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

No. 1 Sqn
Crown Copyright

1 (F) Sqn

Motto - In omnibus princeps (First in all things)

Formed 1878

Hemswell 1943-44 & 1963-64

Avro Lancaster's


No. 5 Sqn
Crown Copyright

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


No. 6 Sqn
Crown Copyright

VI Sqn

Motto - Oculi exercitus (The eyes of the Army)

Formed 1914

Coningsby 1969-74 & 2006-07

McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom / SEPECAT Jaguar

Squadron Association website


No. 8 Sqn
Crown Copyright

VIII Sqn

Motto - Uspiam et passim (Everywhere unbounded)

Formed 1915

Waddington 1991-Present

Boeing E-3

Squadron Association website


No. 9 Sqn
Crown Copyright

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

H P Heyford / Avro Lancaster - Lincoln - Vulcan / English Electric Canberra

Squadron Association website


No. 10 Sqn
Crown Copyright

10 Sqn

Motto - Rem acu tangere (To hit the mark)

Formed 1915

Scampton 1953-55

English Electric Lightning

Squadron Association website


No. 11 Sqn
Crown Copyright

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

Squadron Association website


No. 12 Sqn
Crown Copyright

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


No. 15 Sqn
Crown Copyright

XV (R) Sqn

Motto - Aim sure

Formed 1915

Coningsby 1951-54

Boeing B-29 Washington / English Electric Canberra

Squadron Association website


No. 18 Sqn
Crown Copyright

18 Sqn

Motto - Animo et fide (With courage and faith)

Formed 1915

Scampton 1953-55

English Electric Canberra

Squadron Association website


No. 21 Sqn
Crown Copyright

21 Sqn

Motto - Viribus vincimus (By strength we conquer)

Formed 1915

Scampton 1953-55 / Waddington 1955-57

English Electric Canberra

 


No. 25 Sqn
Crown Copyright

XXV Sqn

Motto - Feriens tego (Striking i defend)

Formed 1915

North Coates 1963-70 / Woodhall Spa 1969

Airco DH.9A / Bloodhound SAM

Squadron Association Website


No. 27 Sqn
Crown Copyright

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


No. 29 Sqn
Crown Copyright

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


No. 33 Sqn
Crown Copyright

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


No. 35 Sqn
Crown Copyright

35 Sqn

Motto - Uno animo agimus (We act with one accord)

Formed 1916

Coningsby 1962-64 / Scampton 1975-82

Avro Vulcan


No. 44 Sqn
Crown Copyright

XLI Sqn

Motto - Seek and destroy

Formed 1916

Coningsby 1972-77 & 2004-Present

McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom / Panavia Tornado / BAe Harrier
Eurofighter Typhoon

Squadron Association website


No. 44 Sqn
Crown Copyright

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 Washington / English Electric Canberra

Squadron Association website


No. 45 Sqn
Crown Copyright

45 Sqn

Motto - Per ardua surgo (Through difficulties i arise)

Formed 1916

Coningsby 1957

English Electric Canberra


No. 46 Sqn
Crown Copyright

46 Sqn

Motto - We rise to conquer

Formed 1916

Digby 1937-39 & 1940-41

Gloster Gauntlet / Hawker Hurricane


No. 49 Sqn
Crown Copyright

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

Squadron Association website


No. 50 Sqn
Crown Copyright

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 / Binbrook 1952-56

Avro Lancaster - Manchester - Lincoln - Vulcan / Hyderabad Hind
Handley Page Hampden / English Electric Canberra

Squadron Association website


No. 51 Sqn
Crown Copyright

51 Sqn

Motto - Swift and sure

Formed 1916

Waddington 1995-Present

BAe Nimrod

Squadron Association website


No. 54 Sqn
Crown Copyright

54 Sqn

Motto - Audax omnia perpeti (Boldness endures anything)

Formed 1916

Coningsby 1969-74 / Waddington 2005-Present

McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom

 


No. 57 Sqn
Crown Copyright

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 / Coningsby 1951-54 &1956-57

English Electric Canberra / Avro Lincoln - Lancaster / Boeing B-29 Washington

Squadron Association website


No. 61 Sqn
Crown Copyright

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

Squadron Association website


No. 64 Sqn
Crown Copyright

64 Sqn

Motto - Tenax propositi (Firm of purpose)

Formed 1916

Binbrook 1962-65

Gloster Javelin

 


No. 73 Sqn
Crown Copyright

73 Sqn

Motto - Tutor et ultor (Protector and avenger)

Formed 1917

Digby 1937-39

Gloster Gauntlet / Hawker Hurricane


No. 81 Sqn
Crown Copyright

81 Sqn

Motto - Non solum nobis (Not for us alone)

Formed 1917

Scampton 1917-18 / Wellingore 1942

Avro 504 / Sopwith Dolphin - Camel / Supermarine Spitfire

Squadron Association website


No. 83 Sqn
Crown Copyright

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

 


No. 85 Sqn
Crown Copyright

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

Squadron Association website


No. 88 Sqn
Crown Copyright

88 Sqn

Motto - En garde (Be on your guard)

Formed 1917

Waddington 1937

Hyderabad Hind


No. 92 Sqn
Crown Copyright

92 Sqn

Motto - Aut pugna aut morere (Either fight or die)

Formed 1917

Digby 1941-42

Supermarine Spitfire


No. 97 Sqn
Crown Copyright

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

Squadron Association website


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Sqn No. 100-199

No. 100 Sqn
Crown Copyright

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 / Waddington 1950-53

Vickers Vimy / Avro Lancaster - 504 / Bristol Fighter / Airco DH.9
Fairey Fawn / Hawker Horsley

Squadron Association website


No. 101 Sqn
Crown Copyright

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

Squadron Association website


No. 103 Sqn
Crown Copyright

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


No. 104 Sqn
Crown Copyright

104 Sqn

Motto - Strike hard

Formed 1918

Ludford Magna 1959-63

THOR IRBM

 


No. 106 Sqn
Crown Copyright

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

 


No. 109 Sqn
Crown Copyright

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


No. 11 Sqn
Crown Copyright

110 Sqn

Motto - Nec timeo nec sperno (I neither fear nor despise)

Formed 1917

Waddington 1937-39

Hyderabad Hind / Bristol Blenheim

 


No. 111 Sqn
Crown Copyright

111 Sqn

Motto - Adstantes (Standing by them)

Formed 1917

Digby 1940 / Coningsby 1974-75 & 1979

Hawker Hurricane / McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom

Squadron Association website


No. 112 Sqn
Crown Copyright

112 Sqn

Motto - Swift in destruction

Formed 1917

Woodhall Spa 1964-65

Bloodhound SAM


No. 113 Sqn
Crown Copyright

113 Sqn

Motto - Velox et vindex (Swift to vengeance)

Formed 1917

Spitalgate 1937-38

Hyderabad Hind

Squadron Association website


No. 116 Sqn
Crown Copyright

116 Sqn

Motto - Precision in defence

Formed 1918

Digby 1944-45

Airspeed Oxford / Avro Anson


No. 121 Sqn
Crown Copyright

121 Sqn

Motto - For liberty

Formed 1918

Bracebridge Heath 1918-19 / Kirton in Lindsey 1941

Airco DH.9 / Hawker Hurricane / Supermarine Spitfire


No. 139 Sqn
Crown Copyright

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


No. 142 Sqn
Crown Copyright

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


No. 143 Sqn
Crown Copyright

143 Sqn

Motto - Vincere est vivere (To conquer is to live)

Formed 1918

North Coates 1942-44

Bristol Blenheim - Beaufighter


No. 144 Sqn
Crown Copyright

144 Sqn

Motto - Who shall stop us

Formed 1918

Hemswell 1937-41 / Strubby 1944

Avro Anson / Hawker Audax / Bristol Blenheim - Beaufighter
Handley Page Hampden


No. 148 Sqn
Crown Copyright

148 Sqn

Motto - Trusty

Formed 1918

Scampton 1937-38

Vickers Wellesley / Hawker Audax


No. 150 Sqn
Crown Copyright

150 Sqn

Motto - Always ahead

Formed 1939

Kirmington 1942-43 / Fiskerton 1944 / Hemswell 1944-45

Vickers Wellington / Avro Lancaster


No. 151 Sqn
Crown Copyright

151 Sqn

Motto - Foy pour devoir (Fidelity unto duty)

Formed 1918

Digby 1940

Hawker Hurricane

Squadron Association website


No. 153 Sqn
Crown Copyright

153 Sqn

Motto - Noctividus (Seeing by night)

Formed 1918

Kirmington 1944 / Scampton 1944-45

Avro Lancaster


No. 154 Sqn
Crown Copyright

154 Sqn

Motto - His modis ad victoriam (By this means to victory)

Formed 1918

Wellingore 1942

Supermarine Spitfire


No. 166 Sqn
Crown Copyright

166 Sqn

Motto - Tenacity

Formed 1918

Kirmington 1943-45

Avro Lancaster / Vickers Wellington


No. 170 Sqn
Crown Copyright

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


No. 198 Sqn
Crown Copyright

198 Sqn

Motto - Igni renatus (Born again to fire)

Formed 1917

Digby 1942-43

Hawker Hurricane

Squadron Association website


No. 199 Sqn
Crown Copyright

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


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Sqn No. 200-299

No. 200 Sqn
Crown Copyright

200 Sqn

Motto - In loco parentis

Formed 1917

Hemswell 1918-19

Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2


No. 201 Sqn
Crown Copyright

201 Sqn

Motto - Hic et ubique (Here and everywhere)

Formed 1914

Swinderby 1947-54

Vickers Wellington / Vickers Varsity - Valetta

Squadron Association website


No. 203 Sqn
Crown Copyright

203 Sqn

Motto - Occidens oriensque (West and east)

Formed 1914

Waddington 1919 / Digby 1919-20

Sopwith Camel


No. 207 Sqn
Crown Copyright

CCVII (R) Sqn

Motto - Semper paratus (Always prepared)

Formed 1915

Waddington 1940-41 / Swinderby 1942 / Spilsby 1943-45

Avro Manchester - Lancaster

Squadron Association website


No. 209 Sqn
Crown Copyright

209 Sqn

Motto - Might and main

Formed 1918

Digby 1919

Sopwith Camel


No. 210 Sqn
Crown Copyright

210 Sqn

Motto - Yn y nwyfre yn hedfan (Hovering in the heavens)

Formed 1918

Digby 1919

Sopwith Camel


No. 214 Sqn
Crown Copyright

214 Sqn

Motto - Ultor in umbris (Avenging in the shadows)

Formed 1917

Scampton 1936-37

Virginia / Handley Page Harrow

Squadron Association website


No. 217 Sqn
Crown Copyright

217 Sqn

Motto - Woe to the unwary

Formed 1918

North Coates 1942

Bristol Beaufort


No. 222 Sqn
Crown Copyright

222 Sqn

Motto - Pambili bo

Formed 1918

Digby 1940 / Kirton in Lindsey 1940 / Woodhall Spa 1960-64

Supermarine Spitfire / THOR IRBM

 


No Badge Authorised

227 Sqn

Motto - None

Formed 1918

Bardney 1944 / Strubby 1944-45

Avro Lancaster


No. 228 Sqn
Crown Copyright

228 Sqn

Motto - Auxilium a caelo (Help from the sky)

Formed 1918

Killingholme 1919 / Coningsby 1968-87

Curtis H-12 Large America - H-16 / McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom


No. 229 Sqn
Crown Copyright

229 Sqn

Motto - Be bold

Formed 1918

Digby 1939-40

Hawker Hurricane / Bristol Blenheim

 


No. 230 Sqn
Crown Copyright

230 Sqn

Motto - Kita chari jauh (We search far)

Formed 1918

Scampton 1949-52 & 1969-81 / Waddington 1956-61

Avro Lincoln - Lancaster - Vulcan / English Electric Canberra
Handley Page Hastings

Squadron Association website


No. 235 Sqn
Crown Copyright

235 Sqn

Motto - Jaculamur humi (We strike them to the ground)

Formed 1918

North Coates 1940

Bristol Blenheim

 


No. 248 Sqn
Crown Copyright

248 Sqn

Motto - Il faut en finir (It is necessary to make an end to it)

Formed 1918

North Coates 1940

Bristol Blenheim

 


No. 249 Sqn
Crown Copyright

249 Sqn

Motto - Pugnis et calcibus (With fists and heels)

Formed 1918

Coningsby 1957

English Electric Canberra

Squadron Association website


No. 253 Sqn
Crown Copyright

253 Sqn

Motto - Come once, come all

Formed 1918

Kirton in Lindsey 1940-41 / Coleby Grange 1940
Hibaldstow 1941-42

Hawker Hurricane


No. 255 Sqn
Crown Copyright

255 Sqn

Motto - Ad auroram (To the break of dawn)

Formed 1918

Kirton in Lindsey 1940-41 / Hibaldstow 1941

Bristol Beaufighter / Boulton Paul Defiant


No. 264 Sqn
Crown Copyright

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


No. 269 Sqn
Crown Copyright

269 Sqn

Motto - Omnia vidermus (We see all things)

Formed 1918

Caistor 1959-63

THOR IRBM

Squadron Association website


No. 275 Sqn
Crown Copyright

275 Sqn

Motto - Non interibunt (They shall not perish)

Formed 1941

North Coates 1954-59

Bristol Sycamore

 


No. 280 Sqn
Crown Copyright

280 Sqn

Motto - We shall be there

Formed 1944

Strubby

Vickers Warwick


No. 288 Sqn
Crown Copyright

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


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Sqn 300-399


Crown Copyright

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

301 Sqn (Polish)

Motto - None

Formed 1940

Swinderby 1940-41 / Hemswell 1941-43

Fairey Battle / Vickers Wellington


No. 302 Sqn
Crown Copyright

302 Sqn (Polish)

Motto - None

Formed 1940

Digby 1943 / Kirton in Lindsey 1943

Supermarine Spitfire


No. 303 Sqn
Crown Copyright

303 Sqn (Polish)

Motto - None

Formed 1940

Kirton in Lindsey 1942-43

Supermarine Spitfire



Crown Copyright

305 Sqn (Polish)

Motto - None

Formed 1940

Hemswell 1942-43 / Ingham 1943 / Faldingworth 1946-47

Vickers Wellington / de Havilland Moquito


No. 307 Sqn
Crown Copyright

307 Sqn (Polish)

Motto - None

Formed 1940

Kirton in Lindsey 1940 / Coleby Grange 1944

Boulton Paul Defiant / de Havilland Mosquito


No. 310 Sqn
Crown Copyright

310 Sqn (Czech)

Motto - We fight to rebuild

Formed 1940

Digby 1944

Supermarine Spitfire


No. 349 Sqn
Crown Copyright

349 Sqn (Belgian)

Motto - Strike hard, strike home

Formed 1942

Wellingore 1943

Supermarine Spitfire


No. 350 Sqn
Crown Copyright

350 Sqn (Belgian)

Motto - Belage gallorum fortissmi (The Belgae, bravest of the gauls)

Formed 1941

Digby 1944

Supermarine Spitfire

Squadron Association website


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Sqn 400-499

No. 401 Sqn
Crown Copyright

401 Sqn (RCAF)

Motto - Escadron

Formed 1941

Digby 1941

Hawker Hurricane / Supermarine Spitfire


No. 402 Sqn
Crown Copyright

402 Sqn (RCAF)

Motto - We stand on guard

Formed 1932

Wellingore 1941 & 1944 / Digby 1941 & 1943-44 / Coleby Grange 1941

Hawker Hurricane / Supermarine Spitfire


No. 409 Sqn
Crown Copyright

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


No. 411 Sqn
Crown Copyright

411 Sqn (RCAF)

Motto - Inimicus inimico (Hostile to the enemy)

Formed 1941

Digby 1941-43

Supermarine Spitfire


No. 412 Sqn
Crown Copyright

412 Sqn (RCAF)

Motto - Promptus ad vindictum (Swift to avenge)

Formed 1941

Digby 1941 / Wellingore 1941-42

Supermarine Spitfire


No. 416 Sqn
Crown Copyright

416 Sqn (RCAF)

Motto - Ad saltum paratus (Ready for the leap)

Formed 1941

Wellingore 1943 / Digby 1943-44

Supermarine Spitfire


No. 420 Sqn
Crown Copyright

420 Sqn (RCAF)

Motto - Pugnamus finitum (We fight to a finish)

Formed 1941

Waddington 1941-42

Handley Page Hampden


No. 421 Sqn
Crown Copyright

421 Sqn (RCAF)

Motto - Bellicum cecinere (They have sounded the war trumpet)

Formed 1942

Digby 1942

Supermarine Spitfire


No. 438 Sqn
Crown Copyright

438 Sqn (RCAF) . . . . originally formed in 1932 as No. 18 Sqn

Motto - Going down

Formed 1937

Digby 1943

Hawker Hurricane


No. 455 Sqn
Crown Copyright

455 Sqn (RAAF)

Motto - Strike and strike again

Formed 1941

Swinderby 1941 / Skellingthorpe 1941-42

Handley Page Hampden


No. 460 Sqn
Crown Copyright

460 Sqn (RAAF)

Motto - Strike and return

Formed 1940

Binbrook 1943-45 / East Kirkby 1945

Avro Lancaster

Squadron Association website


No. 463 Sqn
Crown Copyright

463 Sqn (RAAF)

Motto - Press on regardless

Formed 1943

Waddington 1943-45 / Skellingthorpe 1945

Avro Lancaster

Squadron Association website


No. 467 Sqn
Crown Copyright

467 Sqn (RAAF)

Motto - Recidite adversarius atque ferociter (Your opponents will retreat)

Formed 1942

Scampton 1942 / Waddington 1943-45 / Metheringham 1945

Avro Lancaster

Squadron Association website


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Sqn 500-599

No. 503 Sqn

503 (R) Sqn

Motto - None

Formed 1926

Waddington 1926-38

Fairey Fawn / Hyderabad Hart - Hind / Avro 504


No. 504 Sqn
Crown Copyright

504 Sqn

Motto - Vindicat in ventis (It avengers in the wind)

Formed 1928

Digby 1939 & 1944

Hawker Hurricane / Supermarine Spitfire


No. 527 Sqn
Crown Copyright

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


No. 409 Sqn

538 Sqn

Motto - None

Formed 1942

Hibaldstow 1942-43

Douglas A-20 Boston - Havoc / Hawker Hurricane


No. 550 Sqn
Crown Copyright

550 Sqn

Motto - Per ignem vincimus

Formed 1943

Waltham 1943-44 / North Killingholme 1944-45

Avro Lancaster

Squadron Association website


No. 576 Sqn
Crown Copyright

576 Sqn

Motto - Carpe diem (Seize the opportunity)

Formed 1943

Elsham Wolds 1943-44 / Fiskerton 1944-45

Avro Lancaster

Squadron Association website


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Sqn 600-699

No. 609 Sqn
Crown Copyright

609 Sqn

Motto - Tally Ho

Formed 1936

Digby 1941-42

Supermarine Spitfire

Squadron Association website


No. 611 Sqn
Crown Copyright

611 Sqn

Motto - Beware! Beware!

Formed 1936

Digby 1939-40

Supermarine Spitfire

Squadron Association website


No. 613 Sqn
Crown Copyright

613 Sqn

Motto - Semper parati (Always ready)

Formed 1939

Wellingore 1943

North American Aviation P-51 Mustang


No. 616 Sqn
Crown Copyright

616 Sqn

Motto - Nulla rosa sine spina (No rose without a thorn)

Formed 1938

Kirton in Lindsey 1940-42 / Goxhill 1942

Supermarine Spitfire


No. 617 Sqn
Crown Copyright

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

Squadron Association website



619 Sqn

Motto - None

Formed 1943

Woodhall Spa 1943-44 / Coningsby 1944 / Dunholme Lodge 1944
Strubby 1944-45 / Skellingthorpe 1945

Avro Lancaster


No. 625 Sqn
Crown Copyright

625 Sqn

Motto - We avenge

Formed 1943

Kelstern 1943-45 / Scampton 1945

Avro Lancaster

Squadron Association website


No. 626 Sqn
Crown Copyright

626 Sqn

Motto - To strive and not to yield

Formed 1943

RAF Wickenby 1943-45

Avro Lancaster

Squadron Association website


No. 627 Sqn
Crown Copyright

627 Sqn

Motto - At first sight

Formed 1943

Woodhall Spa 1944-45

de Havilland Mosquito

Squadron Association website


No. 630 Sqn
Crown Copyright

630 Sqn

Motto - Nocturna mors (Death by night)

Formed 1943

East Kirkby 1943-45

Avro Lancaster

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