Below is a list of all Squadrons to have served in the county, along with there basic information. New Squadrons are being added all the time, so please check on a regular basis if the Squadron you require is not here.
Sqn No. 1-99
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 3 Sqn Motto - Tertius primus erit (The Third shall be first) Formed 1912 Coningsby 2006-Present Eurofighter Typhoon |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 V (AC) Sqn Motto - Frangas non flectas (Thou mayst break but shall not bend) Formed 1913 Binbrook 1965-87 / Coningsby 1987-2003 / Waddington 2004-Present English Electric Lightning / Panavia Tornado / Raytheon Sentinel |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 VI Sqn Motto - Oculi exercitus (The eyes of the Army) Formed 1914 Coningsby 1969-74 & 2006-07 McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom / SEPECAT Jaguar |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 VIII Sqn Motto - Uspiam et passim (Everywhere unbounded) Formed 1915 Waddington 1991-Present Boeing E-3 |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 IX Sqn Motto - Per noctum volamus (Throughout the night we fly) Formed 1914 Scampton 1936-38 / Binbrook 1946-59 / Bardney 1943-45 / Waddington 1942-43 & 1945-46 & 1975-82 / Coningsby 1959-61 Handley Page Heyford / Avro Lancaster - Lincoln - Vulcan / English Electric Canberra |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 10 Sqn Motto - Rem acu tangere (To hit the mark) Formed 1915 Scampton 1953-55 English Electric Canberra |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 XI Sqn Motto - Ociores acerierosquaquilis (Swifter and keener than eagles) Formed 1919 Digby 1919 / Binbrook 1972-88 / Coningsby 2007-Present Bristol Fighter F.2 / English Electric Lightning / Eurofighter Typhoon |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 12 (B) Sqn Motto - Leads the field Formed 1915 Binbrook 1940-42 & 1945-46 / Wickenby 1942-45 / Waddington 1946 / Coningsby 1959-61 & 1962 -64 Vickers Wellington / Avro Lincoln - Lancaster - Vulcan / E E Canberra |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 XV (R) Sqn Motto - Aim sure Formed 1915 Coningsby 1951-54 Boeing B-29 Washington / English Electric Canberra |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 17 Sqn Motto - Operta Aperta (Hidden things are revealed) Formed 1915 Coningsby 2005-Present Eurofighter Typhoon |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 18 Sqn Motto - Animo et fide (With courage and faith) Formed 1915 Scampton 1953-55 English Electric Canberra |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 XIX Sqn Motto - Possunt quia posse videntur (They can because they think they can) Formed 1915 Digby 1943 North American P-51 Mustang |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 21 Sqn Motto - Viribus vincimus (By strength we conquer) Formed 1915 Scampton 1953-55 / Waddington 1955-57 English Electric Canberra |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 XXII Sqn Motto - Preux et audacieux (Valiant and brave) Formed 1923 North Coates 1940-41 Bristol Beaufort |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 23 Sqn Motto - Semper Aggressus (Always having attacked) Formed 1915 Coningsby 1975-76 / Waddington 1996-2009 McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom / Boeing E-3 Sentry |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 XXV Sqn Motto - Feriens tego (Striking i defend) Formed 1915 North Coates 1963-70 / Woodhall Spa 1969 Airco DH.9A / Bloodhound SAM |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 27 Sqn Motto - Quam celerrime ad astra (With all speed to the stars) Formed 1914 Scampton 1953-55 & 1961-72 & 1973-82 / Waddington 1955-56 English Electric Canberra / Avro Vulcan |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 29 Sqn Motto - Impiger et acer (Energetic and keen) Formed 1915 Spitalgate 1919 / Digby 1940 / Wellingore 1940-41 / Hibaldstow 1941 / Coningsby 1974-98 & 2005-Present Bristol Blenheim - Beaufighter / M D F-4 Phantom / Eurofighter Typhoon |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 33 Sqn Motto - Loyalty Formed 1916 Elsham Wolds 1917-18 / Kirton in Lindsey 1916-19 / Scampton 1916-19 / Kelstern 1916 - 19 Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2 / Avro 504 / Bristol Fighter |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 XXXV Sqn Motto - Uno animo agimus (We act with one accord) Formed 1916 Coningsby 1962-64 / Scampton 1975-82 Avro Vulcan |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 37 Sqn Motto - Wise without eyes Formed 1916 Scampton 1916-17 / Spitalgate 1917-18 Avro 504 / Royal Aircraft Factory RE.8 |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 38 Sqn Motto - Ante lucem (Before the dawn) Formed 1916 Anwick 1918 / Leadenham 1918 Airco BE.2 / Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2 |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 39 Sqn Motto - Di noctuque (By day and night) Formed 1916 Spitalgate 1923-28 Airco DH.9A |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 XLI Sqn Motto - Seek and destroy Formed 1916 Coningsby 1972-77 & 2004-Present McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom / Panavia Tornado / BAe Harrier |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 42 Sqn Motto - Fortiter in re (Bravely in action) Formed 1916 North Coates 1941-42 Bristol Beaufort |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 43 Sqn Motto - Gloria finis (Glory is the end) Formed 1916 Spitalgate 1919 / Kirton-in-Lindsey 1942 Sopwith Camel / Hawker Hurricane |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 44 Sqn Motto - Fulmina regis iusta (The kings thunderbolt's are righteous) Formed 1917 Waddington 1937-43 & 1960-82 / Dunholme Lodge 1943-44 / Spilsby 1944-45 / Coningsby 1951-54 Handley Page Hampden / Bristol Blenheim / Avro Lancaster - Vulcan / Boeing B-29 / English Electric Canberra |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 45 Sqn Motto - Per ardua surgo (Through difficulties i arise) Formed 1916 Coningsby 1957 / Cranwell 1992-Present English Electric Canberra / BAe Jetstream / Beechcraft King Air |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 46 Sqn Motto - We rise to conquer Formed 1916 Digby 1937-39 & 1940-41 Gloster Gauntlet / Hawker Hurricane |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 49 Sqn Motto - Cave canem (Beware of the dog) Formed 1916 Scampton 1938-43 / Fiskerton 1943-44 / Dunholme Lodge 1943 / Fulbeck 1944-45 / Waddington 1952-53 Handley Page Hampden / Avro Lancaster - Manchester / Hyderabad Hind |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 50 Sqn Motto - Sic fidem servamus (Thus we keep faith) Formed 1916 Waddington 1937-40 & 1946-50 & 1961-84 / Swinderby 1941 & 1942 / Skellingthorpe 1941-45 / Sturgate 1945-46 Avro Lancaster - Manchester - Lincoln - Vulcan / Hyderabad Hind / Handley Page Hampden / English Electric Canberra |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 51 Sqn Motto - Swift and sure Formed 1916 Waddington 1995-Present BAe Nimrod |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 53 Sqn Motto - United in effort Formed 1916 North Coates 1942 Lockheed A-28 Hudson |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 54 Sqn Motto - Audax omnia perpeti (Boldness endures anything) Formed 1916 Coningsby 1969-74 / Waddington 2005-Present McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom / Boeing E-3 Sentry |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 55 Sqn Motto - Nil nos tremefacit (Nothing shakes us) Formed 1916 Cranwell 1996-2011 Hawker Siddeley Dominie |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 56 Sqn Motto - Quid Si Coelum Ruat ( What if heaven falls?) Formed 1916 Digby 1940 / Coningsby 1976-2003 / Waddington 2008-Present Hawker Hurricane / McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom / PANAVIA Tornado |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 57 Sqn Motto - Corpus non animum muto ( I change my body, not my spirit) Formed 1916 South Carlton 1919 / Scampton 1942-43 & 1945-46 / East Kirkby 1943-45 / Elsham Wolds 1945 / Waddington 1946-52 English Electric Canberra / Avro Lincoln - Lancaster / Boeing B-29 Washington |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 59 Sqn Motto - Ab uno disce omnes (From one learn all) Formed 1916 North Coates 1942 Lockheed A-28 Hudson |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 61 Sqn Motto - Per purum tonantes (Thundering through the clear air) Formed 1917 Hemswell 1937-41 & 47 / Skellingthorpe 1943-44 & 1944-45 / Coningsby 1944 / Sturgate 1945-46 / Waddington 1946-53 Handley Page Hampden / Hawker Audax / Avro Anson - Manchester - Lincoln - Lancaster |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 64 Sqn Motto - Tenax propositi (Firm of purpose) Formed 1916 Binbrook 1962-65 Gloster Javelin |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 LXV Sqn Motto - Vi et armis (By force of arms) Formed 1916 Kirton-in-Lindsey 1940-41 Supermarine Spitfire |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 68 Sqn Motto - Vzdy pripraven (Always ready) Formed 1917 Harlaxton 1917 / Coleby Grange 1944 Airco DH.5 / Bristol Beaufighter |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 69 Sqn Motto - With Vigilance we serve Formed 1916 South Carlton 1916-17 Royal Aircraft Factory RE.8 |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 LXX Sqn Motto - Usquam (Anywhere) Formed 1916 Spitalgate 1919-20 Sopwith Snipe - Camel |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 73 Sqn Motto - Tutor et ultor (Protector and avenger) Formed 1917 Digby 1937-39 Gloster Gauntlet / Hawker Hurricane |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 74 Sqn Motto - I fear no man Formed 1917 Kirton-in-Lindsey 1940 Supermarine Spitfire |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 75 Sqn Motto - Ake ake kia kaha (For ever and ever be strong) Formed 1916 Spilsby 1945 Avro Lincoln - Lancaster |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 81 Sqn Motto - Non solum nobis (Not for us alone) Formed 1917 Scampton 1917-18 / Wellingore 1942 Avro 504 / Sopwith Dolphin - Camel / Supermarine Spitfire |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 83 Sqn Motto - Strike to defend Formed 1917 Coningsby 1944-46 / Hemswell 1946-56 / Waddington 1957-60 Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2 / Hyderabad Hind / Handley Page Hampden / Avro Manchester - Lincoln - Lancaster - Vulcan |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 85 Sqn Motto - Nocto divque venamur (We hunt by day and night) Formed 1917 Caistor 1940 / Kirton in Lindsey 1940 / Binbrook 1963-72 / North Coates 1976-1990 Hawker Hurricane / English Electric Canberra / Gloster Meteor / Bloodhound SAM |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 86 Sqn Motto - Ad libertates volamus (We fly to freedom) Formed 1917 North Coates 1941-42 Bristol Blenheim - Beaufighter |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 88 Sqn Motto - En garde (Be on your guard) Formed 1917 Waddington 1937 Hyderabad Hind |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 XC Sqn Motto - Celer (Swift) Formed 1917 Anwick 1918-19 / Leadenham 1918-19 Avro 504 |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 92 Sqn Motto - Aut pugna aut morere (Either fight or die) Formed 1917 Digby 1941-42 Supermarine Spitfire |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 96 Sqn Motto - Nocturni obambulamus (We prowl by night) Formed 1917 South Carlton 1917-18 Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2 |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 97 Sqn Motto - Achieve your aim Formed 1917 Waddington 1917-18 / Coningsby 1941-42 & 1944-46 / Woodhall Spa 1942-43 / Hemswell 1946-56 & 1958-63 Avro Manchester - Lincoln - Lancaster / THOR IRBM |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 100 Sqn Motto - Sarang tebuan jangan dijolok (Never stir up a hornet's nest) Formed 1917 Spitalgate 1922-28 / Waltham (Grimsby) 1942-45 / Elsham Wolds 1945 / Scampton 1945-46 / Hemswell 1946-50 Vickers Vimy / Avro Lancaster - 504 / Bristol Fighter / Airco DH.9 / Fairey Fawn / Hawker Horsley / Avro Lincoln |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 101 Sqn Motto - Mens agitat molem (Mind over matter) Formed 1917 Ludford Magna 1943-45 / Binbrook 1945-57 / Waddington 1961-82 Avro Lancaster - Lincoln - Vulcan / English Electric Canberra |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 103 Sqn Motto - Noli me tangere (Touch me not) Formed 1917 Elsham Wolds 1941-45 / Waddington 1954 Vickers Wellington / Handley Page Halifax / Avro Lancaster / English Electric Canberra |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 104 Sqn Motto - Strike hard Formed 1918 Ludford Magna 1959-63 THOR IRBM |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 CVI Sqn Motto - Pro libertate (For freedom) Formed 1917 Spitalgate 1938 / Coningsby 1941-42 / Metheringham 1943-46 / Bardney 1959-63 Fairey Battle / Avro Hampden - Manchester - Lancaster / THOR IRBM |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 109 Sqn Motto - Primi hastati (The first of the legion) Formed 1918 Woodhall Spa 1945 / Wickenby 1945 / Hemswell 1945-46 & 1950-56 / Coningsby 1946-50 / Binbrook 1956-57 de Havilland Mosquito / English Electric Canberra |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 110 Sqn Motto - Nec timeo nec sperno (I neither fear nor despise) Formed 1917 Waddington 1937-39 Hyderabad Hind / Bristol Blenheim |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 111 Sqn Motto - Adstantes (Standing by them) Formed 1917 Digby 1940 / Coningsby 1974-75 & 1979 Hawker Hurricane / McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 112 Sqn Motto - Swift in destruction Formed 1917 Woodhall Spa 1964-65 Bloodhound SAM |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 113 Sqn Motto - Velox et vindex (Swift to vengeance) Formed 1917 Spitalgate 1937-38 Hyderabad Hind |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 116 Sqn Motto - Precision in defence Formed 1918 Digby 1944-45 Airspeed Oxford / Avro Anson |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 121 Sqn Motto - For liberty Formed 1918 Bracebridge Heath 1918-19 / Kirton in Lindsey 1941 Airco DH.9 / Hawker Hurricane / Supermarine Spitfire |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 139 Sqn Motto - Si placet necamus (We destroy all at will) Formed 1918 Hemswell 1946 & 1950-56 / Coningsby 1946-50 / East Kirkby 1947-48 / Binbrook 1955-59 de Havilland Mosquito / English Electric Canberra |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 142 Sqn Motto - Determination Formed 1937 Waddington 1940 / Binbrook 1940-41 / Waltham 1941-42 / Kirmington 1942-43 / Coleby Grange 1959-63 Fairey Battle / Vickers Wellington / THOR IRBM |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 143 Sqn Motto - Vincere est vivere (To conquer is to live) Formed 1918 North Coates 1942-44 Bristol Blenheim - Beaufighter |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 144 Sqn Motto - Who shall stop us Formed 1918 Hemswell 1937-41 / Strubby 1944 Avro Anson / Hawker Audax / Bristol Blenheim - Beaufighter / Handley Page Hampden |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 148 Sqn Motto - Trusty Formed 1918 Scampton 1937-38 Vickers Wellesley / Hawker Audax |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 150 Sqn Motto - Always ahead Formed 1939 Kirmington 1942-43 / Fiskerton 1944 / Hemswell 1944-45 Vickers Wellington / Avro Lancaster |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 151 Sqn Motto - Foy pour devoir (Fidelity unto duty) Formed 1918 Digby 1940 Hawker Hurricane |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 153 Sqn Motto - Noctividus (Seeing by night) Formed 1918 Kirmington 1944 / Scampton 1944-45 Avro Lancaster |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 154 Sqn Motto - His modis ad victoriam (By this means to victory) Formed 1918 Wellingore 1942 Supermarine Spitfire |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 166 Sqn Motto - Tenacity Formed 1918 Kirmington 1943-45 Avro Lancaster / Vickers Wellington |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 170 Sqn Motto - Videre non videri (To see and not to be seen) Formed 1942 Kelstern 1944 / Dunholme Lodge 1944 / Hemswell 1944-45 Avro Lancaster |
 189 Sqn Motto - None Formed 1944 Bardney 1944 / Fulbeck 1944-45 / Bardney 1945 / Metheringham 1945 Avro Lancaster |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 198 Sqn Motto - Igni renatus (Born again to fire) Formed 1917 Digby 1942-43 Hawker Hurricane |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 199 Sqn Motto - Let tyrants tremble Formed 1917 Freiston 1918-19 / Blyton 1942-43 / Ingham 1943 / Hemswell 1952-57 Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2 / Vickers Wellington / Avro Lincoln / De Havilland Mosquito / English Electric Canberra |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 200 Sqn Motto - In loco parentis Formed 1917 Hemswell 1918-19 Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2 |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 203 Sqn Motto - Occidens oriensque (West and east) Formed 1914 Waddington 1919 / Digby 1919-20 Sopwith Camel |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 CCVII (R) Sqn Motto - Semper paratus (Always prepared) Formed 1915 Waddington 1940-41 / Swinderby 1942 / Spilsby 1943-45 Avro Manchester - Lancaster |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 209 Sqn Motto - Might and main Formed 1918 Digby 1919 Sopwith Camel |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 210 Sqn Motto - Yn y nwyfre yn hedfan (Hovering in the heavens) Formed 1918 Digby 1919 Sopwith Camel |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 211 Sqn Motto - Toujours a propos (Always at the right moment) Formed 1917 Spitalgate 1937-38 Hawker Hind |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 214 Sqn Motto - Ultor in umbris (Avenging in the shadows) Formed 1917 Scampton 1936-37 Virginia / Handley Page Harrow |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 217 Sqn Motto - Woe to the unwary Formed 1918 North Coates 1942 Bristol Beaufort |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 222 Sqn Motto - Pambili bo Formed 1918 Digby 1940 / Kirton in Lindsey 1940 / Woodhall Spa 1960-64 Supermarine Spitfire / Bloodhound SAM Unit |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 223 Sqn Motto - Ale defendunt africam (Wings defend Africa) Formed 1918 Folkingham 1959-63 Thor IRBM Unit |
227 Sqn Motto - None Formed 1918 Bardney 1944 / Strubby 1944-45 Avro Lancaster |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 228 Sqn Motto - Auxilium a caelo (Help from the sky) Formed 1918 Killingholme 1919 Curtis H-12 Large America - H-16 |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 229 Sqn Motto - Be bold Formed 1918 Digby 1939-40 Hawker Hurricane / Bristol Blenheim |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 235 Sqn Motto - Jaculamur humi (We strike them to the ground) Formed 1918 North Coates 1940 Bristol Blenheim |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 248 Sqn Motto - Il faut en finir (It is necessary to make an end to it) Formed 1918 North Coates 1940 Bristol Blenheim |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 249 Sqn Motto - Pugnis et calcibus (With fists and heels) Formed 1918 Coningsby 1957 English Electric Canberra |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 253 Sqn Motto - Come once, come all Formed 1918 Kirton in Lindsey 1940-41 / Coleby Grange 1940 / Hibaldstow 1941-42 Hawker Hurricane |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 254 Sqn Motto - Fljuga vakta ok ijosta (To fly, to watch and to strike) Formed 1918 Sutton Bridge 1939-40 / North Coates 1942-45 Bristol Blenheim - Beaufighter |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 255 Sqn Motto - Ad auroram (To the break of dawn) Formed 1918 Kirton in Lindsey 1940-41 / Hibaldstow 1941 Bristol Beaufighter / Boulton Paul Defiant |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 264 Sqn Motto - We defy Formed 1918 Sutton Bridge 1939 / Coleby Grange 1940 & 43 / Kirton In Lindsey 1940 / Caistor 1940 / North Coates 1958-62 Fairey Battle / Boulton Paul Defiant / de Havilland Mosquito / Supermarine Spitfire / Bloodhound SAM |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 266 Sqn Motto - Hlabezulu (The stabber of the sky) Formed 1918 Sutton Bridge 1939-40 Fairey Battle / Supermarine Spitfire |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 269 Sqn Motto - Omnia vidermus (We see all things) Formed 1918 Caistor 1959-63 THOR IRBM |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 275 Sqn Motto - Non interibunt (They shall not perish) Formed 1941 North Coates 1954-59 Bristol Sycamore |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 280 Sqn Motto - We shall be there Formed 1944 Strubby Vickers Warwick |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 288 Sqn Motto - Honour through deeds Formed 1941 Digby 1941-42 & 1943-44 / Wellingore 1942-43 / Coleby Grange 1943 Bristol Blenheim / Hawker Hurricane / Supermarine Spitfire / Boulton Paul Defiant / Westland Lysander / Airspeed Oxford |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 © Steve Clements 300 Sqn (Polish) Motto - None Formed 1940 Swinderby 1940-41 / Hemswell 1941-42 & 1943 / Ingham 1942-43 & 1943-44 / Foldingworth 1944-46 Fairey Battle / Vickers Wellington / Avro Lancaster |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 © Steve Clements 301 Sqn (Polish) Motto - None Formed 1940 Swinderby 1940-41 / Hemswell 1941-43 Fairey Battle / Vickers Wellington |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 © Steve Clements 302 Sqn (Polish) Motto - None Formed 1940 Digby 1943 / Kirton in Lindsey 1943 Supermarine Spitfire |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 © Steve Clements 303 Sqn (Polish) Motto - None Formed 1940 Kirton in Lindsey 1942-43 Supermarine Spitfire |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 © Steve Clements 305 Sqn (Polish) Motto - None Formed 1940 Hemswell 1942-43 / Ingham 1943 / Faldingworth 1946-47 Vickers Wellington / de Havilland Moquito |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 © Steve Clements 307 Sqn (Polish) Motto - None Formed 1940 Kirton in Lindsey 1940 / Coleby Grange 1944 Boulton Paul Defiant / de Havilland Mosquito |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 © Steve Clements 310 Sqn (Czech) Motto - We fight to rebuild Formed 1940 Digby 1944 Supermarine Spitfire |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 © Steve Clements 349 Sqn (Belgian) Motto - Strike hard, strike home Formed 1942 Wellingore 1943 Supermarine Spitfire |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 © Steve Clements 350 Sqn (Belgian) Motto - Belage gallorum fortissmi (The Belgae, bravest of the gauls) Formed 1941 Digby 1944 Supermarine Spitfire |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 © Steve Clements 401 Sqn (RCAF) Motto - Escadron Formed 1941 Digby 1941 Hawker Hurricane / Supermarine Spitfire |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 © Steve Clements 402 Sqn (RCAF) Motto - We stand on guard Formed 1932 Wellingore 1941 & 1944 / Digby 1941 & 1943-44 /
Coleby Grange 1941 Hawker Hurricane / Supermarine Spitfire |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 © Steve Clements 407 Sqn (RCAF) Motto - To hold on high Formed 1941 North Coates 1941-42 Lockheed A-28 Hudson |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 © Steve Clements 409 Sqn (RCAF) Motto - Nedia nox meridies noster (Midnight is our noon) Formed 1941 Digby 1941 / Hibaldstow 1942 / Coleby Grange 1941-43 Bristol Beaufighter / Boulton Paul Defiant |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 © Steve Clements 410 Sqn (RCAF) Motto - Noctivaga (Wandering by night) Formed 1941 Coleby Grange 1943 de Havilland Mosquito |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 © Steve Clements 411 Sqn (RCAF) Motto - Inimicus inimico (Hostile to the enemy) Formed 1941 Digby 1941-43 Supermarine Spitfire |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 © Steve Clements 412 Sqn (RCAF) Motto - Promptus ad vindictum (Swift to avenge) Formed 1941 Digby 1941 / Wellingore 1941-42 Supermarine Spitfire |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 © Steve Clements 415 Sqn (RCAF) Motto - Ad metam (To the mark) Formed 1941 North Coates 1942 Lockheed A-28 Hudson |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 © Steve Clements 416 Sqn (RCAF) Motto - Ad saltum paratus (Ready for the leap) Formed 1941 Wellingore 1943 / Digby 1943-44 Supermarine Spitfire |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 © Steve Clements 420 Sqn (RCAF) Motto - Pugnamus finitum (We fight to a finish) Formed 1941 Waddington 1941-42 Handley Page Hampden |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 © Steve Clements 421 Sqn (RCAF) Motto - Bellicum cecinere (They have sounded the war trumpet) Formed 1942 Digby 1942 Supermarine Spitfire |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 © Steve Clements 438 Sqn (RCAF) . . . . originally formed in 1932 as No. 18 Sqn Motto - Going down Formed 1937 Digby 1943 Hawker Hurricane |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 © Steve Clements 439 Sqn (RCAF) Motto - Fangs of death Formed 1941 Wellingore 1943-44 Hawker Hurricane |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 © Steve Clements 441 Sqn (RCAF) Motto - Stalk and kill Formed 1942 Digby 1944-45 Supermarine Spitfire / North American P-51 Mustang |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 © Steve Clements 442 Sqn (RCAF) Motto - Un dieu, une reine, un coeur (One god, one queen, one heart) Formed 1942 Digby 1944-45 Supermarine Spitfire / North American P-51 Mustang |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 © Steve Clements 443 Sqn (RCAF) Motto - Our sting is death Formed 1942 Digby 1944 Supermarine Spitfire |
452 Sqn (RNZAF) Motto - None Formed 1941 Kirton-in-Lindsey 1941 Supermarine Spitfire |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 © Steve Clements 455 Sqn (RAAF) Motto - Strike and strike again Formed 1941 Swinderby 1941 / Skellingthorpe 1941-42 Handley Page Hampden |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 © Steve Clements 460 Sqn (RAAF) Motto - Strike and return Formed 1940 Binbrook 1943-45 / East Kirkby 1945 Avro Lancaster |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 © Steve Clements 463 Sqn (RAAF) Motto - Press on regardless Formed 1943 Waddington 1943-45 / Skellingthorpe 1945 Avro Lancaster |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 467 Sqn (RAAF) Motto - Recidite adversarius atque ferociter (Your opponents will retreat) Formed 1942 Scampton 1942 / Waddington 1943-45 / Metheringham 1945 Avro Lancaster |
503 (R) Sqn Motto - None Formed 1926 Waddington 1926-38 Fairey Fawn / Hyderabad Hart - Hind / Avro 504 |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 504 Sqn Motto - Vindicat in ventis (It avengers in the wind) Formed 1928 Digby 1939 & 1944 Hawker Hurricane / Supermarine Spitfire |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 527 Sqn Motto - Silently we serve Formed 1943 Digby 1944-45 Supermarine Spitfire / Vickers Wellington / Airspeed Oxford |
528 Sqn Motto - None Formed 1943 Digby 1944 Bristol Blenheim |
538 Sqn Motto - None Formed 1942 Hibaldstow 1942-43 Douglas A-20 Boston - Havoc / Hawker Hurricane |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 550 Sqn Motto - Per ignem vincimus Formed 1943 Waltham 1943-44 / North Killingholme 1944-45 Avro Lancaster |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 576 Sqn Motto - Carpe diem (Seize the opportunity) Formed 1943 Elsham Wolds 1943-44 / Fiskerton 1944-45 Avro Lancaster |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 609 Sqn Motto - Tally Ho Formed 1936 Digby 1941-42 Supermarine Spitfire |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 611 Sqn Motto - Beware! Beware! Formed 1936 Digby 1939-40 Supermarine Spitfire |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 613 Sqn Motto - Semper parati (Always ready) Formed 1939 Wellingore 1943 North American Aviation P-51 Mustang |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 616 Sqn Motto - Nulla rosa sine spina (No rose without a thorn) Formed 1938 Kirton in Lindsey 1940-42 / Goxhill 1942 Supermarine Spitfire |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 617 Sqn Motto - Apres moi, le deluge (After me, the flood) Formed 1943 Scampton 1943 & 1958-82 / Coningsby 1943-44 / Woodhall Spa 1944-45 / Waddington 1945-46 / Binbrook 1946-55 Avro Lancaster - Vulcan - Lincoln / English Electric Canberra / de Havilland Mosquito |
619 Sqn Motto - None Formed 1943 Woodhall Spa 1943-44 / Coningsby 1944 / Dunholme Lodge 1944 / Strubby 1944-45 / Skellingthorpe 1945 Avro Lancaster |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 625 Sqn Motto - We avenge Formed 1943 Kelstern 1943-45 / Scampton 1945 Avro Lancaster |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 626 Sqn Motto - To strive and not to yield Formed 1943 RAF Wickenby 1943-45 Avro Lancaster |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 627 Sqn Motto - At first sight Formed 1943 Woodhall Spa 1944-45 de Havilland Mosquito |
 © Crown Copyright/MOD 2010 630 Sqn Motto - Nocturna mors (Death by night) Formed 1943 East Kirkby 1943-45 Avro Lancaster |