. 526 Squadron RAF
  • No. 527 Squadron RAF
  • No. 528 Squadron RAF
  • No. 529 Squadron RAF
  • No. 530 Squadron RAF
    No. 530 Squadron RAF

    No. 530 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.It was first formed at RAF Hunsdon in Hertfordshire in September 1942, from No....
  • No. 531 Squadron RAF
  • No. 532 Squadron RAF
    No. 532 Squadron RAF

    532 Squadron RAF was formed on September 2 1942 from 1453 Turbinlite Flight, based at Wittering.1453 Turbinlite Flight had operated in conjunction with No. 151 Squadron RAF and No. 486 Squadron RNZAF....
  • No. 533 Squadron RAF
  • No. 534 Squadron RAF
  • No. 535 Squadron RAF
  • No. 536 Squadron RAF
  • No. 537 Squadron RAF
  • No. 538 Squadron RAF
  • No. 539 Squadron RAF
  • No. 540 Squadron RAF
    No. 540 Squadron RAF

    No. 540 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force from 1942 to 1956.The squadron was formed on 19 October 1942 at Leuchars as a photo-reconnasissance unit with the de Havilland Mosquito....
  • No. 541 Squadron RAF
  • No. 542 Squadron RAF
  • No. 543 Squadron RAF
    No. 543 Squadron RAF

    No. 543 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force from 1942 to 1974.The squadron motto was Valiant and Vigilant.The squadron was formed on 19 October 1942 at RAF Benson as a photo-reconnasissance unit with the Supermarine Spitfire....
  • No. 544 Squadron RAF
  • No. 547 Squadron RAF
  • No. 548 Squadron RAF
    No. 548 Squadron RAF

    No. 548 Squadron RAF was a Fighter aircraft squadron of the Royal Air Force from 1943 to 1945....
  • No. 549 Squadron RAF
    No. 549 Squadron RAF

    No. 549 Squadron RAF was a Fighter aircraft squadron of the Royal Air Force from 1943 to 1945....
  • No. 550 Squadron RAF
    No. 550 Squadron RAF

    No. 550 Squadron RAF was an aircraft squadron of the Royal Air Force during World War II....
  • No. 567 Squadron RAF
  • No. 569 Squadron RAF
  • No. 570 Squadron RAF
    No. 570 Squadron RAF

    No. 570 Squadron RAF was a bomber unit active during World War II....
  • No. 571 Squadron RAF
    No. 571 Squadron RAF

    No. 571 Squadron RAF was a Second World War Royal Air Force Pathfinder squadron operating the de Havilland Mosquito....
  • No. 575 Squadron RAF
    No. 575 Squadron RAF

    No. 575 Squadron RAF was a transport squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War....
  • No. 576 Squadron RAF
    No. 576 Squadron RAF

    No. 576 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was formed from C Flight of No. 103 Squadron RAF on 25 November 1943. Together with 103 Squadron, the squadron was stationed at RAF Elsham Wolds in Lincolnshire....
  • No. 577 Squadron RAF
  • No. 578 Squadron RAF
    No. 578 Squadron RAF

    No. 578 Squadron RAF was a bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.It was first formed at Snaith, Yorkshire in January 1944, equipped with Handley-Page Halifax bombers, as part of No....
  • No. 582 Squadron RAF
    No. 582 Squadron RAF

    No. 582 Squadron RAF was a bomber Pathfinder squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. The squadron motto was Provolanius designantes ....
  • No. 586 Squadron RAF
    No. 586 Squadron RAF

    No. 586 Squadron RAF was a proposed squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.The squadron was formed on paper on the 10 December 1943....
  • No. 587 Squadron RAF
    No. 587 Squadron RAF

    No. 587 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force from 1943 to 1946.The squadron was formed at RAF Weston Zoyland, England on 1 December 1943, from No....
  • No. 595 Squadron RAF
    No. 595 Squadron RAF

    No. 595 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force from 1943 to 1949....
  • No. 597 Squadron RAF
    No. 597 Squadron RAF

    No. 597 Squadron RAF was a proposed squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.The squadron was formed on 10 January 1944 as a transport unit within No....
  • No. 598 Squadron RAF
    No. 598 Squadron RAF

    No. 598 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.The squadron was formed on 1 December 1943 at RAF Peterhead, Scotland from No 1479 Flight RAF and No....
Note No Nos. 599 Squadron seem to have been formed.
Note: There were to been Reserve squadrons using numbers 551-566 which would have been created by adding 500 to existing Operational Training Unit designations. In the event the plan was never put into effect, although there was some desultory use of some of the numbers by some of the OTUs for a short period. Despite their lack of formal activation, this block of numbers has never been re-allocated for use by other units.

Royal Auxiliary Air Force squadrons (Nos. 600-616)

No. 600 (City of London) Squadron
No. 600 Squadron RAF

No. 600 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force....
 No. 601 (County of London) Squadron
No. 601 Squadron RAF

No. 601 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, based in London. The squadron battle honours most notably include the Battle of Britain and the first Americans to fly in World War II were members of this squadron....
 No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron
No. 602 Squadron RAF

History...
 No. 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron
No. 603 Squadron RAF

No. 603 Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The primary role of 603 Squadron, since reforming on 1 October 1999, has been as a Survive to Operate squadron, as well as providing Force Protection and Mission Support....
 No. 604 (County of Middlesex) Squadron
No. 604 Squadron RAF

No. 604 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force. It was formed in 1930 at RAF Hendon, . Early in World War II it was transferred to the Night Fighter role and was one of the most successful of the pioneer Radar-controlled Night Fighter squadrons....
 No. 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron
No. 605 Squadron RAF

No 605 Squadron is an Royal Auxiliary Air Force Squadron. It was one of the most successful participants of the Battle of Britain....
 No. 606 (Chiltern) Squadron (note: this is a non-flying unit formed in 1999 and is therefore not an 'aircraft squadron') No. 607 (County of Durham) Squadron
No. 607 Squadron RAF

HistoryNo. 607 Squadron was a squadron of the Auxiliary Air Force formed on 17 March 1930 at the then new airfield of RAF Usworth, Sunderland as a day bomber unit of the Auxiliary Air Force ....
 No. 608 (North Riding) Squadron
No. 608 Squadron RAF

No. 608 Squadron was an auxiliary squadron of the Royal Air Force during World War II. It was based in the county of Durham, and was the only RAF squadron equipped with the unsuccessful Blackburn Botha torpedo bomber....
 No. 609 (West Riding) Squadron
No. 609 Squadron RAF

No. 609 Squadron of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, originally formed as a Bomber squadron and in World War II active as Fighter aircraft squadron, nowadays provides personnel to augment and support the operations of the Royal Air Force....
 No. 610 (County of Chester) Squadron
No. 610 Squadron RAF

No. 610 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was formed on 10 February 1936 at Hooton Park, Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire as one of the Auxiliary Air Force Squadrons formed to meet the needs of an approaching European war....
 No. 611 (West Lancashire) Squadron
No. 611 Squadron RAF

No. 611 Squadron was an United Kingdom Auxiliary Air Force later Royal Auxiliary Air Force squadron formed in 1936 and finally disbanded in 1957....
 No. 612 (County of Aberdeen) Squadron No. 613 (City of Manchester) Squadron
No. 613 Squadron RAF

No. 613 Squadron was an Auxiliary Air Force later Royal Auxiliary Air Force squadron formed on 1 March 1939 at the new municipal airport at Ringway, nine miles south of Manchester....
 No. 614 (County of Glamorgan) Squadron No. 615 (County of Surrey) Squadron
No. 615 Squadron RAF

History...
 No. 616 (South Yorkshire) Squadron
No. 616 Squadron RAF

No. 616 Squadron was a unit of the United Kingdom Auxiliary Air Force and later the Royal Auxiliary Air Force between 1938 and 1957....


Regular RAF squadrons (Nos. 617-650)

No. 617 Squadron RAF
No. 617 Squadron RAF

No. 617 Squadron of the Royal Air Force is better known as the "Dambusters" squadron. It currently operates the Tornado GR4 from RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland....
 ("The Dambusters") No. 618 Squadron RAF
No. 618 Squadron RAF

No. 618 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, intended to carry of a variation of the Barnes Wallis designed Bouncing bomb code-named Highball....
 No. 619 Squadron RAF
No. 619 Squadron RAF

No. 619 Squadron RAF was a heavy bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War....
 No. 620 Squadron RAF
No. 620 Squadron RAF

No 620 Squadron was formed at Chedburgh on 17 June 1943 as a heavy bomber squadron equipped with Short Stirlings. It was a part of No. 3 Group RAF of Bomber Command and carried out night bombing missions until November 1943 when it moved to Leicester in preparation for airborne forces operations....
 No. 621 Squadron RAF No. 622 Squadron RAF
No. 622 Squadron RAF

No. 622 Squadron RAF was a bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.It was first formed at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk in August 1943, equipped with...
 No. 623 Squadron RAF
No. 623 Squadron RAF

No. 623 Squadron RAF was a bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.The squadron was formed on 10 August 1943 at RAF Downham Market in Norfolk from C Flight of No....
 No. 624 Squadron RAF No. 625 Squadron RAF
No. 625 Squadron RAF

No. 625 Squadron RAF was a bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.The Squadron motto was We Avenge.The squadron was formed on 1 October 1943 at RAF Kelstern from 'C' flight of No....
 No. 626 Squadron RAF
No. 626 Squadron RAF

No. 626 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force from 1943 to 1945.The squadron motto was To Strive and not to Yield.The squadron was formed on 7 November 1943 at RAF Wickenby from C Flight of No....
 No. 627 Squadron RAF No. 628 Squadron RAF
No. 628 Squadron RAF

No. 628 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.The squadron was formed at Red Hills Lake in India on 21 March 1944, by redesignating B Flight of No....
 No. 630 Squadron RAF
No. 630 Squadron RAF

No. 630 Squadron RAF was a bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.The squadron motto was Nocturna Mors .The squadron was formed at RAF East Kirkby in Lincolnshire on 15 November 1943 from B Flight of No....
 No. 631 Squadron RAF
No. 631 Squadron RAF

No. 631 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force from 1943 to 1949....
 No. 635 Squadron RAF
No. 635 Squadron RAF

No. 635 Squadron RAF was a bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.The squadron motto was Nos Ducimus Ceteri Secunter ....
 No. 639 Squadron RAF
No. 639 Squadron RAF

No. 639 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force from 1943 to 1945....
 No. 640 Squadron RAF
No. 640 Squadron RAF

No. 640 Squadron RAF was a bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.It was first formed at RAF Leconfield, Yorkshire in January 1944, from C Flight of No....
 No. 644 Squadron RAF
No. 644 Squadron RAF

No. 644 Squadron RAF was a unit of the Royal Air Force during HistoryAn increasing need for transport and airborne assault squadrons became appearant when the build up for Operation Overlord got under way....
 No. 650 Squadron RAF
No. 650 Squadron RAF

No. 650 Squadron RAF was a of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.The squadron was formed on 1 December 1943 at RAF Cark, Wales from 'D' Flight of No....


Note: Nos. 629, 632-634, 636-638 and 645-649 were never formed. However a fictitious "633 Squadron
633 Squadron

633 Squadron is a 1964 film which depicts the exploits of a fictional World War II UK fighter-bomber squadron. It was directed by Walter Grauman and produced by Cecil F....
" was featured in the eponymous novel and film. Also, RAF Volunteer Gliding Squadron
Volunteer Gliding Squadron

File:grob g109b zh268 motorglider arp.jpgVolunteer Gliding Squadrons are Royal Air Force flying training units, operating military Grob G103a Twin II and Grob Vigilant gliders to train Air Cadets from the Combined Cadet Force and the Air Training Corps....
s (formerly Volunteer Gliding Schools until 2005) have been numbered in the range 611 to 671 since 1955.

Air Observation Post squadrons

These squadrons were formed during the Second World War to perform artillery spotting and liaison roles, in co-operation with Army units. Most AOP squadron aircrew were provided by the Army. Nos. 661-664 and 666 Squadron were re-formed as Royal Auxiliary Air Force units in 1949. Nos. 651, 652 and 656 Squadron were transferred to the Army Air Corps in 1957.

No. 651 (AOP) Squadron RAF
No. 651 Squadron RAF

No. 651 Squadron RAF was a unit of the Royal Air Force in Italy and North Africa during the Second World War and afterwards in Egypt....
 No. 652 (AOP) Squadron RAF No. 653 (AOP) Squadron RAF No. 654 (AOP) Squadron RAF No. 655 (AOP) Squadron RAF No. 656 (AOP) Squadron RAF No. 657 (AOP) Squadron RAF No. 658 (AOP) Squadron RAF No. 659 (AOP) Squadron RAF No. 660 (AOP) Squadron RAF No. 661 (AOP) Squadron RAF No. 662 (AOP) Squadron RAF No. 663 (AOP) Squadron RAF (Polish) No. 664 (AOP) Squadron RCAF
No. 664 Squadron RCAF

No. 664 "Air Observation Post" Squadron, RCAF was formed in England during the Second World War. It was manned principally by Royal Canadian Artillery and Royal Canadian Air Force personnel, with select British artillery pilots briefly seconded to assist in squadron formation....
 (Canadian) - reformed in 1949 as No. 664 Squadron RAuxAF No. 665 (AOP) Squadron RCAF
No. 665 Squadron RCAF

No. 665 "Air Observation Post" Squadron, RCAF was formed in England during the Second World War. It was manned principally by Royal Canadian Artillery and Royal Canadian Air Force personnel, with select British artillery pilots briefly seconded to assist in squadron formation....
 (Canadian) No. 666 (AOP) Squadron RCAF
No. 666 Squadron RCAF

No. 666 Squadron RCAF was originally an RCAF Air Observation Post squadron formed during the Second World War. It was manned principally by Royal Canadian Artillery and Royal Canadian Air Force personnel....
 (Canadian) - reformed in 1949 as No. 666 Squadron RAuxAF
No. 666 Squadron RAF

No. 666 Squadron RAF was an Air Observation Post unit of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force formed on 1 May 1949, equipped with Auster aircraft, based at Perth , with three detached flights at Abbotsinch, Renfrew and Turnhouse, before it was disbanded on 10 March 1957....


Regular RAF squadrons (Nos. 667-695)

No. 667 Squadron RAF
No. 667 Squadron RAF

No. 667 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.It was first formed on December 1 1943 at RAF Gosport, from No....
 No. 668 Squadron RAF
No. 668 Squadron RAF

No. 668 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force active during the Second World War.It was formed in November 1944 at Calcutta as a glider squadron, with the intention of being used for airborne operations by South East Asia Command....
 No. 669 Squadron RAF
No. 669 Squadron RAF

No. 669 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force active during the Second World War.It was originally formed in November 1945 as a glider squadron, with the intention of being used for airborne operations by South East Asia Command....
 No. 670 Squadron RAF
No. 670 Squadron RAF

No. 670 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force active during the Second World War.It was formed in December 1944 as a glider squadron, with the intention of being used for airborne operations by South East Asia Command....
 No. 671 Squadron RAF
No. 671 Squadron RAF

No. 671 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force active during the Second World War.It was formed in December 1944 by the redesignation of No....
 No. 672 Squadron RAF
No. 672 Squadron RAF

No. 672 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force active during the Second World War.It was formed in November 1944 as a glider squadron, with the intention of being used for airborne operations by South East Asia Command....
 No. 673 Squadron RAF
No. 673 Squadron RAF

No. 673 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force active during the Second World War.It was formed in January 1945 as a glider squadron, with the intention of being used for airborne operations by South East Asia Command....
 No. 679 Squadron RAF
No. 679 Squadron RAF

No. 679 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.It was formed on December 1 1943 at RAF Ipswich, from No....
 No. 680 Squadron RAF
No. 680 Squadron RAF

No. 680 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force active during the Second World War.It was formed in February 1943 from A Flight of No....
 No. 681 Squadron RAF
No. 681 Squadron RAF

No. 681 Squadron RAF was a photo-reconnaissance squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War....
 No. 682 Squadron RAF
No. 682 Squadron RAF

No. 682 Squadron RAF was a photo reconnaissance squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War....
 No. 683 Squadron RAF
No. 683 Squadron RAF

No. 683 Squadron RAF was a photo-reconnaissance squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War....
 No. 684 Squadron RAF
No. 684 Squadron RAF

No. 684 Squadron RAF was a photo-reconnaissance squadron of the Royal Air Force from 1943 to 1946....
 No. 691 Squadron RAF
No. 691 Squadron RAF

No. 691 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force from 1943 to 1949....
 No. 692 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Squadron
No. 692 Squadron RAF

No. 692 Squadron RAF was a bomber squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.The squadron was formed on 1 January 1944 at RAF Graveley as a light bomber unit, equipped with De Havilland Mosquito bombers, as part of the Light Night Striking Force of No....
 No. 695 Squadron RAF
No. 695 Squadron RAF

No. 695 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force from 1943 to 1949....


Note: Nos. 693-694 and 696-699 Squadrons were never formed.

Fleet Air Arm squadrons

While still under the control of the RAF, flights of the Fleet Air Arm
Fleet Air Arm

The Fleet Air Arm is the branch of the Royal Navy responsible for the operation of the aircraft on board their ships. The Fleet Air Arm operates the AgustaWestland EH101, Westland Sea King and Westland Lynx helicopters, as well as the BAE Harrier II....
 were organized into squadrons with numbers in the 700 and 800 range. The range 700 to 750 had been previously used for Fleet Air Arm Catapult Flight numbers.

No. 712 Squadron No. 715 Squadron No. 718 Squadron

No. 800 Squadron No. 801 Squadron
801 Naval Air Squadron

801 Naval Air Squadron was a Fleet Air Arm squadron of the Royal Navy formed in 1933 that fought in World War II, the Korean War and the Falklands War....
 No. 802 Squadron No. 803 Squadron
803 Naval Air Squadron

803 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm squadron....


No. 810 Squadron
810 Naval Air Squadron

810 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based squadron formed on 3 April 1933 with the amalgamation of the 12 Blackburn Dart aircraft from 463 and 44 Flight Flights Royal Air Force to the Fleet Air Arm....
 No. 811 Squadron No. 812 Squadron No. 813 Squadron
813 Naval Air Squadron

813 Naval Air Squadron was an aircraft squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm during World War II. It operated Fairey Swordfishs from the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious and took part in the successful raid on Taranto in November 1940....
 No. 814 Squadron
814 Naval Air Squadron

814 Naval Air Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. It was formed in December 1938 and has been disbanded and reformed several times....


No. 820 Squadron
820 Naval Air Squadron

820 Naval Air Squadron is a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based squadron formed in April 1933 with the transferral of the Fairey III aircraft from 405 Flight Royal Air Force to the Fleet Air Arm....
 No. 821 Squadron
821 Naval Air Squadron

821 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based squadron formed on 3 April 1933 with the transferral and amalgamation of the Fairey III aircraft from 446 and half of 455 Flight Flights Royal Air Force to the Fleet Air Arm....
 No. 822 Squadron No. 823 Squadron No. 824 Squadron
824 Naval Air Squadron

824 Naval Air Squadron is a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm squadron first formed on 3 April 1933, disbanding and reforming several times before assuming its current role at RNAS Culdrose as a training squadron....
 No. 825 Squadron
825 Naval Air Squadron

825 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier-based squadron formed in October 1934 from the aircraft and personnel of 824 Naval Air Squadron....


These squadrons were transferred to the Royal Navy
Royal Navy

The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British Armed Forces . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s....
 in 1939, becoming Naval Air Squadrons (NAS). The 700 and 800 range of squadron numbers continued to be used by the Royal Navy for newly-formed Naval Air Squadrons.

Balloon squadrons

Squadron numbers from 901 to 999 were allocated to barrage balloon
Barrage balloon

A barrage balloon is a large moored balloon tethered with metal cables, used to defend against low-level attack by aircraft by damaging the aircraft on collision with the cables, or at least making the attacker's approach more difficult....
 units of the AAF. All the numbers were used. Examples of such squadrons are: No. 902 Squadron RAF (County of London Balloon, Auxiliary Air Force) No. 903 Squadron RAF (County of London Balloon, Auxiliary Air Force) No. 909 Squadron RAF (County of Essex Balloon, Auxiliary Air Force) No. 918 Squadron RAF (County of Derby Balloon, Auxiliary Air Force) No. 945 Squadron RAF (City of Glasgow Balloon, Auxiliary Air Force)

Others

Air Fighting Development Squadron, at the Central Fighter Establishment No. 138 Special Duty Squadron Polish Flight "C" · Polish Fighting Team
Polish Fighting Team

The Polish Fighting Team , also known as "Skalski's Circus" , was a Poland unit which fought with the Commonwealth of Nations Desert Air Force in the North African Campaign of World War II, during 1943....
 (Skalski's Circus), attached to 145 Squadron No. 1435 Squadron RAF No. 1586 Polish Special Duty Flight No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF

Squadron codes

From 1939 before the Second World War to the early 1950s, squadrons of the RAF used two letter codes to identify its aircraft. They were usually painted on the sides of the plane to the left of the roundel
Roundel

A roundel in heraldry is any circular shape; in military use it is an emblem of nationality employed on military aircraft and air force flags, generally round and consisting of concentric rings of different colours....
; a third letter after the roundel identified the individual aircraft within the squadron.

See also

List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadrons
List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadrons

This is a list of Fleet Air Arm squadrons. Those listed in bold are still active within the Royal Navy according to the ....
 List of Army Air Corps aircraft squadrons
List of Army Air Corps aircraft squadrons

This is a list of British Army Army Air Corps aircraft squadrons.* No. 651 Squadron AAC* No. 652 Squadron AAC* No. 653 Squadron AAC* No. 654 Squadron AAC...
 List of Air Training Corps squadrons
List of Air Training Corps squadrons

The Air Training Corps is a cadet organisation based in the United Kingdom. It is a voluntary youth group which is part of the Air Cadet Organization of the Royal Air Force....
 Battle of Britain RAF squadrons University Air Squadron
University Air Squadron

University Air Squadrons are training units of the Royal Air Force which primarily provide basic flying training and adventurous training to undergraduate students at British universities....
 Air Experience Flight
Air Experience Flight

An Air Experience Flight is a training unit of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve whose main purpose is to give introductory flying experience to Air Cadet Organisations or the RAF section of the Combined Cadet Force....
 Volunteer Gliding Squadron
Volunteer Gliding Squadron

File:grob g109b zh268 motorglider arp.jpgVolunteer Gliding Squadrons are Royal Air Force flying training units, operating military Grob G103a Twin II and Grob Vigilant gliders to train Air Cadets from the Combined Cadet Force and the Air Training Corps....


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